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Gabriel to Merkel, Seehofer: Stop fighting!
The infighting on migration between center-right leaders Angela Merkel and Horst Seehofer is damaging the German government, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has warned. “Given the great challenge to our...
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The Draghi balance sheet
Mario Draghi may go down in history as the man who saved the euro, thanks to his August 2012 market-stunning remark that the European Central Bank would do “whatever it takes” to save the common...
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EU could break up ‘within months,’ says Asselborn
Luxembourg’s foreign minister has warned that the migration crisis and introduction of border controls between countries could lead to the collapse of the EU. “The European Union can break apart. This...
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Portuguese left pulls plug on government
Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s 11-day-old government collapsed Tuesday after the opposition Socialist leader teamed up with the Communists (PCP), Greens and Left Bloc (BE) to vote down...
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Slovenia erects fence on Croatian border
Slovenia began building a barbed-wire fence along its border with Croatia on Wednesday, a day after the prime minister announced his intention to erect temporary barriers to control the arrival of...
View ArticleSpanish court puts brakes on Catalan independence bid
Spain’s Constitutional Court, acting on an appeal from Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, suspended on Wednesday the pro-independence Catalan government’s resolution to set in motion a process to form a...
View ArticleTerror in Paris
At least 128 people were killed on Friday night and 99 critically injured in shootings and explosions across Paris. French President François Hollande called the “terrorist attacks” an act of “war,”...
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The world draws Paris
Cartoonists around the world respond to the terror in Paris. Here are some of them. First published in Le Monde, France, November 14, 2015. By Plantu. First published on Caglecartoons.com,...
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The toons of the week. “Together.” First published in Le Monde, France, November 24, 2015. | By Plantu “Brussels at level 4.” First published in Le Soir, Belgium, November 23, 2015. | By Kroll...
View ArticleSpanish poll points to three-way election heat
Three Spanish political parties — the governing Popular Party (PP), the centrist Ciudadanos (Citizens) and the Socialists (PSOE) — are heading for a three-way tie in December 20’s elections, according...
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The toons of the week. Suitcase: “Montenegro.” Bear (Russia): “It’s a provocation!” Exclusively drawn for POLITICO.eu. By Rytis Daukantas. “Regional elections.” First published in Le Monde, France,...
View ArticleGeneva raises security alert over suspects linked to Paris attacks
Swiss authorities have raised the security alert level in Geneva after receiving information about the possible presence of suspects connected with investigations into the November 13 attacks in Paris....
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The toons of the week are out! “Yes… I had asked for a special Christmas but, this, really…” First published in L’Express, France, December 7, 2015. By Plantu. “The usual solidarity…”: “Hello,...
View ArticleMerkel ally says her austerity push boosted Le Pen
Angela Merkel’s deputy chancellor and the leader of her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition allies, Sigmar Gabriel, said Friday the chancellor was partly responsible for the rise of the French far-right...
View ArticleSpanish poll sees Socialists trailing fourth, Rajoy ahead
Spain’s Socialists (PSOE), who have alternated in power with the currently incumbent Popular Party (PP) for decades, risk falling into fourth place in the December 20 elections, according to a new poll...
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The cartoons of the week. “What can we do! We have no allies … Oh! Apart from 28 percent of the French people!” First published in Le Monde, France, December 14, 2015. By Plantu. “Charles [Charles...
View ArticleDenmark wants to seize refugees’ valuables
Denmark, which has already cut benefits for asylum-seekers and tightened citizenship rules, now wants to confiscate valuables from new arrivals. Proposed new legislation, due to be debated in January,...
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