Half of Greeks think country is an EU loser
eKathimerini — Greeks’ faith in the European vision appears to have been particularly shaken, even if that was not directly reflected in the results of […]
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UK poll gives ‘Brexit’ campaign 4 point lead, biggest since October 2014
Reuters — The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union opened up its biggest lead in more than a year over the rival ‘in’ […]
How Europe cancelled Germany’s debt in February 1953
Jubilee Debt Campaign –On 27 February 1953, an agreement was signed in London which resulted in the cancellation of half of Germany’s (then West Germany’s) […]
Forty percent of Germans say Merkel should resign over refugee policy
Reuters — Forty percent of Germans want Chancellor Angela Merkel to resign over her refugee policy, a poll showed on Friday, in a sign of […]
Iran and France cancel diplomatic lunch after French refuse to take wine off the menu
The Independent — A lunch between the French and Iranian presidents in Paris has been scrapped after the hosts refused to take wine off the […]
Theo Francken denies asking Greece to push back migrants
“During the informal JHA council on 25 January 2016 in Amsterdam, the European migration ministers had an open and informal lunch discussion on the current migration […]
Denmark approves controversial refugee bill allowing police to seize asylum seekers’ cash and valuables
The Independent — The Danish parliament has approved a controversial law allowing authorities to seize refugees’ cash and valuables, and delay them being reunited with […]
‘Merkel should be ready to flee to South America’: AfD leader
An Alternative for Germany (AfD) spokeswoman shocked TV viewers on Sunday night when she suggested that Chancellor Angela Merkel should “go into exile to Chile […]
The fall of Brussels: Panicked EU leaders plot to expel Greece to curb migrant influx
Daily Express — Terrified EU member states are preparing to jettison Greece in a bid to save their own skins from the four million people […]
Schaeuble worried about Greek government’s commitment
SigmaLive — Wolfgang Schaeuble is once again expressing deep concerns over the Greek government’s commitment to implement the full bailout program in a timely fashion. […]
Austria suspends Schengen
Politico — The Schengen agreement on open borders was “temporarily suspended” in Austria Saturday as Chancellor Werner Faymann added his voice to a chorus of […]
Theresa May urged to rethink new £35,000 earnings threshold for non-EU migrants as teachers face deportation
The Independent — British Home Secretary,Theresa May, is facing calls to rethink the “discriminatory” new earnings threshold of £35,000 for non-EU migrants that could starve Britain […]
Political talks on Greek debt to begin after first bailout review is done
WSJ — Greece’s creditors are expected to start talking soon over an issue that has been looming over the eurozone since 2010: cutting the country’s […]
Ciao Italia! Germany’s other migrant influx
BBC – More than a million refugees and migrants from war-torn regions of the Middle East and Africa came to Germany in 2015. It was […]
EU launches probe into new Polish laws
BBC — The European Commission has opened an unprecedented inquiry into whether new Polish laws break EU democracy rules. Vice-President Frans Timmermans announced a “preliminary […]