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French pick far-right in poll

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
For the first time in a poll of voting intentions for May 2019 European Parliament elections, France’s far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party jumped ahead...

Brussels voices doubts over Siemens-Alstom rail merger

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
The European Commission has sent a “statement of objections” to France’s state-controlled train maker Alstom and German giant Siemens. The letter outlines what should...

French FM says euro zone not ‘armed’ for new crisis

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
There is no risk of contagion from Italy’s budget crisis in the European Union, but the euro zone is not prepared enough to face...

UN critical of French ‘burqa ban’

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
France’s so-called burqa ban has been criticised by the United Nations Human Rights Committee. On October 23 the committee ruled that it “violated” the...

Japan, EU talk trade

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have agreed to finalise their domestic procedures so a bilateral free trade agreement...
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