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Italy refuses to budge on budget

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Not only has Italy refused to buckle under European Union pressure to water down its ambitious 2019 budget plans, the government has also threatened...

Sweden tries to form government

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
The speaker of the Swedish parliament on October 2 asked the leader of the conservative Moderates party to try to form a government. The...

New German deal on immigration

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
Germany’s coalition government has finally agreed on new immigration laws ending several months of fierce negotiations. The deal “adheres to the principle of separating asylum...

Finland’s Stubb wants to become EU chief

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
It’s official. Former Finnish prime minister Alexander Stubb will vie for the post of European Commission president in the next European Parliament elections in...

S&Ds: Czech president Miloš Zeman must apologise for anti-Gypsyism

CZECH REPUBLIC Theodoros Benakis -
Following remarks by Czech President Miloš Zeman in which he labelled Romani people lazy and said that ‘slapping them’ is the best way to...
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