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Italy-France train project could be derailed

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis - November 9, 2018

Italy’s populist government is divided over a high-speed train line between Italy and France. Part of the coalition demanding the project be scrapped. Business leaders...

Barnier warns of ‘A Farage in every country’

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis - November 9, 2018

The European Union’s Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has called on pro-EU forces to defend the fragile union against populists. He said there is now...

Italy sticks to budget, and EU

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - October 23, 2018

Italy has vowed to stick to its public spending hike, despite criticism from the European Union. Rome’s populist/far-right coalition government responded to Brussels’ concerns...

President Tajani: Asylum reform stalemate is a gift to populists and Europhobes

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - October 18, 2018

European Parliament President, Antonio Tajani, emphasised the urgent need to overcome the impasse on asylum system reform through majority voting in his address to...

UN to send team to Italy to check anti-migrant violence

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis - September 11, 2018

Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, is sending teams to Italy and Austria to look into protection of migrants after...

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