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Ryanair strikes expand to Germany on Friday

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Ryanair strikes will expand to Germany on Friday, at Berlin and Frankfurt. There are plans to cancel 150 flights in Germany, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. Europe's largest low-cost carrier traditionally employs a...
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'Mutti', 'The Revenant' and 'Viktator'— what's your leader's nickname?

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Leaders of EU countries may like to maintain a serious image but they can't avoid being labelled with nicknames by the public and sometimes even by their own parties. France's President Macron has been dubbed "Jupitarian", referencing...
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People – the collateral damage of Brexit

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With less than six months until the UK officially leaves the EU, we get to know Daniel Cassidy and Caroline Taylor, two Britons in Brussels who have applied for Belgian nationality in the wake of Brexit. For Daniel Cassidy, whose whole...
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The Brief from Brussels: Brexit rhetoric gets harsher

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The UK Foreign Secretary Hunt's comparison of the EU with the Soviet Union has sparked consternation in Brussels. Also in this edition: an exhibition featuring the Catalan independence referendum one year on - Belgium expects disruptions...
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Brexit: Here are the worst insults British and EU politicians have lobbed at each other

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As a top UK politician who described the EU to a Soviet prison on Sunday proves, fiery rhetoric from both sides of the Brexit negotiations continue to spew despite the need for an agreement to be struck urgently. With just six months to...
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Debate over wiggle room of NGOs helping migrants

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This video showing an almost sunk dinghy was used in court by Salam Aldeen to prove his innocence when he was arrested by Greek authorities in Lesbos two years ago. The founder of the NGO "Team Humanity" was accused of smuggling people...
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Raw Politics: Finnish PM Alexander Stubb makes his case for Commission presidency

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Another candidate has thrown his hat in the ring to replace European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker after the next European elections. Former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb put his name forward for EPP spitzenkandidat...
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Boris Johnson tears down May's Chequers Brexit plan in conference speech

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Britain's former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson renewed his attack against Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan on Tuesday, branding it "a cheat" and calling for it to be scrapped. Johnson tore down May's Chequers proposals during a...
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Raw Politics: all eyes on Birmingham as May puts Brexit at forefront of Tory conference

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It's rare that so many eyes in Strasbourg become fixed on a Conservative Party conference in Birmingham but the three-day event has been overshadowed by tensions over, you guessed it, Brexit. On her big day, in her keynote speech,...
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London Mayor calls for a second referendum on Brexit

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The London mayor, Sadiq Khan is calling for another referendum on Britain's European Union membership. He says the prime minister's handling of Brexit negotiations has become "mired in confusion and deadlock" and was leading the country...
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Hungary rejects EU's charge that its democracy is weakening

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Hungary's far-right leader has rejected a report by the EU which says the country is failing to respect the rule of law. In a speech to parliament on Monday Prime Minister Viktor Orban promised that Hungary would now take legal action...
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Brief from Brussels: The problem with Article 7

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In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: It seems like mission impossible for enacting Article 7 disciplinary procedure against Hungary; and Belgian judge refuses European Arrest Warrant for rapper accused of insulting Spanish royal...
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Raw Politics: Verhofstadt looking on the bright side of Brexit and reformism in the EU

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As Brexit negotiations head into a new, crucial stage, the man coordinating them on behalf of the European Parliament, Guy Verhofstadt, tells Euronews' Darren McCaffrey he remains "optimistic" of as positive a result as possible. A...
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EU lays out plans for World Trade Organisation reform

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The EU has laid out proposals for reforming the World Trade Organisation - and ways to counter market distortions. The aim is also to persuade the US to stay a part of it. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom commented: "We agreed...
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Brief from Brussels: Airbnb complies with EU, Colombia impasse

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In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: Online accommodation platform Airbnb complies with EU demands, making its pricing clearer among other changes; and Colombia’s foreign minister, visiting Brussels, confirms that talks with ELN...
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Poland to be referred to EU's top court 'to protect independence of Polish Supreme Court'

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The European Commission announced on Monday it is taking Poland to the European Union's highest court over the Polish government's changes to a law on the Supreme Court, which the Commission says infringes the independence of the...
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State of the Union: Schnitzel, Brexit and migration

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In this edition of State of the Union: EU leaders gather in Salzburg to tackle two of the biggest challenges facing the bloc right now: Brexit and migration. Sitting down for dinner with the other 27, British Prime Minister Theresa May...
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Europe is 'very vulnerable' to bots and interference warns ex-NATO chief

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With the Swedish elections looming close now, an Oxford Internet Institute study found on Thursday that one in three news articles shared on Twitter about Sweden's upcoming election is from "junk news" websites that deliberately publish...
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Uncertainty in EU after Swedish election

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While people in Stockholm and elsewhere digest the uncertain results, the Swedish election has created uncertainty within the EU itself. The anti-EU Sweden Democrats polled third, following a European trend in the rise of anti-immigrant,...
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"He lost touch with the citizens of Europe"

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On Wednesday, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Jucker, delivers his final State of the Union speech. How should the European Union evolve? What should be its priorities? We asked people in Brussels. There are those...
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'You are the most corrupt government in the EU,' Socialist MEP tells Orban

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It was quite an entrance, Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister, who turned up late to a debate on his country's relationship with the EU. The European Parliament is set to vote on triggering Article 7 of the EU's treaties against...
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State of the Union: Juncker waves difficult year away

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has had quite the year since delivering his 2017 State of the Union speech. Back then, Juncker had a few hot files on his desk including Catalonia, which had just voted to gain...
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Patriotism on socks

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It started with a gift...Nigel Farage and a mysterious little green box. The former UKIP leader gifted the EU Commission president with Union Jack socks. It was a clear message about nationalism, a topic Juncker spoke out against. "This...
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State of the Union summary: Juncker's speech in 11 points

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is delivering his fourth annual State of the Union speech, laying out the bloc's agenda for the next twelve months. Juncker is making his speech in front of EU parliamentarians in...