Issue 122:2017 09 28:Week in Brief International

28 September 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Florian Phillipot, the deputy chairman of the National Front, resigned and left the party.  Although socially tolerant, he believes in absolute national sovereignty and has clashed with leader Marine le Pen over his opposition to the EU and the euro. Jean-Luc Melenchon (leader of the far… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28:Week in Brief International

Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Terror and the internet (Neil Tidmarsh)

21 September 2017 Terror And The Internet A political challenge, not a technological one. By Neil Tidmarsh This week Theresa May is hosting an event at the UN general assembly in New York which will be attended by representatives of internet companies such as Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Twitter.  The purpose of the event is… Continue reading Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Terror and the internet (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 121:2017 09 21:Week in Brief International

21 September 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU:  In his state of the union address, president of the EU commission Jean-Claude Juncker proposed more centralisation of power in Brussels (including a single president instead of one for the EU commission and one for the European council, a Eurozone finance minister, an intelligence agency,… Continue reading Issue 121:2017 09 21:Week in Brief International

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