04 May 2017 EU To Win In France? Nemesis in numbers. By John Watson Whew! The sigh of relief can be heard from Finland to Spain. It is going to be all right after all. M Macron is still well ahead in the polls and it would take a political earthquake to bring Le Pen… Continue reading Issue 103: 2017 05 04: EU to win in France? (John Watson)
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Issue 96:2017 03 16:Week in Brief International
16 March 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe DENMARK: The Prime Minister asked the Turkish prime minister to postpone his visit because of Turkish/EU tensions (see NETHERLANDS below). FRANCE: More than 50 teenagers were arrested after gangs attacked three schools in suburbs north of Paris. The riots started when demonstrations by pupils protesting against… Continue reading Issue 96:2017 03 16:Week in Brief International
Issue 95:2017 03 09:Is the party about to start in Europe (Frank O’Nomics)
09 March 2017 Is the party about to start in Europe? We might be leaving at just the wrong time by Frank O’Nomics Have you ever left a party early, only to be told that it really got going after your departure? Or, have you not returned to a play after the interval, then to… Continue reading Issue 95:2017 03 09:Is the party about to start in Europe (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 84: 2016 12 15: Updateski (Chin Chin)
15 December 2016 Updateski SMEOD strikes at the West. By Chin Chin Down at the Quai d’Orsay, the successors to Maigret are lighting their pipes. “Mais pourquoi?” they ask themselves. MI5 have told them that a cybercrime is being planned but it seems so senseless that it is impossible to build up a picture of… Continue reading Issue 84: 2016 12 15: Updateski (Chin Chin)
Issue 81:2016 11 24: week in Brief International
24 November 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: In the first round of elections for the leadership of the Republican party, Francois Fillon (former prime minister) came first with 44%, Alain Juppé (the favourite, former prime minister, former deputy mayor of Paris, mayor of Bordeaux) came second with 28%, and Nicolas Sarkozy (former president)… Continue reading Issue 81:2016 11 24: week in Brief International
Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief International
03 November 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: President Hollande said that the migrant camps in Paris would be cleared, with migrants either registered and moved to official centres or deported. The EU’s anti-fraud agency has ordered Marine le Pen to return €339,000 of funding used to pay a bodyguard and a manager at… Continue reading Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief International
Issue 54: 2016 05 19: The Non-Existent Carrot (Neil Tidmarsh)
19 May 2016 The Non-Existent Carrot What TTIP can tell us about the EU’s corrosive affect on Europe. by Neil Tidmarsh Last week, Greenpeace in the Netherlands leaked documents about the talks between the teams from the USA and the EU trying to negotiate a free-trade deal – a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). … Continue reading Issue 54: 2016 05 19: The Non-Existent Carrot (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
27 August 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS BANGLADESH: Counter-terrorism police have arrested three supreme court lawyers accused of financing a militant Islamic group. BRAZIL: Eduardo Cunha, the Speaker of the Lower House of Congress, has been charged with receiving bribes of £3 million in the scandal engulfing Petrobas, the state-owned oil company. Scientific tests in… Continue reading Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
