With a strong industrial base and cheap labor, Central and Eastern Europe can greatly benefit from moving factories to the Old Continent, "Le Monde," says the journal, reminding the Warsaw-Paris conflict over labor costs.more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday firmly rejected suggestions that she might seek a fifth term at the helm after pledging in 2018 to step down when her current government leaves office.more
One in five Brits are now following lockdown rules less strictly than before – and a third of those people say Dominic Cummings behaviour is a factor in that change.
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Specialist in geopolitics, prof. Frederic Encel pointed out that the EU cannot be respected unless it jointly draws conclusions from a pandemic. "This is the last whistle for her" - emphasized Encel, acknowledging that so far Europe is "pinched between China and America". The professor pointed out that EU countries that are afraid to renounce their sovereignty may soon lose it completely.more
Andrew Bailey held a conference call on Tuesday with Britain’s biggest lenders in which he emphasised that they needed to step up their plans for Britain failing to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU before a deadline at the end of 2020, Sky News reported.more
The United Kingdom will not walk away from the people of Hong Kong if China imposes a national security law which conflicts with Beijing’s international obligations under a 1984 accord, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.more
Poland picked June 28 on Wednesday as a new date for a presidential election that was cancelled last month amid the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for a short campaign that could weaken the country’s nationalist government.more
A supposed witness who claimed Dominic Cummings made a second trip north admitted he "modified" his statement for a "little bit of comedy value" while a retired teacher who reported the chief aide made a long-distance trip himself.more
Britain will not look away from its responsibilities to Hong Kong, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday, repeating London’s offer of extended visa rights in response to China’s push to impose a new law in the former British colony.more
Twitter has hidden one of Donald Trump’s tweets behind a warning that it “glorifies violence”, further escalating the social media company’s row with the US president.more
China faced growing international pressure Friday over its move to impose a security law on Hong Kong that critics say will destroy the city’s autonomy, with the United States and Britain placing the issue before the UN Security Council.more
The EU must change its approach if the deadlock in talks about future relations with Great Britain is to be broken and if an agreement is to be reached, said British chief negotiator David Frost and minister Michael Gove.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ruled out Wednesday's investigation of alleged violation by his chief adviser Dominic Cummings of a ban on unnecessary movement and argued that it was time to leave this dispute and deal with other matters.more
In Ireland, another 17 people died due to Covid-19 over the last 24 hours, resulting in a total increase in deaths to 1631, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday evening.more
The prime minister is entirely unfit for the responsibility of his office. In cleaving to his special adviser, he looks the servant not the master, according to "The Financial Times".more
The number of people who believe the prime minister's senior aide Dominic Cummings should resign after he drove 260 miles during lockdown increased following the news conference he gave on Monday, a poll has suggested.more
Within three days, the level of net approval for the activities of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fell by 20 percentage points. and for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus, it is negative, according to a survey released by Savanta ComRes today.more
The coronavirus pandemic will not change the international system, but it will accelerate pre-existing trends, including the most important of them - competition between the US and China - believes the head of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) Thierry de Montbrial.more
Boris Johnson's embattled chief aide has refused to apologize for driving across England during lockdown, amid a scandal over his movements that has overshadowed the UK government's coronavirus response.more
