Theresa May began to try and exert a personal grip on Brexit negotiations when she met Michel Barnier, the chief EU negotiator, for the first time on Wednesday night at a dinner in Downing Street.more
European Union leaders will insist Britain grant permanent residence to EU citizens who arrive before Brexit in 2019 and stay five more years, according to a draft negotiating plan they will endorse this weekend.more
GDP growth 3.9% in 2019-20, the unemployment rate of 5.0% in 2018 and 4.0% in 2020, the wage growth rate in 2019 of 5.1% - the Polish government's adopted yesterday 2017-20 financial plan.more
Ireland is likely to hold a referendum to liberalise abortion after a citizens' assembly voted overwhelmingly for reform. If Irish people opted for reform, it would mean changing the Republic's constitution to overhaul its abortion laws, which are among the most restrictive in Europe.more
The former Ukip leader said during his regular LBC slot that his decision will be based on where he can have the most influence over Brexit proceedings.more
This coming Saturday will be one hundred days after US President Donald Trump has sworn in. According to the media, and also corroborated by opinion polls, this traditional "trial period" of US presidents did not outperform Donald Trump too positively.more
All pupils will study a foreign language for their Junior Cert by 2021 under ambitious new plans to be announced by the Education Minister. Richard Bruton says Ireland should aim to be within the top ten in Europe when it comes to foreign languages.more
Nicola Sturgeon will today suggest that Labour is no longer a threat to her party in the fight for seats in Scotland as she paints the General Election north of the border as a "two-horse race" between the SNP and Tories.more
"New French Revolution" is the headline in the Daily Mail, which describes the success of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen as a major shock which wiped out the traditional parties.more
The position of London's financial district, as the most important global financial center in Europe, is undisguised, said Jeremy Browne, City of London's Financial District Representative for the European Union.more
Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on Sunday by winning the first round of voting and qualifying for a May 7 runoff alongside far-right leader Marine Le Pen.more
Independent Macron projected to have taken around 24% of vote with Front National leader Le Pen on roughly 22%; conservative François Fillon concedes.more
Support for Theresa May's ruling Conservatives was at 50 percent in a Comres poll published on Saturday, putting the prime minister on course for a landslide election victory on June 8.more