Pension politics may explain Macron’s choice of PM
Macron could hardly have picked a Prime Minister from France’s left-wing alliance, when its core electoral pledge was to reverse his unpopular retirement age rise.
Macron could hardly have picked a Prime Minister from France’s left-wing alliance, when its core electoral pledge was to reverse his unpopular retirement age rise.
Barnier faces an uphill battle to command cross-party support in France’s bitterly divided hung parliament.
Brits who view the appointment of Barnier as a wind-up are flattering themselves. The present crisis is all about France.
He may have been branded a “provincial oaf” by his snootier compatriots, but Xavier Bertrand is frontrunner to lead France’s Les Republicains in next year’s election.
The former Brexit negotiator is looking to capitalise on his infamy to give Macron a run for his money.
With sherpas in tunnels and similar hobbit-like phenomena dominating the political landscape, there is an almost Tolkien atmosphere to the endgame in any EU negotiations.
Downing Street’s accusation that the EU threatened to block British food from entering Northern Ireland in the case of a no-deal Brexit is an explosive,
Coronavirus would not halt the Brexit negotiations. Rather than being postponed, they would be conducted virtually. As Boris Johnson recovered in Chequers from intensive care treatment,
In 1064, Harold Godwinson was a “guest” of Duke William of Normandy. Before being allowed to return home, William asked Harold to lay his hand
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