According to The Telegraph newspaper, such an offer in the only way out from the current deadlock in Brexit negotiations with Brussels. London is ready to pay this sum if Brussels agrees to negotiate the financial settlement as part of an agreement on future UK’s relations with the bloc, including a trade deal, Whitehall sources […]
Netanyahu Tells European Leaders Concern for Palestinian Rights Is “Crazy”…
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, was caught on tape on Wednesday urging four European leaders to help him undermine a provision of a European Union trade agreement that imposes an obligation on Israel to respect the rights of the millions of Palestinians it rules in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In […]
EU Fines Google a Record 2.4 Billion Euros in Antitrust Case…
The European Union slapped a record 2.42 billion-euro ($2.72 billion) fine on internet giant Google on Tuesday for taking advantage of its dominance in online searches to direct customers to its own online shopping business. European regulators gave the company based in Mountain View, California, 90 days to stop or face more fines of up […]
EU to Bill UK €2 Billion for Fraud Or So They Think…
On top of the £50 billion that Jean-Claude Juncker and his chums want to shake down Britain for on the way out of the door, The Times report that the EU also want to hit the UK for a €2 billion fraud claim. It revolves around alleged customs fraud that Brussels say the UK has […]
Agricultural Mega-Merger Could Make China Leading GMO Producer…
A $43 billion takeover deal that would merge Chinese state-owned agriculture company ChemChina and Swiss-owned seed company Syngenta is expected to turn the world’s second largest economy into a biotech titan. In recent weeks, the deal has been approved by EU and US authorities. Once closed it will be China’s biggest overseas acquisition. It will […]
Libya – More War And Reconciliation…
The West retains it’s out of touch Libyan policies when in Luca, Italy last week the G7 ‘warned and commanded’ that the fractious warring Libyan parties ‘must’ work with the dying UN appointed and recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), situated only in a small naval base in Tripoli and its so called Presidency Council […]
Good Grief: EU’s Boss Juncker Suggests He Could Break Up the U.S….Wish Him Luck with That…
European Union boss Jean-Claude Juncker this afternoon issued a jaw-dropping threat to the United States, saying he could campaign to break up the country in revenge for Donald Trump’s supportive comments about Brexit. In an extraordinary speech the EU Commission president said he would push for Ohio and Texas to split from the rest of […]
‘They’re bound by their own RULES!’ EU’s Brexit Negotiation Shafted by Its Own Legislation…
The European Union’s Brexit bargaining position has been significantly weakened because of an article in the Lisbon Treaty stating neighbouring countries must be treated with “neighbourliness” and be allowed to prosper. Article 8 of the Lisbon Treaty states: “The Union shall develop a special relationship with neighbouring countries, aiming to establish an area of prosperity […]
EU Blocks Stock Exchange Mega-Merger Between Germany and Britain…
EU antitrust regulators have rejected the proposed €29 billion ($31.3 billion) merger of Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The combined exchange would have become the largest in Europe. “The Commission cannot allow the creation of monopolies, and that is what would have happened in this case,” Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s antitrust commissioner, […]
EU’s Brexit Goal to ‘Minimize Costs’…
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