European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker achieved a significant win by appointing Michel Barnier as a lead Brexit negotiator.
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Read more...More evidence that the idea that the UK would have a negotiating advantage in Brexit talks is not well founded.
Read more...Draghi backs an Italian bank rescue, but that does not settle the issue.
Read more...An informative, high-level overview of how the EU got to where it is now, its internal contradictions, and the prospects for resolving them.
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Read more...The UK still appears to be ignoring the EU’s negotiating boundaries on Brexit.
Read more...The European Court of Justice just issued a ruling that may allow Italy to rescue its banks without imposing bail-ins.
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Read more...Angela Merkel has arrived. She now has a rap parody.
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