Prime Minister Theresa May pledged to fight for the “precious, precious union” of the United Kingdom, unveiling what she called her Plan for Britain with a warning to Scotland not to pursue its independence plans at the moment. May underlined she would negotiate a Brexit deal for the whole country but needed everyone to pull…
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Dutch enter coalition limbo
There is no ‘absolute’ winner in Dutch general elections as the three leading parties together received less than half of the votes. The situation is not an easy one for forming a functional coalition government. Mark Rutte is not new to Dutch politics, subsequently he is expected to carry on the task of creating a…
High turnout in Dutch elections
The Hague. Voter turnout in Wednesday’s Dutch parliamentary election was far higher than five years ago according to pollster Ipsos, which is conducting an exit poll. At 1245 GMT, when polls had been open for just over six hours, turnout was estimated at 33 percent, compared to 27 percent at the last election in 2012,…
General elections – Dutch vote
Reportedly Dutch votes went to ballot-boxes in unprecedented numbers. 13 million voters began casting ballots at polling stations across the country that will close at 2000 GMT. The vote is considered to be decisive for the future of the country, and its membership in the EU. The convincing victory of Party for Freedom led by…
Déjà vu: Scotland for independence
The Scottish government suggests Europeans will understand it has a “special” case to be given EU membership as soon as possible if Scots vote for independence before Britain quits the bloc, Michael Russel said. Speaking in Brussels after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her plans for the second independence referendum before Brexit in 2019,…
Rutte admits Wilders can win
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said there is a real possibility that anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders will win the parliamentary election on Wednesday. Erdogan repeats we are nazis + fascists. He insults Dutch police. No de-escalation. Expel Turkish Ambassador to NL and entire staff! — Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) March 13, 2017 “There is a real…
Boris Johnson suspects Russia in a range of cybercrimes
The UK Foreign secretary Boris Johnson told there is “plenty of evidence” that Russia has the ability to disrupt British politics with cyber-attacks, following some reports that intelligence experts are to brief political parties on defence methods against hacking from Moscow. Johnson due to meet his Russian counterpart in March, said there was little doubt…
Awaiting Polish reaction to Tusk reappointment
Declaring the reappointment of Donald Tusk as a president of the European Council for the second term, Antonio Tajani, the European Parliament president, responded to Brussels Diplomatic question if the decision taken against the opposition of the Polish government would upset the upcoming celebration of the Treaty of Rome. “It is not a scandal,…
Farage for referendum on House of Lords
After a three-hour debate on Tuesday, for the second time in a week peers amended the legislation that will authorise Theresa May to notify the EU of the UK’s intention to leave and pave the way for official Brexit talks to begin. The government has suffered a second Brexit defeat in the House of Lords…
Schaeuble for making Brexit a negative example
Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said it is essential for the EU27 to stick together in while approaching “Brexit” negotiations with the UK. Schaeuble also told to press corps in Berlin that he believes Brexit negotiations will be “difficult and complicated”, and while concluding the negotiations it should be clear to everyone that remaining on…
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