As divisions deepen, Europe can provide global leadership

European countries must continue to pool and share their sovereignty if they want to shape global affairs, writes Jean-Claude Juncker. A migrant child is helped from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel to disembark in the port of Crinavis … Read More

US warns Turkey any unilateral military action in Syria ‘worrying and unacceptable’

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Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and US soldiers patrol the Kurdish-held town of Al-Darbasiyah in northeastern Syria bordering Turkey on November 4, 2018  Delil SOULEIMAN (AFP/File) Turkey has announced a new operation will be launched in Syria within days … Read More

Erdogan’s Anti-Semitism Will Sink Turkey’s Economy

The Turkish president’s racist conspiracy theories are a threat to economic stability. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the press during the Argentina G20 Leaders’ Summit 2018 on Dec. 1 in Buenos Aires. (Daniel Jayo/Getty Images) On Nov. 21, … Read More

Plans for “No-Deal” Brexit Proceed as Deadline Inches Closer

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With the March 29 deadline for Great Britain to leave the European Union looming, preparations for a possible “no deal” Brexit have begun. One hundred days now remain until the U.K. is scheduled sever its ties with the EU. The … Read More

The End of Europe?

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PARIS — Ever since World War II, the liberal global order that has spread more freedom and prosperity around the world than at any other time in history has been held up by two pillars: the United States of America … Read More

French police warn the government: ‘We’re at breaking point’

French police have sent a stark warning to the government after another weekend of violence in cities around the country left them “at breaking point”. The protests began in France four weeks ago against the government’s planned fuel tax hikes … Read More

Paris braces for fifth weekend of protests by gilets jaunes

Demonstrations to continue despite demands to call off action after Strasbourg attack. A student protests in Paris against changes in education policy. Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images Thousands of riot police and armoured vehicles will be deployed in Paris on … Read More

EU leaders reject May’s idea to salvage her Brexit deal

Juncker tells PM to tell Europe what she wants in ‘nebulous and imprecise’ debate. EU leaders delivered a devastating knockback to Theresa May after she appealed to them to hold “nothing in reserve” and work with her to salvage her Brexit … Read More

E.U. Hoped to Put Its House in Order This Year. Not Even Close

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“Remain” supporters outside the Parliament in London on Monday. Prime Minister Theresa May has postponed a vote on Britain’s exit from the European Union.Credit Credit Tolga Akmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BRUSSELS — This was supposed to be the year Europe put … Read More

France: More than 1,200 in custody after ‘yellow vest’ riots

President Emmanuel Macron will speak to the French people after a fourth week of protests that have shaken the country. Unrest sparked by proposed fuel tax hikes has morphed into a general anti-government revolt. French authorities said on Sunday they … Read More

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