By Fabian Zuleeg The uncertainty surrounding Keir Starmer’s political future has reopened a debate Labour had tried hard to avoid: Britain’s long term relationship with the European Union. Starmer himself had already shifted considerably towards closer cooperation and dynamic alignment with the EU. Some potential future Labour leaders are now going further still, openly speculating […]
By Martin Banks The chair of the EU Parliament’s influential foreign affairs committee has told the UK there are “no political shortcuts” to any possible return to the EU.
By Martin Banks MEPs have generally welcomed the new, long-awaited EU Passenger Package.
526: Possible date of the Antioch earthquake in the Byzantine Empire (present-day Syria), which kills 200,000 people 1498: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives in Calicut, India, becoming the first European to reach India by sea 1609: William Shakespeare’s Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe 1862: US President Abraham […]
US President Donald Trump has said he is holding off a military attack on Iran planned for Tuesday at the request of Gulf states as “serious negotiations are now taking place”. In a post on Truth Social, he said he had been asked to do so by the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the […]
Mr. Christodoulides’ statements concerning an imminent plan for a solution to the Cyprus problem confirm the messages that in the coming months the UN Secretary-General will launch a new initiative on the Cyprus problem. We must all realize how important it is for this new effort to yield results and not lead to another failure, […]
Turkey is preparing legislation consisting of 14 articles that would formally define the country’s maritime areas of responsibility, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone, according to reports from Ankara, in a move closely watched by Greece amid renewed concerns over disputes in the Aegean.
1536: Anne Boleyn, second wife of English King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason 1643: Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven form the United Colonies of New England 1649: England is declared a Commonwealth by an act of the Rump Parliament, making England a […]
By Edward McMillan-Scott, former British MEP* Wes Streeting’s call for Britain to rejoin the European Union, and Andy Burnham’s more cautious but still sympathetic noises, signal something important: the question of EU membership is no longer taboo in mainstream politics.
By Martin Banks Taiwan has hit out at what it calls an “escalating military threat” posed by its neighbour China.
