The Ups and Downs of Brexit
By Martin Banks An exhaustive dossier on Brexit contains over 2,000 examples of the “negative” – and 39 “positives” –impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU.
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October 14, 2024 Androulakis celebrates reelection as PASOK leader, vows to end New Democracy’s dominance
Nikos Androulakis celebrated his reelection as PASOK leader on Sunday, delivering a message of unity and vowing to end the conservative New Democracy party’s grip on power.
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October 7, 2024 PASOK: Finalists weigh strategies and voter dynamics ahead of runoff vote
The close race for second place between Haris Doukas, the mayor of Athens, and Pavlos Yeroulanos, an MP and former minister, largely captured the attention of the first round of PASOK’s leadership election on Sunday, which was comfortably won by incumbent leader Nikos Androulakis. However, starting Monday morning, the teams of the two finalists, Androulakis […]
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October 6, 2024 PASOK leadership elections underway across Greece
The leadership race for the opposition socialist PASOK party went underway Sunday, with voting starting at 7 a.m. at 950 polling stations across Greece.
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October 4, 2024 UK and EU underline “unique” relationship
By Martin Banks The UK PM and EU chief say they have “agreed” on the “importance of the unique relationship” between the European Union and Britain.
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October 3, 2024 EU and UK urged to review post Brexit youth mobility
By Martin Banks MEPs and an ex UK government minister have joined forces in appealing to both the EU and UK to tackle what one calls growing public “intolerance” about the fall out from Brexit.
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September 6, 2024 Barnier will provide “ballast” in French politics
By Martin Banks New French PM Michel Barnier will give “some much-needed ballast to France’s somewhat unstable leadership”. That is the view of a former vice president of the European parliament. Edward McMillan-Scott was speaking to this website after Barnier’s appointment on Thursday. Known in France as Monsieur Brexit, Barnier, who is 73, is France’s […]
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August 6, 2024 Campaign to restore Eurostar services in South East of England gathers pace
By Martin Banks A major campaign has been launched to restore Eurostar services in the south east of England to Belgium and the rest of mainland Europe. The recent election of a new government at Westminster has prompted leading figures in Kent to urge the UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his cabinet to […]
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July 16, 2024 New UK PM set to host key meeting of European leaders
By Martin Banks A former UK MEP said a key meeting this week is a chance to “restore the UK’s tattered European credentials.” The fourth meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) takes place on Thursday. It is a collective launched after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 that was the brainchild of the […]
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July 5, 2024 Socialist group leader in the EU Parliament congratulates Labour on UK election victory
By Martin Banks The leader of the Socialist group in the EU parliament has heralded Labour’s stunning victory in the UK general election. Sir Keir Starmer is the new UK Prime Minister after sweeping away a 14-year era of Conservative rule and leading the Labour Party to a massive landslide victory in Britain’s general election. […]
