By MArtin Banks Two senior former MEPs have voiced concern about the possibility of Donald Trump winning this week’s election in the United States. Speaking to this website just ahead of Tuesday’s delicately poised presidential poll, former Polish MEP and EU commissioner Danuta Hubner says, “It is true that for quite a while Europe had […]
On the final day of his three-day official visit, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has asked for forgiveness for the crimes committed by occupying German forces in Greece during World War II.
By Martin Banks A British peer has warned that the UK’s two mainstream political parties may end up “finding solace with each other on the beach at Clacton” over 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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
