The UK’s future trade deals will be subject to EU member state approval.
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It’s likely that a future UK-EU trade deal will be subject to approval by all EU member states and their sub-national parliaments.
Team Macron is ready to talk. You pick the language.
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President Macron is known for his excellent grasp of English, but his top team are also rather good at German.
War, Ford, fascism, Reaganomics, the pink tide, the EU, debt crises, rights-based activism, a fierce backlash… none of this is new.
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We may think of current reactionary politics as radical and new, but unchecked mercantilism has always elicited a fierce backlash from both left and right. Here’s what history tells us about today.
Changing concentrations of PM₂.₅ particles, modeled in January 2017 by Prevair.
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Lille, Lyon, Grenoble, Paris … In recent months, major French cities have experienced severe pollution spikes. How is this threat to health and the environment assessed?
An illustrated look inside.
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The U.S. is considering expanding a ban it imposed in March on several Middle Eastern countries to all flights from Europe. A close look suggests the meager benefits just aren’t worth the high costs.
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The chancellor looks ever more secure as a surge by the SPD falls flat in North-Rhine Westphalia.
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Social democratic parties across the continent are struggling for different reasons. They can learn from each other to bounce back.
How the idea of Europe was forged.
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The word Europe only appears ten times in the works of William Shakespeare.
Better get cracking.
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The self-confessed europhile will need to respond to concerns about the EU if he is to succeed as French president.
He comes in peace.
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He is a strident europhile, but that doesn’t mean France’s new leader is out to punish the UK for Brexit.
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Victory for Emmanuel Macron is a blow for the far right, but there are lessons to be learnt for 2022.
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The Conversation Global asked scholars from around the world what they thought of Emmanuel Macron’s victory, and what means for their country.
Macron votes.
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Being president of France won’t be easy for Emmanuel Macron. Without the support of an established political party, his legislative agenda may go nowhere fast.
Macron sweeps to victory.
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France’s new president is just 39-years-old and started his own political movement barely a year ago. So how did he do it?
As a French specificity, blank vote is counted but not recognised, despite a steady increase of its usage in many elections in the country.
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Never before in French presidential elections have commentators and pundits expressed alarming concern about the size of the blank voting.
An electoral poster of Emmanuel Macron, France’s centre-left presidential candidate, calling for unity.
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France’s two presidential candidates diverge markedly on many issues, but nothing is as divisive as France’s relationship with the EU.
Marine Le Pen at a political rally in Metz, France.
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What does it mean to be French? The two standing presidential candidates hope voters will agree with their version of the answer.
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By promising a top job to Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the Front National leader is hoping to catch a few more votes. But is it too little too late?
Macron at a rally in Chatellerault, France, April 28, 2017.
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Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform the eurozone if elected is easier made than implemented.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
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Facing international competition to attract people, jobs and firms, cities are branding themselves. But to succeed they must identify key values and address the question of identity.