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German vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, said he would raise the issue of dual citizenship, which is generally forbidden in Germany for non-EU citizens, in the country’s national elections next year. “Let’s offer it to the young Britons living in Germany, Italy or France so that they can remain EU citizens,” …

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It was just two days ago, when German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urged European Union leaders to “address popular dissatisfaction.” He added “I said before the referendum that regardless of how the vote in Britain pans out we cannot simply continue as before in Europe.” As a consequence Schaeuble came …

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“English will not be one of the European Union’s official language after Brexit,” MEP Danuta Hübner and head of the European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) warned at a press conference on Brexit on Monday. No other EU country has English as their official language and so it could lose …

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The European Union cannot have a business as usual approach after Britain voted to leave the bloc, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Monday, adding that EU leaders should address popular dissatisfaction. “I said before the referendum that regardless of how the vote in Britain pans out we cannot …

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Whoever thought or hoped that the European Union would learn a lesson form the Brexit vote was wrong – me included. They keep repeating the same mantra as every year and scaremongering tactics against Greece. Speaking to Greek reporters in Brussels on Monday, two senior EU officials said that the …

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The European Union is furious about UK’s hesitation to implement the outcome of the Brexit Referendum. One after the other, EU Officials urge the UK to submit its Brexit request as soon as possible. After the historic Brexit decision, the heavy guns of the EU and Germany see themselves under …

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“The outcome of the British referendum confirmed our insistence on the need of  a democratic binding discussion about the future of the EU, to enhance the social functioning and democratization of structures so that it operates in serving the people of Europe and in being appealing to societies of Member-States,” …

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Last night I fell asleep at 1:30 and everyone was claiming ‘Remain” was at 54% and Brexit at 48%. This morning this ⇒ 51.9% for Exit and 48.9% for Remain. A shock! A shock for Europe and the European Union leaders, first of all. Donald Tusk ‏@eucopresident 28m28 minutes ago …

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Effusive as always with big smiles and bigger hugs. European Commission President  Jean-Claude Juncker enjoys a nice two-day visit in Athens, with delicious expensive fish eating (all bones removed!) and wandering around praising Greece and the Greeks to the left and to the right with an unprecedented generosity – and …

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Two weeks before the Brexit Referendum and support for the European Union has fallen across Europe. A survey by the Pew Research Center suggests that support for the European Union has fallen in several EU states. In Germany, the EU’s popularity has fallen eight points to 50 percent in just …

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WikiLeaks and Julian Assange published today the records of a 19 March 2016 teleconference between the top two officials of the International Monetary Fund who in charge of managing the Greek debt crisis – Poul Thomsen, the head of the IMF’s European Department, and Delia Velkouleskou, the IMF Mission Chief …

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