LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson The Conservative Party will seek to form a minority government with the backing of the Democratic Unionist Party, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday. May suffered a big blow in Thursday’s election, losing the party’s absolute majority. Despite calls for her resignation, May vows to stay…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson Hungary and Slovakia addressed the European Court of Justice Wednesday in a joint case against the European Union’s refugee distribution scheme. The EU Council has moved to distribute hundreds of thousands of refugees across Europe to lighten the burden on Italy and Greece. The Hungarian government has…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch China and several other countries are badgering the Trump administration for answers on how they plan to fulfill former President Barack Obama’s pledge to cut emissions as part of the Paris climate agreement. China asked the White House how the U.S. intends to meet Obama’s pledge after…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The commissioner for the European Union’s “Common Immigration and Asylum Policy” said the bloc can force member states to accept refugees, the Associated Press reports. The commissioner, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said that the bloc has the “tools, the means and the power,” to force member states to comply. Avramopoulos’s comments came during…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson An overwhelming majority of British members of parliament voted Wednesday to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to start Brexit negotiations with the European Union. The government’s European Union Bill passed with 498 votes to 114. The vote comes a week after the British Supreme Court ruled the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson Guy Verhofstadt, the European Union’s Brexit negotiator, lists U.S. President Donald Trump as one of three existential threats facing the EU. Verhofstadt said Trump, along with Russian President Vladimir Putin and radical Islamists, is part of a three-pronged attempt to break up the European Union. “I have…
By Guy Bentley London will remain the finance capital of Europe despite market turmoils in the wake Brexit. A poll of institutional investors by FTI Consulting shows substantial confidence that London will retain its status as Europe’s unrivaled financial hub. Two-thirds of those surveyed said London wouldn’t lose pride of place despite the United Kingdom’s…
Renewed Push for Australia to Become A Republic By: Elias J. Atienza Great Britain’s decision to exit the European Union has given the Australian Republican Movement new life. Many Australians are hoping that it will generate momentum for an independent Australia and break off from Great Britain. Australia held a referendum back in 1999 to…
In the wake of the United Kingdom’s referendum to leave the European Union, pundits the world over have pondered the future of the influential (and largely economic) coalition of European states. Several of the most powerful remaining of these member-states, however, seem to be wasting no time in charting that future course for themselves. Polish…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Now that Britain is officially out, European Union leaders are moving quickly to crack down on high-powered appliances such as toasters and tea kettles that are not considered eco-friendly. EU officials worried about fanning the Brexit flames kept the plan under wraps for months out of concern it might be “perceived as an assault…