PA: Europe
Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:24
France warns against ‘repression’ in wake of Turkey coup
France's foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, warned Turkish President Erdogan against using the country's failed coup as ‘carte blanche ’. ‘We want the rule of law to work properly in Turkey,’ adding that Turkey's government should not…
Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:21
Germany: Train stabbing - warning of lone attacks
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned Germans to be prepared for further attacks carried out by small groups and radicalised ‘lone wolves’. Five people were wounded by a 17-year-old on a train in Bavaria on Monday.…
Friday, 08 July 2016 10:05
EU’s post-Brexit paralysis
Two weeks after the British referendum vote, the European Union is still reeling from the result. In Brussels and Strasbourg a strange sense of paralysis has taken hold, as the mysterious momentum that propels the EU…
Friday, 08 July 2016 10:00
EU coastguard and border force approved
The European Parliament has agreed to set up a new border and coast guard agency to help countries cope with unusually high levels of migration. The force of 1,500 guards will be able to deploy even…
Friday, 01 July 2016 08:41
Europe post-Brexit
After talks in Berlin this week, the leaders of Italy, Germany and France have ruled out any informal talks with Britain on leaving the EU, raising the prospect of a lengthy political vacuum within the EU.…
Friday, 24 June 2016 10:54
'Islam has no place in my country'
Slovakia takes over the six-month EU presidency on 1July. Robert Fico, Slovakia's prime minister, says that ‘migrants change the character of our country’ and ‘multiculturalism is a fiction’. Fico has argued that Slovakia has no obligation…