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My Europe Series
Brexit shaming, climate strikes and fresh elections
This week was an embarrassing one for Europe's leaders - from a podium shaming for Boris Johnson, to ex-Italy PM Matteo Renzi quiting the ruling democratic party, rocking the new government. And, the Spanish prime minister was tongue-tied as he faces fresh elections for the second time this year.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Hate crimes are rising in the UK - thanks to Brexit and an exclusive education system ǀ View
New data from the UK’s police forces shows that hate crimes in British schools and colleges have more than doubled in three years. The time period for the study is not coincidental.
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Euroviews. The UK government is on course to rewrite the Belfast Agreement ǀ View
The British government has stated that the people of Northern Ireland remain British citizens even if they identify as Irish, and are using this policy as a way to restrict and remove the EU rights and entitlements of Northern Ireland-born Irish citizens.
Finland
UK must submit Brexit proposals by Sept 30 or it's 'over': Finnish PM
That would give Boris Johnson, the embattled British Prime Minister, just 12 days to lay out his alternative proposals to the backstop arrangement — the insurance policy worked into the Withdrawal Agreement to prevent the erection of a physical border in Northern Ireland.
Europe News
Juncker; 'The risk of a No Deal remains very real'
The debates on Brexit in the European Parliament appear to have turned into a trading to barbs between pro-Europeans and their counterparts in the UK's Brexit party.
Despite the digs, the mood in Strasbourg remains serious for MEPs worried about the effects of a No Deal Brexit.
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Euroviews. Data sharing is essential for UK business. A no-deal Brexit would be catastrophic ǀ View
There is much talk about the importance of free movement of people and goods between Brexit Britain and the EU. More important than either of these, however, is the free movement of data.
