OPINION by Owen Jones Britain has voted to leave the European Union: here is a statement that continues to shock leavers and remainers alike. Earlier this month I wrote that “unless a working-class Britain that feels betrayed by the political elite can be persuaded, then Britain will vote to leave[…]
Analysts were shocked on Friday to see the rand dive more than the day President Jacob Zuma fired former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene as the UK voted to leave the European Union. Rand Merchant Bank analyst John Cairns was alarmed that the currency’s losses against the dollar had swung between[…]
Britons have voted to leave the European Union by 52% to 48% in a national referendum. The pound has plummeted and the news has triggered panic on the markets. The ‘Leave’ campaign garnered 1,269,501 more votes than those who wanted to see Britain remain part of the European Union. Stock[…]
Rival sides in Britain’s referendum on European Union membership clashed in a passionate debate to the roars of an audience of six thousand in a London concert arena. The debate on Tuesday evening, ahead of Thursday’s referendum, was a final opportunity for the two camps to win over voters, with[…]
Europe has answered the call of the French youth-led ‘Nuit Debout’ movement urging people to protest against austerity and other troubling social and economic issues. Rallies have been held in dozens of cities, with the largest crowds in Paris and Madrid. The capital of Spain saw thousands rally in Madrid’s[…]
No refugees will be accepted in Poland, as they pose a threat to security, said the head Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party and former PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski, adding that Poland will oppose any law forcing EU members to pay €250,000 per refused refugee. “After recent events connected with acts[…]
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has rejected easing anti-terror legislation in exchange for visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the European Union. Erdogan told EU states, “We’ll go our way, you go yours,” in a statement released on Friday, just a day after the resignation of his Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.[…]
German riot police used pepper spray and batons to subdue violent clashes that broke out as pro-Kurdish activists confronted participants in rallies supporting the Turkish government as they marched through several major cities on Saturday. Demonstrations were held in Cologne, Nurnberg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and several minor German cities in response[…]
Two groups of migrants have been sent back to Turkey from Greece as part of a controversial EU-Turkey deal aimed at curbing the refugee and migrant flow to Europe. A ferry carrying 45 male migrants from Pakistan left the Greek island of Lesbos early on Friday before a second ferry[…]
Turkey and the EU have reached a draft deal that European leaders hope will stop the flow of refugees to the continent, sources at talks in Brussels told Al Jazeera. “We’re hearing from sources that have been attending the EU meetings that a major breakthrough has been reached,” Al Jazeera’s[…]
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