by Chris Rogers | 9 Jun 2017 | European Union
It’s all gone a bit wrong for the Conservatives… The shock result of the UK general election and resulting hung parliament leaves Theresa May’s Conservatives short of a majority needed to govern – a fact that will not go unnoticed in Brussels, Berlin and Paris. Given...
by Chris Rogers | 2 Jun 2017 | European Union
Six Days Left… And so, the UK general election campaign rolls on. This week has seen the chipping away of the hefty poll lead once enjoyed by Theresa May’s team, who have now sought to rebrand themselves as the ‘Conservatives’. Mrs May herself has moved the...
by Chris Rogers | 26 May 2017 | European Union, Politics
Full steam ahead Michel Barnier has been formally appointed by the remaining EU member states to lead Brexit negotiations, starting from 19th June – a mere 11 days after the UK’s general election result. Although the election is still fairly likely to result in...
by Chris Rogers | 19 May 2017 | Economy, European Union, Politics
Manifesto mania For avid political readers, this week must have been manna from heaven with the publication of not one, not two, but three manifestos ahead of the UK general election on 8 June. After the brilliant/calamitous (delete as appropriate) leak of the Labour...
by Chris Rogers | 12 May 2017 | European Union, Whitehouse News
En Marche en Mai Officials around Europe breathed a sigh of relief when results of the French Presidential election came in on 7th May and it became clear that Emmanuel Macron – running for elected office for the very first time – had handily beaten scion...
