Nigel Farage: Arch-eurosceptic and Brexit 'puppet master'
As it became clear that more than half of the nearly 33 million referendum voters had cast their ballots to leave the EU, Farage -- the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) -- declared it a "victory for real people, a victory for ordinary people, a victory for decent people." It was a sudden return to prominence for Farage, who was not part of the official Leave campaign but had certainly been on the sidelines, fanning the flames of revolt among the Euroskeptics in Cameron's party. "Let's..>> view originalPolitics|Is 'Brexit' the Precursor to a Donald Trump Presidency? Not So Fast
The highly educated, younger voters around London who voted to remain in the European Union, for example, share some commonalities with the American urbanites who were the pillars of Mr. Obama’s coalition. And Mr. Trump has triumphed with the American counterparts of the British “Leave” voters: older whites who lack university degrees and live in less prosperous regions of the English countryside.But beneath those generalities, there are crucial distinctions between the Brexit vote and the 2016..>> view originalChina Halts Taiwan Liaison Link on Lack of One-China Support
China has halted a communications channel with Taiwan because the island’s new government has failed to affirm the "one-China" principle.Taiwan’s president, sworn in on May 20, failed to declare support for the principle that Taiwan is part of China and as a result the mechanism for the two sides to liaise has been suspended, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing An Fengshan, a spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office.An made the remarks in response to a protest by Taiwan’s Mainla..>> view originalBrexit referendum: EU must not fall into 'depression'
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption EU leaders have suggested the bloc will need to reform to survive Britain's exit German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says the EU must not fall into "depression and paralysis" after the UK voted to leave the bloc.He made the comments arriving for an urgent meeting of the six EU founder members to discuss the decision.They will consider the process and speed of Britain's exit, and are also likely to..>> view originalSo Just How Does The UK Divorce The EU?
The decision is made and now comes the long and complicated job of decoupling the U.K. from the European Union. On paper, there is a tangled legal process, but it has never been tested and leaves some issues unaddressed.The first step is for the U.K. to formally notify the European Union of its decision to leave. This is done by invoking a provision known as Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. It's up to the prime minister to pull the trigger on Article 50, and David Cameron, who says he will resig..>> view originalBrexit: An often rocky marriage ends in sudden divorce
It was a Conservative Prime Minister, Edward Heath, who championed the cause of Europe and negotiated Britain's accession to what was then the European Economic Community in 1971. Then too, opinion in Britain was divided, with the center of British politics arguing "join" while left and right resisted. But the lengthy courtship had none of the sulfuric resentment of the divorce that would follow four decades later.I am old enough to remember the October night in 1971 when the House of Commons vo..>> view originalPro-EU Scots, Northern Irish eye UK escape after Brexit vote
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The United Kingdom’s stunning vote to depart the European Union could end in the breakup of the U.K. itself. While majorities of voters in England and Wales backed the campaign to leave the 28-nation bloc, the U.K.’s two other regions of Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay. Hot on the heels of Friday’s results, nationalist leaders in both countries vowed to leave the U.K. if that is the required price to keep their homelands fully connected to Europe. Scotland, whe..>> view originalBritish brace for economic repercussions of EU exit decision
LONDON — The British were warned for weeks that a vote to leave the European Union would result in economic pain. Now they’ll find out whether it will. U.K. financial leaders are scrambling to reassure households, businesses and investors that they can contain the doom and gloom they had predicted in case of a British exit, or Brexit. The pound plunged to its lowest level in over 30 years on Friday, raising concerns about price inflation, and shares in the U.K.’s biggest banks and real estate b..>> view originalFrance presses for quick EU divorce with Britain, Germany cautious
BERLIN, June 25 France's foreign minister called on Saturday for the European Union to move ahead quickly to seal the terms of a British exit from the bloc, arguing that the other 27 members needed to give the EU new purpose or else risk populism taking hold."Negotiations have to go quickly in the common interest," Jean-Marc Ayrault said on his way to a meeting in Berlin of foreign ministers from the six founding members of the EU - Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembou..>> view originalPope Francis Says 'Genocide' on Armenia Trip, Likely Angering Turks
YEREVAN, Armenia — A somber Pope Francis paid tribute on Saturday to the 1.5 million Armenians massacred in 1915, an event which he labeled a genocide a day earlier, risking Turkey's ire. "Here I pray, with pain in my heart, so that never again will there be tragedies like this, so that humanity does not forget and knows how to overcome evil with good," he wrote in the guest book at the "Genocide Memorial and Museum" on Saturday. Visibly moved, Francis participated in a prayer service alon..>> view original
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