France mulls age limit of 70 electoral candidates
The French government is considering banning politicians over 70 from standing for office in a bid to inject new blood into the country’s political class – proposals that unsurprisingly have…
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French surprise: what former President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing said on Russia?
“Relations between Europe and Russia would be better if Brussels was really independent from the U.S.” said former French President (1974-1981) Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. He also justified Russia’s annexation of Crimea because “it…
EU sanctions against Russia cost European Union 100 bln and 2 mln jobs
Sanctions against Russia may cost EU countries and Switzerland losses of EUR 100 billion and two million jobs. (Die Welt) Italy will lose 200,000 jobs and 0.9% of its GDP,…
Italian prime minister threatens to ‘hurt Europe’ if other countries do not take in more migrants
Italian PM Matteo Renzi has said Europe’s answers have ‘not been good enough’. Could start issuing migrants with visas allowing them to travel through EU. Italy is struggling to accommodate an endless…