In mid-December, President Emmanuel Macron responded to the growing social unrest of the ‘yellow vest’ protests by promising a handful...
News Category: Politics
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Belgium: Prime minister resigns amid migration-pact row Prime Minister Charles Michel resigned following a no-confidence vote on 19 December, ending a short-lived minority government torn apart by... -
United Kingdom: Prime Minister Theresa May delays parliamentary vote on Brexit deal, survives leadership challenge In early December, Prime Minister Theresa May postponed a House of Commons vote on the withdrawal agreement, which had initially... -
Germany: A Merkel ally takes over the reins of the CDU On 7 December, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer beat Friedrich Merz and Jens Spahn in a close race to become the governing CDU’s... -
United States: Trump-Xi meeting yields fragile 90-day trade truce The widely anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Buenos... -
Costa Rica: Landmark reform bill signed into law on 3 December but skepticism lingers about fiscal sustainability A long-awaited fiscal reform bill was passed by the Legislative Assembly after a second reading on 3 December, becoming law... -
Taiwan: Local elections deliver crushing defeat for incumbent party; will likely impact economic policy and cross-strait relations The local elections held in Taiwan on 24 November—which were largely seen as a barometer of the incumbent government’s popularity... -
France: Economic Snapshot for the Euro Area Growth drops to five-year low in Q3 Preliminary data revealed that the Eurozone economy slowed notably in the third quarter.... -
United Kingdom: UK and EU reach final withdrawal agreement, but UK parliamentary backing is in doubt On 14 November, the UK and EU finalized negotiations on the withdrawal agreement and presented an outline of the political... -
Brazil: Bolsonaro wins presidency; questions linger over reform details Jair Bolsonaro will take the reins of Latin America’s largest economy on 1 January, after winning 55% of the vote...