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Tour Eiffel illuminee depuis Champs de Mars © E.Li Landmark Paris venue will host hybrid event from February 1-5 2021 Global Sports Week Paris to take place at the Eiffel Tower Landmark Paris venue will host hybrid event from February 1-5 2021 [Source: Global Sports Week] The Eiffel Tower has been announced as the main [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 06:47PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Well, would you look at that: Brexit talks are still on. Last week, the United Kingdom and the European Union set a Sunday deadline to negotiate the terms of their future relationship. Sunday didn’t bring a deal. But it offered — maybe — some small glimmers that the UK and the EU might just be [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 01:29PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Two years ago, the streets of France were filled with the gilets jaunes (yellow vests), a grassroots protest movement sparked by a proposed tax hike on petrol. Though they have shed their yellow safety jackets, many of these disaffected people have joined a new wave of protests that has roiled France for weeks, presenting a [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 06:51PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

With the health crisis lingering, the economy wobbling and the national mood darkening, President Macron knows that the French need persuading that better times lie ahead.With this in mind, his speech at the 2023 Rugby World Cup draw in Paris yesterday was not so much a celebration of the sport as a plea with Antoine [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 06:34PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

President Emmanuel Macron used a warlike tone following the recent terrorist attacks that have hit France. Assuring that fear would change sides, the President’s position has sparked a strong response with a call to boycott in several Muslim countries, and several communities have led ‘anti-France’ movements.  A new path forward? Back in July, the President [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 03:39PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

The compromise between the EU, Poland and Hungary unlocked a landmark budget but a dispute over the ... [+] rule of law is expected to resurface. Photographer: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Bloomberg © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP The landmark compromise between the European Union, Poland and Hungary on December 10 may have unlocked a 1.8 trillion euro [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 03:14PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

A man wearing a face mask walks on the street in Paris, France, Nov. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing) France is expected to enter the second phase of easing lockdown rules on Tuesday. However, Prime Minister Jean Castex admitted that the target of 5,000 new cases of infection per day, set by President Emmanuel Macron to [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 05:21PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Bob Marley sang, sometimes the “heart says follow through ... the waitin' feel is fine” but sometimes “I don't wanna wait in vain for your love, cause if summer is here, I'm still waiting there, winter is here, and I'm still waiting there...” I was about to start college when Turkey signed the Ankara Agreement [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 03:07PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Boris Johnson is said to be leaving “no stone unturned” in his quest to get a deal with the European Union.The terms offered by the European Union on a trade deal continue to be “unacceptable” to the UK, according to a Government source – with time running out to strike an agreement.Talks between chief negotiators [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 04:09PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

BORIS Johnson made a dig at Emmanuel Macron saying he “shares my keen interest in protecting the sea” as the Brexit fishing row continues.The PM’s swipe at the French President comes as he said he wouldn't give up his country’s “share of the cake” to stop a No Deal Brexit - as both sides continued [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 02:42PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

In the words of one negotiator, it is the 'Lutheran's distaste for the libertine' that has pushed Britain to the brink of a No Deal Brexit.Diplomats say the 'trust issue' between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Boris Johnson came to a head during last week's fraught talks, when British negotiators tried to break the deadlock [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 04:08PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

China vowed to nearly triple its wind and solar capacity during the next decade, as President Xi Jinping joined other world leaders at a UN climate summit focused on new emissions targets.Mr Xi’s statement was the most consequential at a virtual summit that included more than 70 heads of state, hosted by Boris Johnson of [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 02:10PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Issued on: 11/12/2020 - 21:42 Advertising Read more Paris (AFP) The trial of 20 people charged over the November 13, 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris that were France's deadliest peacetime atrocity will get underway in late 2021, sources close to the case and prosecutors said on Friday.The night of carnage on November 13, 2015 saw [...] Published December 11, 2020 at 03:35PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

NEWCASTLE-Newcastle Muslim leaders have condemned the French president after he has written a letter to The Financial Times due to being misquoted in an opinion piece. Nabeela Ali, chair of Anti radicalization Mentoring and Awareness Network project, Hussain Sanam, Pakistan Cultural Society and Younes Mohammed, chair of Newcastle Central Mosque Islamic Centre say that Emmanuel [...] Published December 11, 2020 at 05:05PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Downing Street has rejected as “nothing new” Ursula von der Leyen’s reassurance that a proposed “ratchet clause” to maintain equivalence in standards into the future would not impinge on Britain’s sovereignty. The European Commission president said Britain would remain free to decide whether or not to follow EU standards but the EU would adjust access [...] Published December 11, 2020 at 01:21PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

(Credit: Opéra de Paris official website) va France has postponed the reopening of cultural venues, including theaters, concert halls and opera houses, said French Prime Minister Jean Castex. The reopening of cultural venues planned for Dec. 15, 2020 has been postponed for three weeks, the Prime Minister announced on Thursday, Dec 10. The curfew, which [...] Published December 10, 2020 at 03:13PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Boris Johnson offered Brussels a last-minute olive branch by pledging to drop his threat to break international law if a trade deal is struck.The Prime Minister vowed to remove several highly contentious clauses contained within legislation that would have breached parts of the Withdrawal Agreement that he signed last year.The i politics newsletter cut through [...] Published December 07, 2020 at 03:06PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

PARIS, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- France is far from reaching the 5,000 daily target for new COVID-19 cases set by the government as a condition for lifting a nationwide lockdown, Director General of Health Jerome Salomon said Monday. "Recent days, the level of daily infections has not dropped and remains particularly high among people over [...] Published December 07, 2020 at 03:13PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

07/12/2020. London, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson Speaks to Ursula von der Leyen. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks on the telephone from inside his office in No10 Downing Street, to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during the final stages of the Brexit negations. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 [...] Published December 07, 2020 at 03:53PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Thatcher Boris and MajorDeal or no deal, the outcome of the talks with Brussels threaten to make or break Boris Johnson's political legacy.In the event of white smoke billowing overhead, will the result be viewed as a Maastricht moment of capitulation or a Thatcherite triumph of statecraft?Harry Yorke: Tories fear Boris may cave in order to [...] Published December 07, 2020 at 03:35PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .