Month: April 2017

Brexit by the numbers

The Economist has produced an index which lists all EU member states by their stances on what the Economist claims are the four key issues surrounding the negotiations (h/t Bernard): Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty provides that...

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French Election – Crunch Time – Update #3

After being relatively stable for nearly two months, there is now movement in the polls.   The official campaign began today, April 10.  The election will be held on April 23. On March 20, a TV debate was held with the...

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Trump, Not Ryan, Deserves Most of the Blame

I think it’s fair to say that the fundamental problem the congressional Republicans had when they were in the majority during the Obama presidency is that too many of their members could not be convinced that they lacked...

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The Coming White House Egg Roll Catastrophe

With so many potential story lines percolating at the moment, I’m pretty certain that Julie Hirschfeld Davis wasn’t entirely thrilled to draw the assignment of covering the Trump administration’s preparations...

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The Brexit negotiating environment

Colman has initiated an interesting debate on the likely outcomes to the Brexit negotiations, but I am far more interested in the negotiating process which I have already discussed here. The possible outcomes, both short and...

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