Home alone at the Commission

    The definition of trust (or perhaps madness) in the EU? Letting a Brit have the keys to the headquarters of the European Commission while (almost) everyone else is on vacation. That’s what happened last week when Julian King — who, barring a massive Brexit change of heart, will be the last ever European commissioner from…

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      Pro and anti-independence Catalans call for EU help

      Barcelona's mayor Ada Colau gives a speech during a meeting of the left wing party Podemos in Santa Coloma de Gramenet on September 11, 2017 during the National Day of Catalonia | Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images Pro and anti-independence Catalans call for EU help Passivity not an option for Brussels as planned referendum nears,…

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        Tuchel 'not happy' after seeing footage of PSG stars at Cavani, Icardi & Di Maria's joint birthday bash

        A number of players were filmed partying on Thursday night and the German boss has questioned the actions of Neymar and Co. Thomas Tuchel admitted he was “very surprised” by leaked footage that showed Paris Saint-Germain’s players partying into the early hours of the Friday morning. A number of PSG’s first-team stars attended a lavish joint-birthday…

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          Today at Commission, Polish threats get real

          Demonstrators gather in front of the parliament building in Warsaw to protest new legislation that reorganizes Poland's judiciary | Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images midday brief, in brief Today at Commission, Polish threats get real ‘There is no way the Polish people will support a government to leave the European Union,’ says Frans Timmermans. By…

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            Barack Obama, sa top list de séries télévisées

            Le New York Times s’est intéressé aux programmes favoris de Barack Obama. Et comme ses compatriotes, le président des Etats-Unis succombe à la folie des séries. Parmi ses favorites, Breaking Bad, Homeland ou encore Game of Thrones. Barack Obama est un gros consommateur de séries US. A tel point qu’il fait noter sur son agenda…

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