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...And it’s not very long ago, I remember back in 2021 when the Americans, with Danish help, were spying on the German chancellor Angela Merkel. So let’s put this in context....
...Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner called for Sunak to “come clean” about what he knew and when about Zahawi’s tax affairs....
...In one of three casts, Angela Gheorghiu sings Mimi — the role that made the Romanian soprano a star in her 1992 ROH debut....
...“The regulatory crackdown has shaved hundreds of billions off the market capitalisation of China’s internet giants,” said Duncan Clark, founder of the Beijing-based BDA Consultancy....
...Under chancellors Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel, the country pursued a policy of Wandel durch Handel, or “change through trade”. This led to extreme energy dependence on Russia....
...Then there are further oversights: Angela Merkel stubbornly resisting pressure from European and US peers to give up Nord Stream 2; Macron assuming he could charm the Russian president into negotiating a...
...Another, 72-year-old Duncan McGibbon from Bath, said the offer was a “bit of an insult”....
...Angela Rayner, deputy Labour leader, wrote to the parliamentary standards commissioner Kathryn Stone to demand an investigation into Johnson’s holiday....
...And, finally, three unmissable Brexit stories Angela Merkel has intervened to ease tensions between the EU and Poland....
...If the German Greens gain power in September’s federal election, expect a sharp break from the policies of outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel....
...“I spent $400 for a Duncan Robinson moment. He isn’t even good. I want to punch myself in the head.” Nonetheless, he has earned returns of between 20 per cent and 50 per cent on resales thus far....
...(The Guardian) German chancellor Angela Merkel might be running out of patience with Vladimir Putin....
...Mr Johnson has reassured Angela Merkel, German chancellor, and Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission president, that if the EU agreed changes to the backstop it would not lead to British demands for a...
...Iain Duncan Smith, a leading Eurosceptic and former Conservative leader, said that given the latest Brexit delay Mrs May “has to name a date for her departure now”....
...His administration began a long-term reform of education and welfare, though since the latter was in the hands of Iain Duncan Smith it turned into a mess....
...Alan Duncan, a Foreign Office minister, concurs: “She’s 100 per cent dutiful and rational. As every day passes, her stock in the country goes up and up....
...At the time it must have seemed a cheap bone to throw to his anti-Europeans, but it alienated him from Angela Merkel and other European centre-right leaders....
...Duncan Brock, group director at the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, commented that “somewhere along the line someone will pay”....
...Peter Altmaier, chief of staff to Angela Merkel, German chancellor, gave a cautious welcome to Mr Davis’s speech on a visit to Brussels, highlighting the Brexit secretary’s comments on regulatory continuity...
...Iain Duncan Smith, the Eurosceptic former Tory leader who is close to Mr Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton, dismissed speculation he had persuaded the Trump camp to turn against her Brexit plan...
...Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel ran into strong resistance from the EU’s pro-free trade members to their plan for tougher European screening of Chinese investments in the bloc....
...Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, offered her support to Mr Macron’s comment that some countries treated the EU “like a supermarket” by accepting vast regional funds while ignoring some obligations....
...Angela Merkel balked at the idea and within weeks the French president’s proposal was buried....
...Email: duncan.robinson@ft.com Twitter: @duncanrobinson Elsewhere in Europe: More on Macron Macron’s policies Macron may be a liberal but he is still French....
...Angela Merkel has dismissed the idea of helping Emmanuel Macron by relaxing eurozone spending rules, quickly putting the onus on France’s next president to implement economic reforms after his election win...
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