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...Angela Merkel has pushed back against Theresa May’s attempt to speed through a new trade deal with Europe, as the British premier set in motion two years of difficult talks on Brexit....
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...The latest German polls show the incumbent Angela Merkel level pegging with Martin Schulz, a former president of the European Parliament....
...In the Palace of Versailles on Monday night, François Hollande, the French president, and Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, with their Spanish and Italian counterparts, outlined their vision for a union...
...It will be very costly for the British partner,” said the MEP, who belongs to the same party as German Chancellor Angela Merkel....
...Angela Merkel this month backed efforts to expand EU trade agreements if attempts to improve ties with the US “do not go forward or move ahead more slowly”....
...On Wednesday, he said that Angela Merkel, François Hollande and Mr Juncker had encouraged European business leaders to adopt an “intransigent” attitude to negotiations with the UK, which “puts an unfair...
...Additional reporting by Kate Allen, Paul McClean and Rochelle Toplensky...
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...Elsewhere in Europe Jagged Little Pill The FT’s Paul McClean reports that the European Medicines Agency in London faces having to cough up 20 years of rent totalling €400m when it relocates from the UK...
...The owner of the brands SimplyBe and JD Williams recorded a boost to revenues, however, up 3.5 per cent to £866.2m, while online revenue rose 15 per cent year-on-year, writes Paul McClean....
...Angela Spindler, chief executive, said she was “really surprised” by the market’s reaction to the update....
...(The main Angela Merkel achievement of the night seems to be convincing her not to walk out.)...
...Angela Merkel cut a deal with Recep Tayyip Erdogan even as Turkey fell deeper into authoritarianism....
...Angela Eagle, shadow business secretary, said of Sir Philip: “BHS staff and the public will understandably want to know whether the former owner, who took so many millions of pounds out of the business,...
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