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...Ayuso, whose brand of libertarian populism has made her a political star, frequently overshadows her party leader Feijóo and is seen as a future candidate for prime minister....
...Her pro-business rival Xavier Trias secured the biggest representation in the city council, but as no candidate won an absolute majority talks over forming a government continue....
...Xavier Trias, a pro-business politician who has said “we need to grow in quality not quantity”, is most likely to become the new mayor....
...One of her key achievements, she says, has been the taming of “capitalism run amok” under her predecessor, Xavier Trias....
...The core of the ritual — oath (originally the “tria precepta”, the three promises); anointing, investiture with ring, sword, sceptre, rod and crown; enthronement — does actually descend from the coronation...
...“A woman can turn her back, apply lipstick, and when she turns around it’s another woman who is standing there. It’s magical.”...
...Unlike his predecessor, the economics professor Giovanni Tria, Mr Gualtieri will not find his every move stalked by Mr Salvini, although he may yet face criticism from more radical Five Star figures....
...Green Angela The German chancellor privately told her CDU party to “hold their nerve” while warning them to brace for more “disruptive” policy era on green issues....
...Mr Conte and his finance minister, Giovanni Tria, insist they want to avoid the EDP at all costs....
...(Le Monde) Merkel spookedThe German chancellor is struggling to hold her coalition government together as parties war over the fate of former spy chief Hans-Georg Maassen (FT) Arresting developmentsThree...
...But the signal points to a climbdown from Mr Tria's camp....
...Mr Tria followed her with a “very forthright” insistence that Rome’s new government was opposed to measures to tighten risk-sharing in the eurozone without more support for weaker economies....
...Christine Lagarde, the IMF chief and former French finance minister, is in her second term in the job, and a successor will need to be chosen in 2021....
...For finance minister Giovanni Tria, the slump is further evidence that Italy needs exactly the kind of reflationary stimulus — via spending and tax cuts — that his government has promised....
...Trans-Europe Express Can Tria survive?...
...Hauzeur started bringing food, then giving rides, but soon she was playing host to up to five people a night in her small Brussels apartment. The experience has transformed her, she said....
...AKK reloaded “Mini Merkel” Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has launched her bid to lead the CDU promising “new strength, new themes and a new style” (FT)....
...Back in Britain… Theresa May on Thursday morning is being accused of "railroading" her cabinet into swallowing a divisive Brexit deal after a five-hour cabinet session....
...Giovanni Tria did send a letter to Brussels but did not change the government's budget (FT). Grim news keeps coming for the economy too....
...Neither Angela Merkel nor her Christian Democrats are on the ballot paper in next month’s regional election in Bavaria....
...In the UK, a key Brexit debate will take place in parliament this week, with Theresa May, prime minister, trying to overturn 14 amendments to her EU withdrawal bill....
...The government is determined to avoid the materialisation of market conditions that push us towards an exit in any way," Tria said....
...She argues that La Verrière is too far from Mont Ventoux to be influenced by it — as the force of the northern wind on her tennis court, with its jaw-dropping view of the distant Alps, suggests....
...I had been aware of her Chêne Bleu wine estate in the southern Rhône for some time, and of the care and cash lavished on it by her and husband Xavier Rolet, head of the London Stock Exchange, but had yet...
...While his 16-month-old baby Rita sleeps in a cot next to his bed, his nine-year-old daughter Taïs stays in her own small truck next door....
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