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  • Brexit: EUROPEAN finds no-deal plans

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    The European Fee says it has began to put in force its preparations for a no-deal Brexit – in case the uk crashes out of the ecu with no plan.

    It has introduced temporary measures to try to reduce the impact, but says it cannot counter the entire issues it expects.

    As PM Theresa May’s proposed exit plan flounders in Parliament, each side are getting ready for the worst-case situation.

    The UK has allocated £2bn ($2.5bn) in funding to government departments.

    The Ecu Fee’s measures are designed to limit disruption in positive key areas, equivalent to finance and delivery, if Brexit is going beforehand in March without a deal.

    ‘A calculation’

    By Adam Fleming, Brussels correspondent

    The ECU has been fairly extra beneficiant than anticipated in its planning for a no-deal Brexit.

    Its thought that British truckers can keep on trucking in the eu for nine months prior to they have got to apply for scarce international permits can be welcomed via the trade.

    a few of the measures will even be in position for longer than in the past instructed. as an example, the naked-bones aviation regulation will closing till March 2020, not December 2019.

    some of the measures recognising the united kingdom’s monetary laws as comparable to the ecu’s will continue for up to two years.

    Brussels isn’t doing this out of the goodness of its heart. that is the made from calculation of what is in its pursuits and which vulnerabilities wish to be protected.

    And the ecu Commission is clearly all for countries doing their own deals with the united kingdom, therefore a plea not to.

    however the message from Brussels is apparent: the deal that’s on be offering is much, means, way better than no deal in any respect.

    Why are the plans being released now?

    The European Commission’s preliminary steerage on the factor used to be revealed in November.

    It committed to publishing its draft version by the top of 2018, making an allowance for eight weeks of consultation, as required by EU treaties.

    the issue is heating up as a result of Mrs May’s proposed deal, which was once agreed with the european, has so far failed to gain sufficient support in the united kingdom Parliament, in an effort to vote on it next month.

    The cut-off date for leaving is now 100 days away.

    what’s the united kingdom doing?

    On Tuesday, the cupboard stated it had decided to “ramp up” preparations for a no-deal Brexit.

    the federal government has despatched letters to A HUNDRED AND FORTY,000 firms urging them to devise in advance, whilst 3,500 troops will likely be put on standby to take care of crucial products and services.

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    It may also distribute ONE HUNDRED-page knowledge packs to companies on Friday.

    The UNITED KINGDOM is because of leave the european on 29 March, years after triggering an ecu mechanism referred to as Article 50, which covers departure from the bloc.

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  • Hungarians rally again against ‘slave laws’

    A protester holds a burning flare in Budapest, Hungary. Photo: 16 December 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Sunday’s protest was the largest since the new regulations have been adopted remaining week

    About 10,000 folks have rallied in Hungary’s capital Budapest in opposition to new labour laws, that have been labelled “slave” law by way of warring parties.

    The crowds marched against parliament and the state TELEVISION headquarters, in what was the fourth and biggest protest because the laws have been handed last week.

    Police fired tear fuel to disperse protesters close to the television station.

    New regulations imply companies can call for as much as 400 hours of overtime a yr and lengthen cost for it for three years.

    The government of Top Minister Viktor Orban says the labour reform will receive advantages workers to boot as firms who wish to fill a labour scarcity.

    Image copyright Reuters Symbol caption Police used tear fuel to disperse demonstrators outdoor the state TELEVISION headquarters

    the event was dubbed “Satisfied Yule Prime Minister”. Mr Orban is seen by way of his warring parties as changing into an increasing number of authoritarian.

    The high minister denies the declare.

    His governing Fidesz birthday celebration has said the protests are the work of foreign mercenaries paid by Hungarian-born US billionaire George Soros.

    Mr Soros has denied the accusations as lies aimed toward creating a fake external enemy for the Hungarian authorities.

  • Yellow Vests: Is the symbol spreading across Europe?

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  • Strasbourg: Christmas marketplace attacker ‘shot dead’

    French special police forces secure an area during a police operation in the Meinau district after the deadly shooting in Strasbourg, France, December 13, 2018 Image copyright Reuters Symbol caption A police operation was underneath manner in the Meinau space of Strasbourg on Thursday night

    French police have shot useless the man believed to have attacked Strasbourg’s Christmas marketplace, police assets have instructed reporters.

    Cherif Chekatt were at the run because the assault on Tuesday evening.

    Three other folks have died following the taking pictures at the popular appeal and a number of other more were significantly injured.

    France Information stated that Chekatt was once killed by police after he used to be discovered hiding in a warehouse within the Meinau house of the city.

    The suspect had a string of criminal convictions and had turn out to be a radical Islamist even as in jail.

    Five people were arrested in reference to the attack. They come with Cherif Chekatt’s folks and two of his brothers.

    What do we learn about the suspect?

    in keeping with police, Cherif Chekatt was born in Strasbourg and was once already identified to the protection services as a potential Islamist terrorist risk.

    He was once the topic of a “fiche S”, a watchlist of individuals who constitute a potential threat to nationwide safety.

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    He has 27 convictions for crimes together with robbery spanning France, Germany and Switzerland, and has spent really extensive time in prison as a result.

    Police had been in quest of him on Tuesday morning in connection with any other case, but didn’t find him at home.

    A seek of his apartment in Neudorf discovered a grenade, a rifle, four knives – of that have been searching knives – and ammunition.

    Who were the victims of the attack?

    The demise of Kamal Naghchband, originally from Afghanistan, was once announced on Thursday. the father of 3 died in sanatorium. His mosque introduced that his funeral will take place after Friday prayers.

    A retired bank worker elderly SIXTY ONE, from Strasbourg, was once additionally killed within the assault, in step with Le Figaro.

    The third sufferer is assumed to be a Thai tourist who was on vacation together with his spouse. Anupong Suebsamarn, 45, has been named by way of Thai media as one in all the dead.

  • Gavin Ford: British radio host found useless at home in Lebanon

    Briton Gavin Ford, who hosted a popular show for the station Radio One in Lebanon, has been found dead at his home in the country, 26 January 2017 Symbol copyright AFP/Getty Photographs Symbol caption Gavin Ford, who lived in Lebanon for greater than 20 years, hosted a popular radio show

    A British radio host who presented a well-liked breakfast display in Lebanon has been discovered dead at his house, local media report.

    The body of Gavin Ford, who joined the Lebanese station Radio One in 1995, used to be found out on Tuesday within the town of Beit Meri, east of the capital Beirut.

    The reason for his death is uncertain and police have launched an research.

    “we are heartbroken to announce the passing of our pricey Gavin Ford,” Radio One wrote in a social media put up.

    Mr Ford’s show, Gavin Ford within the Morning, changed into popular with the station’s listeners, who began posting tributes on social media describing him as a “brilliant big name” with an “enticing charismatic voice” following information of his demise.

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    Body Of Workers at Radio One reportedly alerted the government when they had been not able to touch Mr Ford when he didn’t happen at work, in step with the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar.

    Mr Ford studied on the National Broadcasting College in London earlier than occurring to offer a breakfast display on Radio Caroline, an offshore station in the UNITED KINGDOM broadcast from a ship.

    In an attempt to escape the “consistent storms”, he later found paintings with stations in France and Cyprus, sooner than transferring to Lebanon, where his breakfast show was once stated to were the country’s hottest because 1996.

  • Brexit vote will probably be honoured, says Diane Abbott

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    Some Other EU referendum isn’t “off the desk” for Labour however could more than likely be won via Go Away again, says Diane Abbott.

    The shadow home secretary said she was once “as certain as any person will also be” that “the referendum vote can be honoured and we will be able to pop out of the ecu subsequent spring”.

    But she repeated her caution that the ones urging a brand new referendum will have to must “be careful what they wish for”.

    “My view is that …Depart may win again,” she advised Nick Robinson’s Political Thinking podcast.

    “And Never best would depart win again however Depart electorate might say: ‘What didn’t you recognize approximately Depart the primary time?’”

    Labour ‘may just form minority government’ Can May get her deal during the Commons? Corbyn: New referendum ‘now not possibility for now’

    at the Labour Birthday Party convention in September, birthday celebration contributors licensed a motion that would keep all options – together with a recent referendum – on the table if MPs are deadlocked over Brexit.

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has stated he may recognize the end result of the vote – however stated ultimate week that a new referendum used to be “an choice for the future” but “not an option for today”.

    The People’s Vote marketing campaign group, which organised a march in London in October which it mentioned attracted about SEVEN-HUNDRED,000 people, desires a referendum at the final withdrawal deal.

    ‘Not clear’

    But Labour says it would like to see a basic election, if Theresa May loses the “meaningful vote” on her Brexit deal.

    Asked how that could turn up, as the Fastened-Term Parliaments Act way -thirds of MPs may must vote in favour of an election, or undergo a no-trust process, Ms Abbott mentioned: “This Is an generation of items that you simply by no means idea may happen, are happening and whatever the law says, within the finish, Parliament disposes and Parliament proposes.”

    She stated she were an MP via parliamentary “turmoil” below Margaret Thatcher and John Leading however delivered: “i’ve by no means noticed the rest like this and there’s a tiny bit of me which thinks this would all result in a general election. it’s not transparent how that may happen but you can’t escape serious about that.”

    In Advance this week, shadow chancellor John McDonnell recommended Labour may shape a minority executive, and not using a basic election.

    Ms Abbott used to be requested whether or not Labour could ally itself with the DUP – the Northern Ireland Unionist celebration which has been supporting Theresa Would Possibly’s executive in key Commons votes.

    She mentioned: “we would only need to best friend with a bunch of MPs who agreed with us on the issues at stake. At this element, we don’t believe the DUP at the problems at stake, however in this form of parliamentary turmoil you can’t necessarily rule anything else out.

    “I at all times say to my MP colleagues that the folks of Hackney ship me to Parliament to get rid of the Tories and if it’s all approximately getting rid of this Tory govt you do what it takes.”

  • Italy budget: European Commission demands changes

    Italy's Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Social Policies, Luigi Di Maio; and Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini Image copyright AFP Image caption Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (L) and his two deputies – Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini (R) – have been told to revise their budget

    The European Commission has told Italy to revise its budget, an unprecedented move with regard to an EU member state.

    The Commission is worried about the impact of higher spending on already high levels of debt in Italy, the eurozone’s third-biggest economy.

    Italy’s governing populist parties have vowed to push ahead with campaign promises including a minimum income for the unemployed.

    The country now has three weeks to submit a new, draft budget to Brussels.

    The Commission said the first draft represented a “particularly serious non-compliance” with its recommendations.

    Italy won’t back down

    Kevin Connolly, BBC Europe correspondent

    Image copyright EPA Image caption Four week ago, cries of “We did it!” followed the budget’s approval in Italy

    Italy’ has put itself on a collision course with the EU. The dispute takes the eurozone into uncharted waters.

    The authorities in Brussels have the right to reject a budget and demand new proposals – and to impose fines – if its requests are ignored.

    This is the first time they’ve gone as far as this down that road and the EU has to weigh the prospect of taking firm measures to discourage other eurozone states from breaking the rules against the prospect of a drawn-out conflict with one of its largest member states at a time when its political energies are already absorbed by Brexit.

    The Italian government says its measures are necessary to restore growth and that it has no intention of backing down.

    How bad is Italy’s debt?

    Italy’s neutral Finance Minister, Giovanni Tria, and international observers had hoped the country would keep its deficit under 2% of GDP – and perhaps as low as 1.6%.

    While 2.4% falls well short of the 3% deficit limit under eurozone rules, Italy’s debt level is alarming.

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    “For the first time the Commission is obliged to request a euro area country to revise its draft budgetary plan but we see no alternative than to request the Italian authorities to do so,” Mr Dombrovskis said.

    He pointed out that Italian taxpayers were having to spend as much servicing the national debt as on education.

    “Breaking rules can appear tempting at the first look – it can provide the illusion of breaking free,” he said.

    “It is tempting to try and cure debt with more debt. At some point, the debt weighs too heavy… you end up having no freedom at all.”

    After Italy announced its draft budget last month, weeks of market turmoil followed.

    Before the Commission announced its rejection of the Italian budget on Tuesday, European shares fell to their lowest levels in nearly two years.

    Following the announcement, the Italy-Germany 10-year bond yield gap, widely used as a relative yardstick of Italy’s position on the markets, widened to a new high of 314 points.

  • John Lewis boss rejects Dominic Raab Brexit jibe

    Dominic Raab Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dominic Raab says it is mistake for businesses that “aren’t doing so well” to blame Brexit

    The boss of John Lewis has hit out at Brexit secretary Dominic Raab after he said companies should not blame Brexit for poor results.

    Sir Charlie Mayfield said he “didn’t say Brexit was the reason” for a 99% slide in half-year profits.

    “The fact is sterling is weaker, it’s more expensive to import goods… so we have to absorb that within our margin,” he said.

    “I’m not going to get into some sort of ding-dong with the secretary of state.”

    Dominic Raab told the BBC on Thursday it was a mistake for “business that aren’t doing so well to blame Brexit”.

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    Mr Raab also said the government was preparing for a no-deal Brexit despite being confident that eventuality would not come to pass: “Getting a deal with the European Union is still by far and away the most likely outcome.”

    This week Ralf Speth, the boss of Jaguar Land Rover, warned the government needed to get “the right Brexit” or risk wiping out profits at the UK’s biggest carmaker and trigger big job cuts.

    Meanwhile, the Brexit secretary welcomed a promise by two mobile operators, Vodafone and Three, not to impose Europe roaming charges for UK customers if Britain leaves the bloc with no deal.

    “What we have said is we would like to see other companies following suit, but, in any event, we would legislate for a limit on roaming charges to make sure in a no-deal scenario that we protect British consumers,” Mr Raab said.

    A new raft of technical papers is being released by the government on Thursday outlining the impact of a no-deal Brexit on business and consumers.

    Mr Raab also accused those warning about shortages of food and medicines after a no-deal withdrawal of “scaremongering”, saying it was “nonsense” to claim UK supermarkets would run out of food.

  • PMQs: Swire and May on Windrush Report publication date

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