TAG: Referendum
Party vote provides slight relief for Germany’s troubled coalition
BERLIN — The rulers of Germany’s fractious three-party coalition government can breathe a small sigh...
8 months ago
Anne Hidalgo’s vision of a greener Paris faces political reckoning
PARIS — Nearly 10 years ago, newly minted Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo made “a genuine energy and environmental transition” a cornerstone of her plans for the city.The Socialist politician stayed true to that platform — in the process becoming one of the most...
6 months ago
Nigel Farage’s new party wants net zero to be center stage at UK general election
LONDON — Nigel Farage has made immigration a central issue at numerous U.K. elections. This year he hopes to repeat the trick with climate change policy.Farage’s right-leaning Reform UK party plans to make scrapping Britain's ambitious climate targets cen...
6 months ago
The UK’s Brexit dream is dead
LONDON — British voters head to the polls Thursday for their first general election outside the European Union. But in so many ways, the Brexit dream has already died.All the key Vote Leave characters have left the stage. Five years after winning a landsl...
2 months ago
UK’s Starmer wants to ‘turn a corner on Brexit’
BERLIN — Keir Starmer wants Europe to know Britain is back. The new U.K. prime minister is pledging to “turn a corner on Brexit” while on a diplomatic mission to Berlin and Paris.The Labour leader sees meetings with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Frenc...
1 month ago
The enigmatic Irishman hoping to appeal to von der Leyen’s quiet side
BRUSSELS ― Ask around in Dublin and Brussels about the man the Irish government has chosen to send to the EU, and you won’t return much the wiser.Following the clubbable ebullience of Phil Hogan and then the personable dynamism of Mairead McGuinness, Dubl...
1 month ago
Too fast, too furious: Paris speed limit crashes into right-wing opposition
PARIS — France's new transport minister hadn’t even been on the job for a week when he sat down with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo in a last-ditch effort to get her to reconsider a controversial policy: slowing the speed limit on the capital's main ring road.T...
2 weeks ago