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EU telecoms regulation poses competitiveness dilemmas

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EU

The European Commission is reviewing the EU regulatory framework for telecoms. In reforming the framework, and adjudicating on current telecoms mergers, policymakers face a…

SNP to bide time on independence from United Kingdom

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UNITED KINGDOM

With the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and 2015 UK general election behind them, parties in Scotland are starting to focus on the May 2016 Scottish Parliament elections.

Italy’s EP elections may worsen populist relations

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ITALY

Italy and EU elections.

Central Europe's slow rate rises will aim at growth

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The MNB’s first rate rise in a decade responds to headline inflation rising to the highest rate in the EU. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) decision to bring forward raising interest…

EU gender strategy will struggle to close rising gaps

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EU

Her Commission is making a concerted push to advance gender equality. To that end, it has brought forward an integral element of its 2020 Gender Equality Strategy (GES): a draft…

Prospects for the EU to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for the EU to end-2017.

Spain’s political inertia is causing wide disruption

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SPAIN

Spain's political instability.

Spanish vote boosts opposition’s national hopes

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SPAIN

The result was especially significant as it ended four decades of Socialist Party (PSOE) electoral dominance in Andalusia. Moreover, the PP’s absolute majority means it will not…

Slovenia’s government will work with new president

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SLOVENIA

Although her victory -- as an independent candidate -- is not what the governing Freedom Movement (GS), Social Democrat (SD) and Left (Levica) parties hoped for, they are relieved…

Laschet faces tough battle to become CDU chancellor

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GERMANY

His first job is to unite the party and enhance his support base. If Laschet becomes chancellor, which is not certain, he would represent continuity with the Merkel era but in a…