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Businesses will face a tougher environment in Hungary

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HUNGARY

Orban's government is hiking taxes on several sectors to plug a widening fiscal deficit, amid concern that the country will not receive substantial EU funding. Unpredictable…

EU wants a post-Brexit level playing field

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UK/EU

Level playing field after Brexit.

Separatist division boosts support for Sanchez

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SPAIN

However, Catalan separatist forces have been losing momentum over the past year, owing to fragmentation; the new initiative reflects wider divisions within separatist circles and…

Costa Rica fiscal reform looks doomed to fail

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COSTA RICA

Fiscal reform protests.

EDP could bring about a Rome-Brussels agreement

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ITALY

The Commission recommended an EDP on November 21, on the grounds that Italy was in violation of the debt-reduction target set by the Stability and Growth Pact. This is the first…

UK withdrawal agreement is not finished yet

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UNITED KINGDOM

Vote against the Brexit deal.

Pakistan faces long struggle to strengthen economy

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PAKISTAN

The staff-level agreement on the package was announced on June 29, the day before an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement which Pakistan had with the IMF expired with around…

Colombia’s mixed cabinet will not last long

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COLOMBIA

He faces pressure to deliver on ambitious promises regarding systemic reform, economic prosperity, wealth redistribution, environmental conservation and peace. However, his…

Fresh Iraqi elections are likely

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IRAQ

Sadr has demonstrated that forming a new government is unlikely to be possible without his tacit approval, and that such approval will not be forthcoming until after the systemic…

Latvia’s unwieldy new government will be reform-averse

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LATVIA

Latvia’s second female prime minister leads an ideologically diverse coalition led by her centrist New Unity (JV) party, and including the left-wing Progressives (PRO) and the…