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A backstop solution to Brexit has some potential

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UK-EU

Brexit negotiations.

Spain’s Socialists will struggle to revive stability

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SPAIN

Spain outlook.

UK Parliament is unlikely to stop no-deal Brexit

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UNITED KINGDOM

Members of Parliament (MPs) opposed to a no-deal Brexit have won a crucial vote that will allow them to take control of the parliamentary timetable today and table a motion to…

UK Supreme Court ruling is unlikely to delay Brexit

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UNITED KINGDOM

The government had hoped to use executive powers known as the royal prerogative to begin the two-year process of withdrawing from the EU. Instead the court ruled -- by a majority…

Path to Scottish independence will be difficult

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UNITED KINGDOM

Having fallen one seat short of an absolute majority, the SNP will form a government with the Green Party, which also supports independence. After the election results, SNP leader…

Penal reforms carry risks for Spain’s Sanchez

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SPAIN

The reforms, which will appease a Catalan party on which Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez relies in parliament, include abolishing the crime of sedition and reducing sentences for…

EU leaders will be constrained by deepening divisions

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EU

EU institutions.

Future of business in UK territories is uncertain

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UNITED KINGDOM

UK financial transparency.

Post-Brexit devolution will divide London and Scotland

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UNITED KINGDOM

They will discuss the UK government’s proposed EU Withdrawal Bill designed to repatriate EU law, which Jones called “a blatant power grab” by London.

Catalonia is the main risk for Spain’s new government

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SPAIN

Sanchez will now have to do something which he desperately sought to avoid: rely on Catalan support to survive in government.