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If you force 26 EU countries to choose between Berlin and London. 26 will choose Berlin.

June 25, 2014

The knife in the battle over the next Commission President has just been twisted a little deeper into David Cameron’s side.Both Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt and Dutch PM Mark Rutte today announced that they will not seek to block Jean-Claude Juncker fo…

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angela merkel, Anglo-German relations, European Parliament elections, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Jean-Claude Juncker, mark rutte

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From democratic revolution to "back-room massacre": Is Germany’s press already suffering from a Juncker hangover?

June 24, 2014

Many of us have been there. Waking up on a Sunday morning. Head sore. Mouth dry. And not entirely pleased with our behaviour the previous night. “What was I thinking” type of thing.It seems like German media is there too over the, by now, highly-likely…

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anglo-german axis, European Commission, European Parliament elections, juncker, Merkel

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Anti-euro Alternative für Deutschland now likely to join Tories’ European Parliament group – what will it mean for Anglo-German relations?

June 11, 2014

Relations between Berlin and London are potentially about to become a lot more complicated.The Tories raised some eyebrows last week when they allowed the Finns Party and Danish People’s Party – two parties with controversial histories, but who, ac…

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AFD, Anglo-German relations, Cameron, ECR, EU reform, European Conservatives and Reformists, european parliament, European Parliament elections, Farage, Lucke, Merkel, TTIP, UKIP

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