EU’s Barnier says Brexit talks’ priority is to protect farmers specialties
A priority in Brexit talks is to ensure that coveted legal protection of food produced in various EU regions, called geographical indications, would remain intact, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday.
Ireland urges Britain to speed up Brexit talks
The British government must intensify its engagement with EU negotiators to find legally watertight solutions for the Irish border so that EU leaders can move toward a Brexit deal next month, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday.
eSwatini police, crowd clash during wage, pension fund protests
Public sector workers clashed with police in eSwatini on Tuesday, as they marched through the streets of the country’s second biggest town as part of wider protests to demand higher wages and reforms to the way the state pension fund is managed.
Pompeo says downing of Russian plane an ‘unfortunate incident’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the shooting down of a Russian military plane by Syrian anti-aircraft fire was an “unfortunate” incident and a reminder that a political resolution to the conflict was needed.
EU ministers question Poland over rule of law concerns
Poland’s right-wing government sought to explain itself to its European Union peers on Tuesday for the second time in three months on Tuesday amid concern over changes to the judiciary that the EU believes undermine it’s courts’ independence.
Italy’s Di Maio denies he threatened to oust economy minister
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Tuesday denied a media report saying that he had called for Economy Minister Giovanni Tria to resign, though he said the minister must find the resources to increase welfare spending next year.
Russian ‘fake news’ machine going mad, says French envoy to U.S.
France’s envoy to the United States on Tuesday accused Moscow of spreading fake news after Russia’s Defence Ministry said a French frigate in the Mediterranean had launched missiles on Syria.
Italy’s prosecutors give League decades to repay party funds
Italian prosecutors said on Tuesday the far-right League can repay some 45 million euros ($53 million) it owes the state over the next 75 years, saving the governing party from possible bankruptcy.
Germany’s far-right AfD moves against handful of radicals
Two regional branches of the anti-immigration far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) have taken steps to penalize members over suspected links with militants as concern mounts that Germany’s third biggest party is becoming more radical.
PM May’s spokesman: European Parliament’s Weber welcomed UK’s Brexit proposal
Manfred Weber, Leader of the European People’s Party in the European Parliament, welcomed British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit negotiating plan on Tuesday, May’s office said in a statement following a meeting between the two.
