PM speech comes after letter from Tusk and Juncker says EU will consider technological alternatives to backstopTheresa May refuses to rule out Brexit article 50 extensionEU rejects Irish backstop time limit but backs technological solutionMay’s Brexit speech and Q&A – Summary 1.53pm GMT Dominic Raab has just finished a speech Read more
Paweł Adamowicz was in a critical condition after being attacked at a charity concert in GdańskPaweł Adamowicz, the mayor of the Polish city of Gdańsk, has died after he was stabbed in the chest on stage at a charity concert on Sunday evening.The 53-year-old, who had held the post since Read more
The group of seven MEPs say many of their constituents have changed their minds Via: Labour MEPs ask Jeremy Corbyn to back second EU referendum
LE SCAN POLITIQUE – En déplacement à Bordeaux, François de Rugy a cru bon d’indiquer que Nicole Notat, ancienne dirigeante de la CFDT, et Jean-Paul Bailly, ex-patron de La Poste, allaient être nommés «garants». Contacté par Le Figaro, Matignon a très vite démenti. Via: «Grand débat» : le couac de Read more
British-Iranian national begins hunger strike as husband claims DfID was target of surveillanceNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman held by Tehran, started a hunger strike after her interrogators tried to persuade her to become a spy, her husband has claimed.Richard Ratcliffe also revealed his wife was calm as she began an Read more
Die Eisbären verlieren immer weiter. Wie geht es weiter? Holt Stéphane Richer nun seinen Freund Serge Aubin nach Berlin. Fragen und Antworten im Blog. Via: Wird Serge Aubin neuer Trainer?
Rapper’s last-minute request for a custom-built dome would have meant removing a large number of toilets, say festival organisersKanye West was ruled out of headlining this year’s Coachella festival because organisers said it would be impossible to build a bespoke stage that he requested at the last minute.West, who was Read more
Avantgarde der Politikwissenschaft: Vor 70 Jahren wurde die Deutsche Hochschule für Politik gegründet, die Vorläuferin des Otto-Suhr-Instituts an der FU. Via: Hochschule der Staatsbürger
Dans un rapport publié lundi, la présidente de la Commission nationale du débat public (CNDP), qui a renoncé à organiser le «grand débat national», critique la méthode de l’exécutif. Via: Grand débat : le testament sans concession de Chantal Jouanno
Royal Opera House, LondonUninterested in the original story, the director stages the composer’s biography instead – leaving a big hole at the centre of this productionExperiencing the Royal Opera’s new Queen of Spades is like trying to watch a fireworks display stuck behind a tall person filming it on their Read more