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UK triggers Article 50: Here’s what happened

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Formal proceedings to divorce the UK from the EU have begun.

Moving determinedly towards the door: the UK’s Article 50 notification letter

Ideas on Europe by PoliticsatSurrey

Today’s an important one in the Brexit saga. With the submission of formal notification to begin Article 50 negotiations, the UK has crossed an important threshold that cannot be easily crossed, whatever the legalities.

Tusk to Brexit Britain: ‘We already miss you’

EurActiv.com by James Crisp
The United Kingdom triggered Article 50 today (29 March), beginning an unprecedented two-year period of tough negotiations that will end in Britain leaving the European Union.

Twitter and Brexit: Old friends reunited

EurActiv.com by Freddie Martyn, Maxime Sattonnay
Brexit has once again taken Twitter by storm as British Prime Minister Theresa May signed a letter last night (28 March) launching the process for the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU.

[Ticker] UK delivered its Article 50 letter to the EU

EUobserver.com – Headline News
At 13.30pm Brussels time, the UK’s envoy delivered the Article 50 letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, triggering the exit procedure from the EU. “After nine months the UK has delivered,” Tusk tweeted Wednesday, referring to the UK’s referendum on EU membership last June. Tusk will shortly deliver a press statement on behalf of the 27 member states, hoping for the UK to remain a “close partner”.

Row after Norway Muslim group appoints spokeswoman in full-face veil

BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Norwegian minister criticises the Islamic Council of Norway, saying its move will ‘create distance’.

Fillon, Macron and Le Pen attempt to win over business leaders

EurActiv.com by Jean-Christophe Chanut
France’s leading presidential candidates yesterday (28 March) aimed to rally business leaders behind their programmes for social reform, increased competitiveness, education and globalisation. EURACTIV’s partner La Tribune reports.

Debate: UK triggers Brexit

euro|topics
British Prime Minster Theresa May has signed the letter invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon. The letter will be delivered to EU Council President Donald Tusk today. Now the dangerous jump into the unknown has begun, some commentators affirm. Others see Brexit as a chance to restructure the EU’s international relations.

Et tu, Britain? Brexit, betrayal and the art of negotiation

EurActiv.com by Daniela Vincenti
Forget about hard, soft or a medium-cooked Brexit: We need to focus on a culturally-intelligent Brexit, writes Peter Alfandary.
Debate: Brexit poker begins

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With the delivery of the Brexit letter in Brussels on Wednesday the two-year process at the end of which Britain will presumably leave the EU was triggered. British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke in the House of Commons of a “historic moment”. How will Britain and the EU fare in the negotiations?
Tough women

 BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Meet the Norwegian women going through gruelling special forces training.
Inside France’s young far-right

 BBC News | Europe | World Edition
A new generation of far-right activists have found a home in the Front National.

The Presidency: Europe’s security

EurActiv.com by Brian Maguire, Olivier Billot
Europe is facing many security challenges. The Maltese Presidency has made it a priority.

German manufacturers say ‘no concessions’ to UK in EU exit talks

EurActiv.com by Frédéric Simon
A powerful association of German manufacturing industries, the VDMA, has called for “fair” discussions over Britain’s departure from the EU but warned there should be “no unilateral concessions” in favour of the UK, saying the EU single market was more important to them.

France 2017: Where have all the flowers gone?

Ideas on Europe by EU-Asia Institute

Over the last twelve months the Greens have had quite a few celebrations across Europe: Winfried Kretschmann was re-elected as minister-president of Baden-Württemberg in March 2016; in December Alexander von der Bellen succeeded in stopping the rise of the Austrian populists in the presidential elections, and in the Dutch general elections, Jesse Klaver quadrupled the seats of his GroenLinks party in the parliament.

Debate: Scottish parlament wants new referendum

 euro|topics
The parliament in Edinburgh has approved First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s plan for a new referendum on Scottish independence. According to the plan London should allow the people of Scotland to hold a new referendum before Brexit, meaning at the latest in March 2019. The press shows understanding for the Scots’ rekindled desire for independence.

European elections: Careful what you promise, citizens are watching

EurActiv.com by Allan Päll, Petros Fassoulas
Members of the European Parliament made a number of big promises ahead of the last election, it is time they were held accountable for the pledges they made, write Allan Päll and Petros Fassoulas.

A Brexit puzzle

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Simon Wren-Lewis has a thoughtful blog post about the great British public’s attitude to Brexit.

On the one hand, there’s this opinion-poll chart…

… which shows that people are increasingly convinced that Brexit will have a bad impact. On the other hand, there’s the evidence from the YouGov tracker poll, which suggests that, despite that deepening pessimism, people are not suffering ‘buyer’s remorse’ about the vote.

Scottish Parliament backs referendum call

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It is agreed by 69 votes to 59 that Nicola Sturgeon should make a request to the UK government.

“You’re not doing it the way I did”: Public media in Europe gets creative with digital news

 Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang

“Whenever you get the new generation, you get new language, and whenever you get new language you get people saying it’s not news because ‘you’re not doing it the way I did,’” said Mika Rahkonen, head of development at Finland’s national public broadcaster Yle.

Merkel cheers poll win as ‘Schulz effect’ fizzles

EurActiv.com by admin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday (27 March) welcomed a surprise state poll triumph by her party as “encouraging” for a September general election, as hype around her main rival fizzled in its first test.

France’s Extraordinary Election

Project Syndicate by Dominique Moisi

With the EU’s survival on the line, the stakes are higher than in any election in the history of the Fifth Republic. So, does France’s nationalist, xenophobic right have a real chance of coming to power?

Debate: Borisov party wins in Bulgaria

euro|topics
The pro-Western, conservative Gerb party won Sunday’s early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, taking the lead against the pro-Russian Socialists. With this outcome it is highly likely that Boyko Borisov will become prime minister for the third time. Commentators explain why the Bulgarians put their trust in Borisov despite all his shortcomings rather than in the Eurosceptic parties.

Debate: Who can win the French people’s support?

 euro|topics
With just under four weeks to go before the presidential election in France the independent candidate Emmanuel Macron is ahead of Front National leader Marine Le Pen in almost all the polls. The traditional Socialist and conservative parties that have governed France since the start of the 5th Republic are lagging far behind. But the race is far from over yet, commentators stress.

Greece: Golden Dawn not willing to fade

Lastest news – Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso by sostieni@balcanicaucaso.org (Elvira Krithari)

Despite the arrest of its leadership, on trial for the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn movement continues to have support in the impoverished Greek society

Romania: Less hate, more speech

Lastest news – Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso by sostieni@balcanicaucaso.org (Francesco Martino)

The project “Less hate, more speech” aims at stimulating more civilized discussion with less aggressive speech on the Romanian online media, as one of the authors explains

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