About: Nigel Farage Archives
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Trump staff asked EU officials which countries will leave the EU next
Aides to US President-elect Donald Trump recently asked EU officials over the phone which countries will be next to leave the bloc after Britain, outgoing US ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner said. Gardner was told about the conversations by EU institution staff members, but was not in on the calls.
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French far-right leader Le Pen visits Trump Tower
Populist French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen visited Donald Trump's headquarters but left without meeting the US president-elect or any of his staff, aides said Thursday (12 January).
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Greens’ Parliament candidate: ‘I’m actually radical’
One of the outside candidates for the European Parliament Presidency explains why a Brit, a woman and a Green should get the job – even if her respectable appearance and former job as a teacher doesn’t prevent her from going on demos.
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Kalfin: Brexit is an opportunity for the future EU budget
The EU budget should become more transparent or other countries will follow the UK's example. But Brexit also provides an opportunity to get rid of all rebates, which nobody can actually explain, Ivailo Kalfin, member of the Monti group on …
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ALDE rebuffs Italy’s 5 Star bid to join parliamentary group
The Liberals in the European Parliament have turned down a request from the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement to join their group, putting Italy's second-largest party in an awkward position as it had already left its former partners.
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One head, two votes: The case for a pan-European list for EU elections
In the 2019 European elections, voters should be able to cast two votes: one for their national representative and another for a second representative elected by a single European electoral college, argues Giorgio Clarotti.
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5 Star Movement’s vote to join ALDE could cost UKIP millions in EU cash
Beppe Grillo’s Eurosceptic 5 Star Movement today (9 January) voted overwhelmingly to join Guy Verhofstadt’s ALDE Liberal group in the European Parliament in a move that could cost UKIP millions of euros.
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May set to be first EU leader to visit Trump
British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to become the first EU leader to visit President Donald Trump, after Downing Street announced a trip scheduled for the spring.
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The Brief: Our Yes Man in Brussels?
Have the British replaced their man in Brussels with a Yes Man in Brussels?
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Brexit campaigner Farage to attend Trump inauguration
Nigel Farage, who has said he wants to be a bridge between the British government and the new US government, will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration later this month.
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UK ambassador’s damning final email: ‘Speak truth to power’
The resigning UK ambassador to the EU warned colleagues to “speak truth to power” and “challenge muddled thinking”, in an unprecedentedly blunt departing email, it emerged on Tuesday (3 January).
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Rise of far-right ‘idiots’ may hit aid and refugees, say laureates, leaders
The rise of far-right politics across the world may hit already scant foreign aid, increase tensions between communities and countries, and lead to more people fleeing conflict, Nobel laureates, leaders and experts warned.
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Populist earthquakes make 2017 the great unknown
Donald Trump and Brexit: 2016 was a year of populist earthquakes on both sides of the Atlantic, spelling huge uncertainty for upcoming European elections and the direction of US policy.
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European Parliament tightens UKIP purse strings
The European Parliament on Monday (12 December) decided to impose stricter conditions on financing for the European wing of Britain's anti-EU UKIP party, which has previously been penalised for misspending EU funds.
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Luxembourg MEP: Associate citizenship for Brits is ‘an offer, not an obligation’
Many fear that the UK's decision to leave the EU will strip British citizens of their right to free movement around the bloc. EURACTIV Germany spoke to the MEP trying to protect that right.
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UKIP elects Paul Nuttall as new leader
Britain’s Europhobic UK Independence Party elected a new leader on Monday (28 November) – it’s fourth this year.
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The Brief: Schulz gives up European Parliament to return to politics
Martin Schulz is giving up the European Parliament to return to politics.
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White supremacist found guilty of assassination of UK Remain MP
A white rights terrorist was found guilty of the murder of British MP Jo Cox on Wednesday (23 November), who was assassinated in the run-up to the Brexit referendum in June.
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Brexit minister fails to impress in Strasbourg, UKIP under investigation
UK Brexit minister David Davis has taken part in his first official meetings on the continent, to disappointing reviews, while the UK has decided to investigate whether UKIP’s funding of its Brexit campaign breached any laws.
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Trump backs Farage as British ambassador to US
Donald Trump has tweeted today (22 November) that Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage "would do a great job" as British ambassador to the US, in the latest unorthodox intervention by the president-elect.
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Leaked memo: UK government has no Brexit strategy
The British government has no Brexit strategy, and may not have one before triggering Article 50 in March 2017, according to a leaked memo published by The Times today (15 November).
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Trump ‘full of good ideas’, says Farage after US visit
Leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage visited Donald Trump at his home on Saturday, after suggesting he could act as a go-between to help smooth British relations with the US president-elect.
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Europe’s extreme right leaders revel in Trump’s victory
Europe's nationalist and extreme right wing parties have reacted with glee to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. EURACTIV's partner Ouest-France reports.
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Donald Tusk invites Donald Trump to EU-US summit
The leaders of the main European institutions issued reactions to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. In a letter, European Council President Donald Tusk invited Trump for an early summit to chart EU-US relations for the next four years.