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21 Jan 2021 Brexit Britain is reportedly refusing to grant the European Union the rank of a sovereign state, by denying its ambassador to the UK full diplomatic rights and privileges. The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Barrell, had written a letter to Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab outlining the bloc’s frustration that the newly-independent United Kingdom would not offer statuses to its diplomats that “reflect the specific character of the EU”, which it claims it deserves because it has a currency, a court, and can make laws. The UK, howeve...

Cross-party group of MEPs call for action over Hong Kong arrests Published 3 months ago The cross-party group of co-chairs of the Hong Kong Watch Group of the European Parliament have united to condemn the arrest of over 50 Hong Kong pan-democrat politicians, activists and lawyers and call on Presidents Michel (Council) and von der Leyen (European Commission), EU High Representative Borrell, as well as EU member states’ governments to take urgent action. Those arrested had taken part in a primary polling for pro-democracy groups last year, with the aim of standing in the Legislative Counci...

What’s new? After years of political turmoil, elections for Venezuela’s National Assembly ended in a predictable victory for President Nicolás Maduro. Mainstream opposition parties boycotted the poll and, alongside the U.S. and Latin American and European countries, accuse the government of rigging the elections. Why does it matter? Elimination of the opposition majority in parliament will greatly complicate efforts to resolve the standoff with the government. The boycott split the opposition, and dwindling support for its leader Juan Guaidó raises questions about who might face the...