Irish Vice-Premier Minister Frances Fitzgerald resignation has permitted to avoid, at the last moment, a political crisis in her country. That would have increased the confusion which currently prevails in the negotiations regarding Brexit. They will be the major issue which will be discussed during the next European summit which will take place December 14^th and 15^th. The case is not well under way due to its complexity and to the political uncertainties in several countries. In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Theresa May is weakened by her poor results during the last elections, by the dissensions inside ...

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You can learn a lot about a country in eying its flag. As in Russia, where it is the emblem of the revolution, Chinese flag is red. But in this country, from always, it is mainly the emblem of wealth. Young women frequently chose that color for their wedding dress. On this background, there are five stars, four as a half-circle and the fifth, larger, atop of them. They are yellow, the emperor color. Unlike the American and European flags, where they mean the belonging to a Federation or to a Union, what is important is their number. In China ...

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At a moment when the Goncourt Prize in France is awarded to a narrative about the annexation of Austria by the German Nazi regime and when October Revolution is commemorated, instead of being celebrated, history is omnipresent. It has invaded political debate in France, where are castigated policies conducted “for thirty years”. At the beginning, it was the left which was targeted because that period coincided with François Mitterrand election in 1981. But, years after years, this starting point has moved and this indictment has lost some of its political content. The main flaw of the Eighties is that ...

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