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Cameron endures attack on EU from senior conservaties

Bloomberg Prime Minister David Cameron endured a two-pronged attack on the European Union from senior Conservatives favouring a British exit, threatening further scars to the government before the June 23 referendum. London Mayor Boris Johnson said on the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show” that staying in the bloc is “the risky option,” and lamented the suspension of the chief of a ...

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French PM vows to go ahead on reforms

Paris / AFP French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday he would push ahead with a controversial labour reform bill, but promised “improvements” to the proposed text after meetings with union and business leaders. Unveiled in mid-February and greeted with howls of protest from trade unions, the plans would make it easier for companies to lay off workers. “We ...

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Tsipras blasts IMF ‘stalling tactics’

Athens / AFP Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday said the IMF was employing “stalling tactics” and “arbitrary” estimates to hold up a reforms review crucial to the country’s economic recovery. The leftist PM said the Washington-based global lender was bent on counter-productive cuts that failed to take into account the improved performance of Greece’s economy. “The review will ...

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