Bloomberg New Caledonia, an archipelago in the strategic waters of the Pacific, is holding a referendum on independence from France on December 12. The poll is meant to end a three-decade process of de-colonisation and should in theory, allow Emmanuel Macron to turn the page before the April 2022 presidential election. But a lot could go wrong. France sees itself ...

Bloomberg The UK has issued additional fishing licenses for European Union boats, in a step that may signal some progress towards resolving the post-Brexit dispute in which the two sides are engulfed. “Today’s decision is an important step in a long process seeking full implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement,” the European Commission said in a statement, after the ...

Bloomberg Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen faces one of her biggest tests yet as she is due to testify about last year’s mass culling of the farmed mink in an inquiry that has eroded the public’s trust. Frederiksen, 44, will take the witness stand on Thursday in the parliamentary probe into her controversial decision to cull 17 million mink over ...