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Greece, having avoided Grexit, ponders Brexit

by Stephen Beard
Jun 20, 2016
Greece, once the likeliest candidate for an EU exit, has mixed feelings on Brexit.
Greece avoided a Grexit in 2015.
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Weekly Wrap: Where European politics meet Fed monetary policy

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 17, 2016
Nela Richardson and Cardiff Garcia join Kai Ryssdal to recap the week that was.
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Brexit vote holds risks for US economy

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 14, 2016
If Britons vote to leave the EU, US trade treaties would need to be renegotiated, and US companies might reassess their business prospects across Europe.
Pro-Brexit flags fly from a fishing boat moored in Ramsgate on June 13, 2016. Britain's opposition Labour Party today scrambled to make the case for Europe to its members as world stock markets slipped amid concern over a British exit from the EU in a knife-edge referendum next week.
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Businesses ponder the effects of Brexit

by Stephen Beard
Jun 8, 2016
Business people see the pros and cons of Britain quitting the EU.
Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, Nigel Farage talks to supporters and market traders in Birmingham Rag Market during campaigning for votes to leave the European Union in the referendum. 
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Would Brexit sink Europe's financial capital?

by Stephen Beard
Jun 6, 2016
Major figures warn that if Britain exits the EU, London would lose its crown.
The United Kingdom will hold a referendum on June 23, 2016 to decide whether or not to remain a member of the European Union.
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Americans in Britain divided over Brexit

by Stephen Beard
Jun 1, 2016
Americans in Britain differ over whether the country should leave the EU.
People walk past flags of the EU inside the European Parliament on May 11, 2016 in Strasbourg, France.
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Brexit debate rekindles old rivalry

by Stephen Beard
May 5, 2016
Britain's prime minister and London's mayor take opposite sides on staying in the EU.
The rivalry between London Mayor Boris Johnson and Prime Minister David Cameron dates back to their school days.
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European Union close to granting visa-free travel to Turks

by Andy Uhler
May 4, 2016
EU officials hold that Turkey must meet the same requirements for visa-free travel as other countries.
A Turkish flag hangs next to the flag of Europe outside a hotel in Istanbul. “The relationship between the EU and Turkey is a very foul one right now,” says Kemal Kirişci, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
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Former Greek finance minister wants to keep Europe out of an economic ‘abyss’

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 27, 2016
Yanis Varoufakis talks about his new book: “And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future.”
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis presents his ministry's new secretaries at a press conference in Athens on March 4, 2015. Strapped for cash and under pressure to deliver on reforms, Greece's new radical government has ruffled feathers in Brussels by not respecting the diplomatic niceties of the negotiating table.
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Obama warns Brits against Brexit

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 22, 2016
The president tells Britain it would be a mistake to leave the European Union.
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and British Prime Minister David Cameron held a joint press conference where Obama stated his case for the U.K. to remain inside the European Union.
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