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Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigns

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 5, 2016
Out with the old, in with the unknown.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi leaves Palazzo Chigi after giving a speech about the results of the referendum on constitutional reforms on December 5, 2016 in Rome, Italy.   
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EU leaders concerned about Trump presidency

by Stephen Beard
Nov 10, 2016
The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president has alarmed some European politicians. They fear the tough-talking Republican’s comments about trade deals with other countries and blocs such as the European Union needing to be revisited or re-examined. Free trade may be under attack by people who have not felt the benefits of it, but […]
Flags of the European Union member states in Brussels, Belgium. 
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Parliament must vote on Brexit before it can begin

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 3, 2016
In order for Brexit to commence, Parliament must vote on whether the UK can leave the European Union.
British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a press conference at the Council of the European Union on the second day of a two day summit in Brussels, Belgium.   
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Parliament has to approve Brexit, a court has ruled

by Amy Scott
Nov 3, 2016
The Brexit process is supposed to begin in March.
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UK reveals Brexit timetable and strikes tough stance

by Stephen Beard
Oct 3, 2016
UK Prime Minister Theresa May signals the UK won't yield on immigration policy.
British Prime Minister Theresa May waves after delivering a speech about Brexit on the first day of the Conservative Party Conference 2016 at the ICC Birmingham in Birmingham, England. 
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Apple to bring profits back: what's the tax bill?

by Adam Allington
Sep 1, 2016
The corporate tax rate is 35 percent - but some doubt Apple will pay that.
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager talks as she gives a press conference to order Apple to pay 13 billion euros in back taxes, in Brussels on August 30, 2016. The European Union on August 30, 2016, ordered Apple to pay a record 13 billion euros in back taxes in Ireland, saying deals allowing the US tech giant to pay almost no tax were illegal.   
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EU responds to criticisms over Apple tax ruling

by David Brancaccio
Aug 31, 2016
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager says no one is picking on U.S. companies.
The EU has ordered Apple to pay the Irish government $14.5 billion in back taxes.
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Why the US is on Apple's side in EU decision

by Reema Khrais
Aug 30, 2016
The US says the European Union is unfairly targeting American businesses.
The European Union has ordered Apple to pay billions to the Irish government.
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In UK, Brexit vote effects still unclear

by Stephen Beard
Aug 25, 2016
Two months after the UK voted to quit the EU, the predicted catastrophe hasn't materialized.
Unemployment in Britain has fallen to an 11-year low.
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UK businesses have mixed feelings two months after Brexit vote

by Stephen Beard
Aug 24, 2016
A gun manufacturer is relieved and thinks the UK may have dodged the bullet.
Pro-Brexit supporters holds up placards as they demonstrate outside Downing street in central London on July 13, 2016, on the day new British Prime Minister Theresa May takes over at number 10.
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