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Voting continues in the Netherlands in a general election that is largely seen as a referendum on the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) are expected to win a fourth term in office – even if his party has been rocked with scandal and accusations that it has mismanaged the pandemic. Opinion polls show the VVD is ahead of the pack when it comes to voter popularity.
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The former President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, was sworn-in as Italy s next Prime Minister in early February. Among his first major tasks are to accelerate the vaccination programme and rescue the economy from its worst recession since World War 2. He also has a major role to play in Europe.
| UPDATED: 11:40, Thu, Mar 11, 2021
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Britain and the EU sealed a post-Brexit trade agreement on Christmas Eve, after nine months of fraught negotiations. Despite Downing Street calling a mutual compromise, it does seem Prime Minister Boris Johnson capitulated on one of the most contentious areas of the talks: fishing rights. The UK wanted any fishing agreement to be separate from the trade deal with access negotiated annually in a similar fashion to Iceland s agreement with the bloc.
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At the end of January, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed the AstraZeneca jabs appeared to be quasi-ineffective on people older than 65 – just hours after EMA approved it in the whole of Europe. He also condemned Britain s decision to extend the time between people receiving their first and second dose, from 28 days to 12 weeks. The 43-year-old insisted the “goal is not to have the biggest number of first injections”, and claimed “we are lying to people when