In 2017, when Britain began its disengagement talks with the EU, Ireland laid down two inviolable principles. First, no Border: not so much as a matchstick to mark where the EU’s customs territory began. Second, no direct talks between London and Dublin. If the Brits had anything to say, they should talk to Michel Barnier.
The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal trial fined him $1,000 (€930) and held him in contempt of court for a 10th time yesterday for violating a gag order and warned that further violations could land the former US president in jail.
A French female prison guard stood trial yesterday for planting a “kiss of death” on an incognito mafia boss that helped rivals identify him and gun him down.
The European Union is prepared to deploy all the tools available to defend its economies if China fails to offer fair access to its markets, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after talks with Xi Jinping in Paris.