Daily Briefing: - Macron suffers setback in EU parliament as candidate pulls out of race - Focus turns to run-off against Boris Johnson after strong showing in first voting round - Swiss women go on strike to fight for rights and equal pay
LONDON - It's been a tough week for Emmanuel Macron on Europe. Yesterday Nathalie Loiseau, his gaffe-prone pick to run the liberal grouping in the new European Parliament,French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to the three SNSM ocean rescue volunteers, Yann Chagnolleau, Dimitri Moulic et Alain Guibert, who died in a storm last week after their boat capsized, during a ceremony at Fort-Saint Nicolas in Les Sables d'Olonne, France, June 13, 2019.
Neither was there agreement on whether the budget could be used to come to the rescue of the region’s economy in a downturn. A French statement points out, however, that it is in itself a breakthrough that a joint budget has been agreed that can be used to bring the economies of the 19-country zone closer together.
Women are being urged to stop working at 1324 GMT, the point in the working day at which, given salaries 20 percent lower than those of male counterparts, they are effectively providing their services for free.We have a trade war, but could we also be heading for a real war? Stocks are off and bonds are rallying again after the United States accused Iran ofand sent a guided missile destroyer to the Gulf of Oman to join another U.S. destroyer.
, though retail sales beat expectations and grew 8.6%. That will please investors who had been hoping retail sales would show improving domestic demand.
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