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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss French President Emmanuel Macron’s stunning decision to block EU accession talks for North Macedonia and Albania.
France is now facing enormous pressure from the United States and Merkel centric EU oligarchs, further dividing Brussels over the question of further enlargement, that has become a defining test of the EU’s post-Brexit strategy.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how the UK appears to be willing to make concessions to its plans for the Northern Ireland border after Brexit.
This follows a meeting last week at a country house in the north-west of England, between Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar, where the two leaders agreed that there is a “pathway to a possible Brexit deal.”

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how Angela Merkel cunningly collapsed Brexit talks with Boris Johnson, stating that a deal was “overwhelmingly unlikely” without Northern Ireland “forever” staying in the EU’s customs union.
Now it looks like Boris Johnson has “promising” headway in an agreement with Irish PM Leo Varadkar, which would effectively breathe life into Theresa May’s “Brexit” agreement with the backstop effectively solved.
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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Germany’s looming recession as factory output hits a decade low. Germany suffered its biggest slowdown in factory output since the financial crisis, as the eurozone’s biggest economy is speeding towards recession.

Kersti Kaljulaid, the president of Estonia, after her country’s election to the UN Security Council, June 7, 2019. She is scheduled to speak at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 25. Eastern Europe appears to dominate now with the most female government leaders globally. LOEY FELIPE/UN PHOTO

Watching Italy again in the wake of Prime Minister Giuseppi Conte's resignation will get very interesting; and Merkel joins the "Russia did it" chorus: […]
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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Angela Merkel’s sinking of the German economy, as her tenure as Chancellor has isolated Germany from its traditional allies and powerful trading partners.
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President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil with President Donald Trump of the United States, March 19, 2019, in the White House. Both men are scheduled to attend the annual opening session of the UN General Assembly, which will feature not only the parade of leaders but also a climate-change conference. ALAN SANTOS/PR
Donald Trump will shake hands with Emmanuel Macron, Jair Bolsonaro and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. But will Benjamin Netanyahu; Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel be there, too?

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Saturday Yellow vest protests, which resulted in violent clashes with French police on Bastille Day.
Police fired tear gas at protesters during a tense standoff in Paris following the annual military parade, where French President Macron was booed and jeered by french citizens as he drove down the Champs-Elysees.
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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Deutsche Bank’s 18,000 job cuts by 2022, as part of a sweeping overhaul at the ailing German bank, which is transitioning out of high-risk investment banking.
Deutsche Bank staff from Australia, Asia and the United States were notified of the massive lay-offs as they arrived for work, and were later photographed leaving their offices with large envelopes and boxes of their belongings.