The EUR/GBP pair fell for the third consecutive day, although it did not have continuity in the sales. The new increase in the price of gas fueled fears of a recession and continued to weigh on the euro. Political jitters in the UK acted as a headwind for sterling and should limit the slide. The […]
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Boris Johnson, government at risk: key ministers resign
A roundup of resignations, from yesterday to today: Boris Johnson’s government is collapsing hour after hour. The first to throw in the towel were Sajid Javid, Minister of Health, Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Bim Afolami, Vice President of Tory. “You have also lost my confidence,” Javid wrote to the premier. Sunak, in […]
GBP/USD clings to modest recovery above 1.1950, upside looks limited
GBP/USD attracts some buying near the 1.1900 level on Wednesday, although it lacks a continuation. Risk appetite triggers profit taking around the safe haven dollar and offers support for the pair. Political jitters in the UK act as a sterling headwind and limit the pair’s gains ahead of the FOMC minutes. The pair GBP/USD has […]
Damiano Tommasi is the new mayor of Verona, the center-left wins almost everywhere
That the wind turned in his favor was already clear two weeks ago when he finished the first round in the lead. The sober electoral campaign and the divisions of the center right did the rest. The former footballer Damiano Tommasi is the new mayor of Verona. As a civic candidate who did not want […]
Ustica massacre, 42 years later: Was it the aliens?
It is a provocation that arises from the still open question about what happened on the night of June 27, 1980 in the sky above Italy. Was it the aliens? is the title of the review that every year at the museum for the memory of Ustica in Bologna remembers the Ustica massacre. Also in […]
Luigi Di Maio: the many stages of a radical change
From «One is worth one» to «One is not worth another» there are the 360 ​​degrees of a round angle, a turnaround that tells not only a change of course, but a U-turn that did not come suddenly. There are many passages, the stages of the political revolution of Luigi Di Maiofrom champion of 5 […]
France: Marine Le Pen from 8 to 89 seats in the National Assembly
Marine Le Pen advances, advances the left. Back off Emmanuel Macron. Ensemble, the formation of the French president, did not get a majority in parliament in the second round of legislative elections. There are 246 seats for the formation of the president. To govern autonomously, 289 were needed. Now he will have to seek allies. […]
France elections: Macron loses control of the National Assembly in a ‘democratic shock’
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has suffered a severe setback after losing control of the National Assembly in Sunday’s legislative elections. His defeat threatens the political stability of the country. Macron’s group won 245 seats out of 577, losing the absolute majoritybut managed to keep the largest block. Initial projections by pollsters Ifop, OpinionWay, Elabe […]
Julian Assange will be extradited to the USA: he risks 175 years in prison
We left him happy, new husband of Stella Moris, attorney for his legal team, as well as the mother of his two children, Gabriel and Max, conceived before jail, while staying at the Ecuadorian embassy. Now for Julian Assange, in the London prison of Belmarsh where he is held, the cold shower. “A dark day […]
“We will defeat the empire”: Zelensky becomes a hologram like in Star Wars
Volodymyr Zelenskiy does not stop. After meeting Draghi-Macron-Scholz he appeared as a jedi in hologram format for his appeal to the West. In front of an audience of several hundred people who attended the VivaTech fair in Paris, the Ukrainian president, who appeared in his usual casual military outfit, but with a Star Wars T-shirt […]