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On Sunday evening, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented “the first tentative steps” to lead the UK out of the corona lockdown. Critics condemn his plans as unclear and the governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also not amused.

Spain wants a joint European approach to the crisis in the aviation sector. That is what the Spanish Minister of Economy Nadia Calvino said.

British and European Brexit negotiators will continue Monday to discuss the future relationship between the EU and the United Kingdom. Earlier sessions yielded little. According to European negotiator Michel Barnier, the British are slowing down the negotiation rhythm on “very important matters”, he complained again on Friday.

The EU will experience a “recession of historical proportions” this year due to the corona crisis. The European Commission expects an average 7.7 percent contraction for the nineteen euro countries and an average unemployment rate of 9.6 percent. But next year the euro zone will creep out of the valley, EU hopes. Brussels expects an average growth of 6.3 percent with an increase in...

Mary Lou McDonald, the party leader of left-wing republican Sinn Féin (SF), who has just recovered from a coronavirus infection, has checked. She won the elections with 14 seats. With 37 seats, SF reached the same level as Fianna Fáil of Micheál Martin, who lost 7 seats. And she got two more seats than Prime Minister Leo Varadkar’s ruling party Fine Gael. If there had been more Sinn Féin...

The Irish government is about to launch a nationwide recruitment campaign for seasonal work in the horticultural sector. She hopes to get enough response from the tens of thousands of Irish who are currently out of work as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the early stages of the corona epidemic, Boris Johnson missed five crisis decisions from the British cabinet. The British Prime Minister has also ignored scientists’ warnings about the virus and ignored calls for health workers to wear protective clothing. That reported The Sunday Times Sunday.

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the people for the third time on Monday evening (8.02 p.m.) to combat the new corona virus. According to French media, he does not provide relief to the population, but will come up with more measures and will considerably extend the lockdown. Macron believes the time has come to relax measures, as the virus is not getting much weaker and he fears the...