Tag: Parliament
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy The…
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The opposition leader who won Poland’s parliamentary election, Donald Tusk, appealed to the nation’s president Tuesday for “energetic and fast decisions” so that a new government could be formed quickly. Three…
LONDON (AP) — Britons counted down the hours Friday to their country’s departure from the European Union — some joyous, some sad, many just hopeful the divorce would mark the end of an anguished chapter…
LONDON (AP) British lawmakers gave preliminary approval Friday to Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Brexit bill, clearing the way for the U.K. to leave the European Union next month. The House of Commons voted 358-234…
LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Boris Johnson signaled an end to Britains era of Brexit deadlock today, announcing a packed legislative program intended to take the U.K. out of the European Union on Jan. 31,…
LONDON (AP) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a backlash from furious lawmakers today over his use of charged and confrontational language in Parliament about opponents of his Brexit plan. The Speaker of the…
LONDON (AP) Former British Prime Minister John Major accused current leader Boris Johnson of a conspicuous failure to explain why he suspended Parliament for five weeks, as a landmark Brexit case at the Supreme…
LONDON (AP) Britains political opposition demanded today that Prime Minister Boris Johnson reverse his suspension of Parliament, after a court ruled that his decision to send lawmakers home less than two months before the…
LONDON (AP) Britains Parliament was attempting to defy Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Brexit plans today as lawmakers sought a way out of the impasse that has gripped the nation since the 2016 vote to…
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Ukrainian TV star Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sought to capitalize on his huge popularity, dissolving the countrys parliament today minutes after he was sworn in as president. Zelenskiy, who won 73% of…
