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Le Pen must realise debate over quitting euro is over

Marine Le Pen needs to learn the lessons from her French presidential election defeat to Emmanuel Macron and accept that her National Front (FN) party must drop its policy of quitting the euro, one of her top aides said Thursday. The European Union was the second most important issue for...

Austria jails Syrian for life over 20 murders

A Syrian migrant has been jailed for life in Austria for executing 20 wounded government soldiers in his home country. The court in the western city of Innsbruck announced its ruling late Wednesday after a jury found the 27-year-old guilty of 20 charges of "murder as a terror offence"....

France's Macron to unveil list of candidates for new party

Incoming French president Emmanuel Macron will Thursday reveal a list of hundreds of candidates for his new centrist political party, as he seeks to win a parliamentary majority in next month's general election. The presidential election left France's traditional parties on the sidelines,...

Merkel rules out Turkish vote in Germany on death penalty

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday ruled out any participation on German soil in a potential Turkish referendum about bringing back the death penalty. Immediately after winning a close vote last month that boosted his powers, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mooted a second referendum...