MINOR INCREASE: France has seen a significant increase in unaccompanied foreign minors crossing the French-Italian border illegally in recent years - from 174 in 2014, to over 5,000 in 2022.
Some are putting this down to the "Meloni Effect"
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FR ๐ซ๐ท - Le Monde
JOBS HIGH: France recorded a further fall in unemployment in Q4 2022 to 7.2%, which is the lowest it has been since Q4 2008.
UK unemployment stood at 3.7% in December 2022.
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FR ๐ซ๐ท - Le Parisien
UNDER THE KNIFE: Influenced by social media and a fear of rejection, more 18-34 year olds in France now undertake cosmetic surgery, than those in the 50-60 age bracket.
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DE ๐ฉ๐ช - Tagesspiegel
VERBOTEN-WAGEN: Despite a lack of charging stations and infrastructure to support the move, the EU on Tuesday voted to ban the sale of new cars which emit greenhouse gases from 2035 onwards - thus signalling the end of the combustion engine in the EU.
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DE ๐ฉ๐ช - Rheinische Post
FORD JOBS: Germany is to see over 2000 jobs lost, in cost cutting measures from the car manufacturer Ford, over the next three years.
The plants in Cologne and Aachen are believed to be heaviest affected.
UK is also expected to lose 1000 jobs.
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AT ๐ฆ๐น - Der Standard
9.1 MILLION: With confirmation that the population of Austria breached the 9 million mark in 2022, comes the acknowledgement that if not for high levels of immigration, the population would've shrunk in 2022.
Over half of migrants were Ukrainian.
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Since some of these things drop off the radar when they are not actively discussed, thought I would do a quick ๐งต to run through some of the negotiations that are known to be under way between the UK and other countries around the world
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To summarise all the negotiations that I know about:
Canada FTA Upgrade
CPTPP Accession
GCC FTA
Greenland FTA
India FTA
Israel FTA Upgrade
Mexico FTA Upgrade
Singapore Green Economy Agmt
Switzerland Fin Svs Agmt
USA Critical Minerals Agmt
USA State Specific MoUs
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UK ๐ฌ๐ง - ๐จ๐ฆ Canada FTA Upgrade
โ Kickoff: March 2022
โ 1st Round: 28 Mar - 8 Apr
โ 2nd Round: 20 - 24 Jun
โ 3rd Round: 12 - 16 Sep
โ 4th Round: 28 Nov - 4 Dec
๐ 5th Round: March 2023
As covered by The Spectator, the recent partnership on cancer treatment R&D between the UK govt and BioNTech, is only possible due to the post-Brexit regulatory environment that we have been able to foster and develop.
Which could benefit all of humanity.
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Bonus Item 17
Outside of the EU CAP, which mainly benefitted very large landowners with subsidies, the UK system is being changed to encourage better stewardship of farmland as animal habitats, and will spread the subsidies better amongst smaller farms.