Juncker’s State of the Union Speech: Europe Will Keep Accepting and Relocating Refugees
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This year's European state of the union was mostly about the migrant crisis. Juncker made it clear Europe will keep accepting and relocating refugees.
The European state of the union started in 2009, following the United States state of the union tradition. This year was Juncker's first state of the Union speech which got monopolized by the migrant crisis in...
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Former Portuguese PM and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, set to become the next UN Secretary-General.
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In a formal vote next week, the Portuguese Antonio...
French Presidency 2017 – European leaders stand united behind centrist candidate Macron
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