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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she views the U.K. as an “important member of the European Union” and will lobby “our British friends” to stay in the bloc.
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Sally Bercow, the wife of the U.K. House of Commons speaker, pointed the “finger of blame” at a former U.K. politician with a Twitter post linking him to a British Broadcasting Corp. story on a pedophile.
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Lawmakers from David Cameron’s Conservative Party voted against the government’s legislative program in a show of defiance over his policy toward the rest of Europe.
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Denmark’s opposition bloc said a proposal to raise capital buffers for the biggest banks is too draconian as lawmakers fail to find common ground on how to treat the lenders.
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Prime Minister David Cameron refused to rule out selling the British government’s stake in Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc at a loss as the lender’s management eyes a sale by late 2014.
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Prime Minister David Cameron said other political parties have their heads in the sand over the European Union as his Conservative lawmakers pushed him to bring forward a referendum on Britain’s continued membership.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the suggestion that his proposal to support a bill authorizing a referendum on European Union membership reflected panic over a rebellion in his Conservative Party.
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Voters in British Columbia go to the polls today with Adrian Dix, leader of the New Democratic Party who opposes new oil pipelines in the Canadian province, favored to oust Premier Christy Clark.
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The pound weakened for a fourth day against the dollar on speculation investors cut their holdings of the U.K. currency before the Bank of England presents its updated inflation forecasts tomorrow.
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Canada’s ruling Conservative Party lost a seat in the House of Commons to the opposition Liberal Party in a special vote last night.