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ARTICLES BY JOHN FOLLAIN

A woman wearing a face mask leaves the hospital of Codogno amid a coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, in Codogno, Italy (Photo: Reuters)

Coronavirus: Italy imposes lockdown on 16 mn people to combat COVID-19

3 min read . 08 Mar 2020

Forza Italia party leader Silvio Berlusconi holds his ballot as he prepares to cast his vote at a polling station in Milan, Italy on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Italians head to polls as populists challenge mainstream

4 min read . 04 Mar 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the summit’s host, said on world leaders need to find a common solution to steel overproduction, otherwise the risk of ‘bilateral actions’ increases. Photo: AFP

G20 reaches compromise on trade after wrangles on Day 1

1 min read . 08 Jul 2017

In a country where the presidency carries some of the aura of past kings, how Emmanuel Macron approaches his office may determine his impact. Photo: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

Emmanuel Macron will have to shed ‘elitist’ tag as president of France

5 min read . 16 May 2017

The French presidential election victory makes Emmanuel Macron the youngest leader of France since Napoleon. Photo: AFP

Emmanuel Macron to become France’s new president, in boost to Europe

6 min read . 08 May 2017

Emmanuel Macron was well ahead in the polls at the end of Friday. If he wins, French voters will have broken with populist momentum that put the UK on track to leave the European Union and carried Donald Trump to the White House. Photo: AFP

French voters prepare to vote after Emmanuel Macron reports cyber attack

2 min read . 06 May 2017

Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron both took just under a quarter of the vote in a contest with 11 candidates in the first round of the French presidential polls. Photo: Marlene Awaad/Bloomberg

It’s globalism versus ‘nationalism’ in French presidential run-off

4 min read . 24 Apr 2017

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen lead in the early counting of ballots for the first round of France’s presidential election. Photo: Reuters

Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen lead in early count of French presidential vote

1 min read . 23 Apr 2017

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Photo: AP

Rex Tillerson says Russia must give up ‘unreliable’ ally Syria

4 min read . 11 Apr 2017

UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s absence from the celebratory summit, marking 60 years since the Treaty of Rome created the bedrock for the EU, highlights the division and sense of pessimism that’s gripping the 28-nation club. Photo: AP

Leaders pledge stronger European Union as bloc marks birthday in Rome

2 min read . 25 Mar 2017

Christine Lagarde speaks during a meeting on the second day of the World Economic Forum on 18 January 2017 in Davos. Photo: AFP

Davos elite searches for fixes to save its system from populists

3 min read . 19 Jan 2017

A file photo of ECB chief Mario Draghi. Photo: Bloomberg

Mario Draghi, Matteo Renzi hacked in e-mail cyber-spying attacks

2 min read . 10 Jan 2017

As leader of the biggest party in parliament, Matteo Renzi will have a key say on who should be the next premier, and what kind of government should be formed. Photo: Reuters

Matteo Renzi resigns, Italy looks for new government

3 min read . 08 Dec 2016

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a media conference after a referendum on constitutional reform at Chigi palace in Rome on 5 December 2016. Photo: Reuters

Matteo Renzi quits as Italy referendum defeat deepens Europe’s turmoil

3 min read . 05 Dec 2016

If the prime ministerial race had gone Boris Johnson’s way, his “natural instinct” would have led him toward a second referendum, according to Victoria Honeyman, lecturer in British politics at the University of Leeds. Photo: AFP

Brexit means Brexit: Boris Johnson’s fall reduces room for EU-turn

3 min read . 01 Jul 2016

The EU gathering will unfurl against a backdrop of market turmoil with shares in Barclays Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc crashing to their lowest level since the financial crisis. Photo: Bloomberg

David Cameron heads for last supper with EU leaders amid Brexit unrest

4 min read . 28 Jun 2016

Britain’s David Cameron said he would resign as prime minister by October after Britons voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. Photo: Reuters

David Cameron to resign after Brexit humiliation

3 min read . 24 Jun 2016

British prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive to cast their votes in the EU referendum, at a polling station in London Thursday. Photo: AFP

Final Brexit appeals made as polls diverge on UK referendum eve

3 min read . 23 Jun 2016

Smoke billows from chimneys in central Rome, in front of St. Peters’s Basilica dome. Photo: AP

Italian cities impose curbs on cars, pizza ovens in pollution war

1 min read . 28 Dec 2015

A file photo of Pope Francis. Photo: AFP

Pope Francis calls for drastic fossil-fuel emission cut to protect climate

4 min read . 18 Jun 2015