Thousands of protesters in Vienna braved snow and icy temperatures Saturday to protest Austria’s ruling coalition between the conservatives and the far-right a year after they came to power. Some 17,000 people took to the streets of the capital despite the bad weather, according to police estimates, while organisers put turnout at 50,000.

The British government spelled out on Thursday what it would do to protect the rights of British citizens living in the EU in the event that the UK crashed out of the union without a deal, including those who were forced to return home.

For many of the 1.2 million Brits living in the EU, as well as the 3 million EU citizens in the UK, a no-deal Brexit threatens a spate of life-changing repercussions. And the process is taking a toll on people’s mental health.

After President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on Monday night the onus shifts to the French PM on Tuesday as he tries to convince lawmakers of the merits of the new measure. The EU Commission has said it will also study the impact on France’s budget.

The president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Monday attacked Switzerland’s credibility on humanitarian issues over its decision to delay signing the UN migration pact.

French police have arrested hundreds of people and arrested more than 500 in and around Paris, where some 8000 demonstrators are on the streets. They were in possession of masks, catapults or hammers. The police think they are rioters and not demonstrators. They have been arrested on suspicion of ‘gathering in preparation for violence against persons or vandalism’.

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Who will be the new Angela Merkel? Who will follow their CDU presidency after eighteen years? 1001 delegates are allowed to vote today at the party congress of the CDU in Hamburg. There is really something to choose: Does the party make a radical break with the past and with Merkel, or is change gradual?

In an attempt to ward off the crisis around the ‘gilets jaunes’, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe made a few long-awaited announcements yesterday. The government first of all ignores the measure that gave rise to the revolt. The increase in the green levy on diesel and petrol in January will be postponed by six months.

The United States and China reached a 90-day ceasefire in a trade dispute that has rattled financial markets and threatened world economic growth. The breakthrough came after a dinner meeting Saturday between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires.