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      <title>EU and UK voice mistrust in Brexit talks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Barnier said UK had backtracked on its Brexit financial settlement and was wishy washy on core issues. Davis said EU lacked flexibility.]]></description>
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      <title>Cost of moving EU drug agency could top €580mn</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Document seen by EUobserver shows that European Medicines Agency expects to spend €11 million alone on moving IT services out of London.]]></description>
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      <title>EU threatens to throw the book at Poland</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["There's no way we can drop the issue", Timmermans said, in an unruly EU hearing on Poland's alleged abuse of rule of law.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] 'No decisive progress' on Brexit, says Barnier</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday that the third round of negotiations this week brought "useful clarifications" but "no decisive progress". "We are far from seeing sufficient progress for me to recommend the European Council to engage in discussions on future relations," he said at a press conference in Brussels. Barnier also wondered "how can we build trust" in further talks.]]></description>
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      <title>Macron calls for powerful eurozone budget</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New euro area fund should be worth "several percentage points of the euro zone's GDP" the French president said.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] Finland's top prosecutor in corruption probe</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Finland's top prosecutor, Matti Nissinen, has stepped down from office following a corruption probe over conflict of interest allegations. Nissinen is accused of using his brother's company for training services, in what investigators have claimed is nepotism. The Finnish government is set to name a new prosecutor next week to replace Nissinen, who maintains his innocence.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] Small German banks in merger trend</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[More and more small and medium-sized German banks are merging to stave off competition and low interest rates, according to bank industry regulators Bundesbank and BaFin. They said on Wednesday that some 10% of the 1,500 smaller banks are in merger talks, with around half considering mergers in the medium-term. A Bundesbank board member was quoted by Reuters as saying: "Mergers and acquisitions are becoming more and more attractive".]]></description>
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      <title>[Visual Data] Citizens' rights: where EU and UK differ</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The rights of 3.5 million EU citizens living in the UK and 1.2 million UK nationals living in EU countries is one of the key issues of the Brexit talks.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] Spanish drug agency on hiring spree</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Spain's national drug agency has posted 40 new vacancies as part of a preemptive plan to compete better with other European agencies that hope to host the now London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) after Britain's exit from the European Union. Reuters reports that the Spanish health ministry wants to hire 40 additional staff to reinforce the agency's current 493 employees.]]></description>
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      <title>Round of Brexit talks to end in bad blood</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three days of talks in Brussels have produced little progress and no easing of the tension between the EU and UK sides.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:56:42 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>[Ticker] Irish translations most expensive in EU</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament is paying €42 per page to translate Irish - more than any other language - according to documents obtained by the Daily Telegraph. The British newspaper <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/30/european-parliament-faces-overspend-millions-translation-budget/">reports</a> that EU parliament officials are now requesting some €1.5m in additional funding for its translation department, following the launch of the My House of European History, an online project that collects and translates testimonies.]]></description>
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      <title>EU's Roma policy struggles to produce results</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vera Jourova, the EU commissioner for justice, is seeking more "practical" solutions to address the issue of Roma integration as she begins to rework the policy and rethink its spending.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:27:04 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>[Opinion] Lobbying for a big business Brexit</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There is a distinct sense that in London and Brussels alike, political elites are intimately agreeing Brexit priorities with business elites.]]></description>
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      <title>Macron revives multi-speed Europe idea</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["We have to think up a Europe with several formats," said the French president, who will make "concrete" proposals after the German elections.]]></description>
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      <title>Supercomputing lag could prompt EU brain drain</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“We are not in the top-10 or the top-five in the world when it comes to high-performance computing but we have the potential to do it," says EU digital commissioner Mariya Gabriel.]]></description>
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      <title>UK pushes for stage two of Brexit talks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["We’re in a good position, and would like to move on to discuss our future relationship”, the UK said on Tuesday, despite Commission warnings on slow progress.]]></description>
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      <title>[Column / Brussels Bytes] Commission right to reject screen-scraping ban</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Screen-scraping, which is the process of scanning what the customer sees when they log into their online bank accounts, should still be allowed as a fail-safe.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 09:14:53 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>[Ticker] Google submits plan to comply with EU antitrust rules</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Google has submitted plans on how to comply with EU antitrust demands over its shopping service. The European Commission had imposed a €2.4 billion fine this year in June for anti-competitive behaviour. Regulators said the company had abused its market dominance by favouring its own shopping search results over those of its rivals.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:50:06 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>[Ticker] France and Germany mull eurozone minister and fund</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron both agreed on Tuesday to press forward with deeper European integration following Merkel's demands for a European Monetary Fund and Macron's proposal for a eurozone finance minister. The fund would aim to protect the euro against any future crisis, while the minister would oversee economic policy.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] EU digital official wants to set up expert group on fake news</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The EU commissioner for digital economy, Mariya Gabriel, wants to ask citizens and companies for advice on how to deal with fake news, she told journalists on Tuesday. The commissioner said she would propose to set up a public consultation, followed by a high-level expert group. “It's really important to work all together: researchers, media, and institutions. The next two or three months will be crucial,” Gabriel said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:33:41 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Estonia defends Russian media ban at EU event</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Estonia's EU presidency has reserved the right to ban Russian reporters from its events if it deemed them guilty of "subversive activities".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:11:40 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>[Ticker] Commission 'powerfully refutes' Polish defence</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The European Commission on Tuesday rejected Poland's claim that it had no competence to threaten sanctions over issues of national judicial reform. A spokeswoman said the Commission would "quite powerfully refute" Poland's line, adding it had the power under a "rule of law framework" procedure inscribed in EU law. German chancellor Merkel and Commission president Juncker will on Wednesday discuss concerns that the Polish government is seizing control of courts.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] Juncker: UK Brexit papers 'not satisfactory'</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday that "an enormous amount of issues" concerning Brexit still need to be settled. "I would like to be clear that I did read with the requisite attention all the papers produced by the British government and none of those are satisfactory,” he said in a speech to EU ambassadors, amid the third round of EU-UK talks that are underway this week.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] Better relations with Turkey 'not possible' now, says Merkel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Turkey currently "doesn't respect the principles of rule of law" and that Germany has "decided on a new orientation for its policy with Turkey." "I would like to have better relations with Turkey, but that it is not possible at the moment," she said in a press conference in Berlin.]]></description>
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      <title>Macron wants asylum claims to start in Africa</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The French president hosted a mini-summit with leaders from Chad, Libya and Niger, along with Germany, Italy and Spain. Among the proposals is a plan to set up safe zones in Niger and Chad to initiate asylum claims.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:29:08 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Poland rejects 'groundless' EU complaint</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Poland said its judicial reforms were "in line with European standards", amid souring EU relations on many fronts.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] Hungary to start work on Russian nuclear plant next year</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Work to extend the Russian-built nuclear plant in Paks, in central Hungary, will start next year, Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday. "The real construction work will start in January and nothing will stop the investment from now on," he said after a meeting between Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban and Russian president Vladimir Putin. The project was <a href="https://euobserver.com/news/137122"> approved by the European Commission</a> in March.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] New US Nato ambassador takes office</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kay Bailey Hutchison, a former Republican senator of Texas, took office as new US ambassador to Nato on Monday. During her confirmation hearing last month she said that she would strengthen the military alliance against an "aggressive" Russia. On Monday, she said that president Donald Trump is committed to Article 5 - the mutual defence clause - and that collective defence "will not rest unfairly" on US taxpayers.]]></description>
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      <title>Let's get serious, EU tells UK</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[EU and British negotiators started the third round of Brexit talks amid growing disagreement on how the process is going.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:03:38 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>[Ticker] End of Dutch coalition talks 'not likely' by budget day</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The outgoing Dutch coalition of centre-right Liberals and centre-left Labour will have to present the annual budget in mid-September, even though it will not carry it out. The coalition received a beating in March elections, and now the Liberals are attempting to form a government with three other parties. Negotiator Gerrit Zalm said Monday that he did not expect <a href="https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/138578">the lengthy coalition talks</a> to be over by 20 September.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] EU on VW recall programme: 'consumer trust at stake'</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A spokeswoman for the European Commission, Lucia Caudet, did not want to "make any value or technical judgement" on whether Volkswagen (VW) could fulfil its promise of fixing all 8.5 million diesel cars that have defeat devices by autumn. VW still has <a href="https://euobserver.com/environment/138805">3.3 million cars to fix in under four weeks.</a> There is no sanction if VW misses the deadline, but "consumer trust is at stake here", Caudet said.]]></description>
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      <title>EU and Africa leaders in migrant talks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[France is hosting a mini-summit on Monday in Paris with leaders from Germany, Italy, Spain, Chad, Niger and Libya. The talks will likely cover broad discussions on migration, security and development.]]></description>
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      <title>Schulz mauls Merkel as German vote nears</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Merkel has “lost touch” with ordinary people, does not know how to handle Dieselgate, and is too soft on Turkey, her main election rival has said.]]></description>
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      <title>EU and UK to talk Brexit with different expectations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Brexit secretary Davis expects this round of talks to be about 'technical discussions', while the EU says 'the technical cannot outpace the political'.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] Macron calls again on Erdogan to free journalist</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[French president Emmanuel Macron asked his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for "the quick liberation and return to France" of journalist Loup Bureau. Bureau, 27, was arrested in July and charged for supporting terrorist groups after he went to report on Kurdish militia at the Syrian border. It is the second time Macron has spoken to Erdogan about the case since Bureau's release was denied.]]></description>
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      <title>[Ticker] Putin pays new visit to Hungary</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Russian president Vladimir Putin will travel to Hungary on Monday to attend the opening of the judo world championship as honorary president of the International Judo Federation. He will also meet Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban and be awarded a doctor honoris causa title for his role in modernising the nuclear plant in Paks, a Hungarian-Russian project in central Hungary. It is Putin's second visit to Hungary this year.]]></description>
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      <title>[Column / Health Matters] Does the EU live up to its promises on life sciences?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Small businesses play a huge role in the EU economy, especially in life sciences, and this is oft-repeated in political speeches. But do the policies reflect the rhetoric?]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[One month before a deadline promised to the European Commission, the German carmaker has updated just over 60 percent of its diesel cars that have cheating devices.]]></description>
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      <title>EU denies trolling UK with Blair meeting</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Blair and Davis could cross paths in the EU Commission building at next Thursday's Brexit talks, but timing was innocent Commission said.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.ekathimerini.com/221116/article/ekathimerini/business/eu-fruit-still-slipping-into-russia-despite-sanctions">Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported</a> on Friday that Greek produce is "widely available" in shops in Moscow, despite Russian sanctions on EU fruit. It said that Italian and Spanish fruit and vegetables are also reaching Russia via Belarus, for example. Russia's sanctions were imposed in retaliation to EU economic sanctions over Russia's annexation of Crimea.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[French president Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that Poland "marginalises" itself in the EU "on a number of issues". Poland is on opposing sides to the majority of EU states and the EU commission on issues such as migration and its domestic rule of law situation. Macron said at a press conference in Bulgaria, while ending a tour of eastern EU member states, that the Polish people "deserved better".]]></description>
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      <title>Brexit talks to resume on Monday, a bank holiday</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A senior EU official says "lack of substance" from the UK side is preventing considerable progress in Brexit talks.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[EU states should put pressure on Interpol to stop Russia from abusing the system, a prominent human rights campaigner has said.]]></description>
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      <title>[Investigation] EU probe into VW loan remains opaque</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[EU anti-fraud agency and European Investment Bank tight-lipped on report that said Volkswagen deceived the bank when acquiring a €400 million loan.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[EU countries are set to begin returning migrants to Greece. The country's migration minister, Yannis Mouzalas, told the Guardian that he expects the returns "to begin over the next month". Germany has reportedly made nearly 400 resettlement requests, with the UK, France, the Netherlands and Norway also seeking to return migrants. Greece, as the first entry point, is required by the so-called Dublin regulation to accept the returnees.]]></description>
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      <title>[Focus] Estonia tests water for own virtual currency</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Following the success of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, some in the Baltic nation propose introducing their own version for their e-residents. But what about the euro?]]></description>
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      <title>[Opinion] Terrorists do not sit still, and nor should we</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Julian King, the EU commissioner for the security union, responds to the terrorist attacks seen across Europe, in Spain and Finland, in the past week.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The European Commission said it was aware of a recent surge in migrants arriving at Greek islands from Turkey, but declined to speculate on the cause. Almost 400 people arrived in Chios, Kos, Leros, and Samos on Tuesday after some 650 arrived in Chios, Lesvos, and Samos at the weekend. The EU and Turkey agreed that Turkey would stem the flow of people, but EU-Turkey relations have deteriorated.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A European Commission spokesman said "absolutely not" in Brussels on Thursday when asked if the Commission would stop legal action against Poland over migrant quotas in line with fresh Polish demands. He said Poland should "comply with decisions they themselves have taken". Poland, in 2015, agreed to take in some 6,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy, but the ruling Law and Justice party boycotted the accord after winning power.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/migrationstatisticsquarterlyreport/august2017">announced</a> Thursday that in the 12 months preceding March 2017 net migration to the UK was 246,000, down from 327,000 in the same period the year before. Some 588,000 people moved to the UK, while 342,000 left the country. ONS said the figures "indicate that the EU referendum result may be influencing people’s decision to migrate into and out of the UK".]]></description>
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