Europe

Gove in the race for leadership with Brexit promise

"I will put an end to free movement", it is the first point of the program Michael Gove, the British Justice Minister and candidate for the Tory leadership. "I will introduce a point system to the Australian and I will make the numbers" of immigrants.
Gove, in the presentation speech, commended the prime minister resigning David Cameron and the chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne that the UK economy "is based on solid foundations."

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EasyJet is looking for European license after Brexit

EasyJet has applied for an air operator certificate of the European Union to continue to fly in all EU countries without restrictions that will affect carriers in the UK after the Union output.

The airline low cost, in a statement, announced that it has begun a formal procedure for obtaining an air operator’s certificate (COA) to maintain the ‘status quo European’. "EasyJet – it says – is lobbying the UK government and the European Union to ensure its ability to continue to operate in a fully liberalized and deregulated market in the UK and Europe as it is today."

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Brexit impact on Diamond: unsold the biggest one in the world

Brexit effect even in the auction houses: the largest uncut diamond in the world (1,109 carats), as well as the second largest ever found, did not find an owner. "Lesedi La Rona" ( "Our Light") was discovered in November 2015 in a Canadian-owned mine in Botswana. As for greatness surpasses only the "Cullinan Diamond" found in 1905 in South Africa: one of the diamonds taken from it joined part of the British crown jewels.

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The Swiss Watch Charm falls abroad, including Brexit

Exports of watches in 2016 should also fall by 10%. The director of the watchmaking Federation (FH) Jean-Daniel Pasche, in Neuchâtel, during the association’s Annual Conference, said that the decline could be even higher depending on the brand.

Pasche believes that the British vote on brexit has accentuated the uncertainty and the upward pressure on the franc. In short, the slowdown observed in this area as early as the middle of 2015, is expected to continue, mainly because of the loss of momentum, completely unexpected, the American market. It is a bad surprise, he argued.

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French campaign for Unicredit: Mustier appointed CEO

Frenchman Jean Pierre Mustier, 54-year-old, is the new CEO of Unicredit; he leaves the trans Tikehau group to take the lead of the Italian bank after the release of Federico Ghizzoni. During the nominations committee, held last night, the only reservations about the banker would be raised by Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone and Corderdo Luca di Montezemolo, but this morning the board of directors of the bank voted unanimously for Mustier .

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Dutch petition for Nexit gains 56,000 voters

The shadow of Brexit seems to have already stretched on Europe: within a few days by the outcome of the British referendum, Dutch 56 thousand have signed an online petition calling for the release by the European Union of the Netherlands, delivered by the promoters to lower house of parliament.

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Switzerland: failures on the rise in the first five months 2016

Rise in the Swiss business failures in the first five months of 2016, according to the survey of the economic information Bisnode company announced in a statement today. From January to May, the number of bankrupt companies insolvency has increased by 6% over the same period last year, to 1,933. Among the regioniparticolarmente hit the Romandie, an increase of 23%, leads the standings. The sectors which recorded the greatest risk are the construction, food and crafts.

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