Governatives

There are about 46.5 million citizens eligible to vote in the UK for a referendum tomorrow on the EU: the state of the updated data of the Electoral Commission of the kingdom, as released by the BBC, will be a total of 46,499,537 persons holders right in the lists of those who will be admitted to the polling stations.

Her Majesty the Queen, Buckingham Palace has confirmed last month, will not travel to the polling station; However, there have been attempts, some tabloids, to enlist among the Eurosceptics, although the sovereign to practice no votes ever.

Now it’s official, the president of Russia Vladimir Putin will be in China next Saturday, June 25. Although the details of the state visit are not yet known, the Russian ambassador to China, Andrei Denisov said that "With regard to the upcoming visit, we have quite a substantial list of over thirty projects that are now in various stages of preparation".

George Soros takes the field in the referendum of June 23 in Britain and expresses clear opionion about the scenario of a possible Brexit, convinced that the pound would lose "at least 15%, but perhaps even more ‘than 20%", descending to parity with the euro. It would be a paradoxical joining the single European currency, with a devaluation with no benefit to the UK economy.

The forecast comes from the financier who in 1992 thanks to his bet on the devaluation of the British currency managed to make "substantial profits" for his hedge fund "at the expense of the Bank of England and the British Government", as noted by Soros in an editorial the ‘Guardian’. "It ‘s almost certain that the pound would drop quickly and abruptly" in case of victory of the’ Leave ‘in the referendum of June 23, and it would be a 15% devaluation of the "most disruptive and more" which took place in September 1992, Soros writes which is considering the pound falling from the current $ 1.46 to "below $ 1.15," then by 25-30% below the pre-referendum range between 1.50 and $ 1.60.

The Labour MP Jo Cox, attacked today in Birstall, near Leeds, has died, the police said. The woman, according to the BBC, was wounded with a knife and also of gunfire. He was in his constituency for the usual meeting with voters.

The assailant was identified. His name is Tommy Mair, for allegedly assaulting her, as reported by local investigative sources quoted by the media. Also according to sources, the man is 52 years old and is originally from Batley, Yorkshire, not far from the place where the ambush took place.

The day of the referendum for the Brexit is running and the latest survey, conducted by the Institute for Independent Orb, sees the Eurosceptics ahead by 10 percentage points: 55% of British voters believe that Britain should leave the EU compared to 45% who want to remain. It is one of the widest margins of advantage for the campaign Leave newly registered.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told the press that negotiations for the resumption of gas supplies to Ukraine will depend on the proposals of Kiev. "Everything will depend on what will be proposed by Ukrainian colleagues, and in this sense, for all I know," Naftogaz "and" Gazprom "are in contact," said when asked about resumption of gas supplies.

Formerly the CEO "Gazprom" Alexey Miller declared that the company had received the request of "Naftogaz" to resume gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine in the second half of 2016 until April 2017. The "Naftogaz" answer is that it has offered to " Gazprom "to sign a supplementary agreement to the contract for the supply of gas in the next three quarters, economically reasonable considering the price level" less transportation hub. "

The Swiss National Bank will not change their interest rates despite the tensions that could arise on the occasion of the vote on a possible British, exit from the EU, according to the survey conducted by Reuters which listened to 36 economists. Experts agree that the SNB will maintain firm between -1.25% and -0.25% the fluctuation margin of the Libor, its main policy rate. Unchanged at -0.75%, they should remain even negative interest on the institution’s accounts around.

Several members of the Peugeot family say they are ready to invest in the PSA Peugeot Citroen automaker to significantly back in the capital. This was reported by the French newspaper Les Echos, citing some of the family members and the former chairman of the supervisory board, Thierry Peugeot.
"Many of us are on the same wavelength" Thierry Peugeot told French daily. The family is made up of a hundred members, and in past years it was divided on the choices regarding the automaker.

The Peugeot group had near bankruptcy in 2013 and was saved with the entry into the capital of the French State and the Chinese company Dongfeng Motor. Both have become major shareholders, with a stake of about 14% each.