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    • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
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      Italy needs support to cope with coronavirus

      Brussels should relax fiscal rules to help Rome deal with the outbreak

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      Putin moves to secure public backing for changes that could let him extend his rule

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      The highest hurdle to a UK-EU trade deal

      Four experts give their opinions about the chances of an agreement being finalised

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      EU ‘frugals’ will struggle to sustain hardline budget stance

      Countries keen to rein in spending face tensions with green coalitions

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      Digging beneath the EU’s climate law

      Questions are already surfacing about how binding it will be on the member states

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      Simon Kuper’s guide to business and social etiquette in Paris

      After 18 years in the French capital, our columnist has cracked its secret codes, from the subtle art of ‘la bise’, to never accepting second helpings

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      Tech industry warns new rules will stifle innovation while campaigners say they are too broad

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