Conservative-DUP Coalition heightens uncertainty over Brexit outcome   Last week’s remarkable UK General Election result that brought about a hung parliament has only added to the greater level of anxiety around the EU over how Britain’s exit negotiations will proceed. Prime Minister Theresa May is in a weekend position, given that she lost her overall majority and will now seek to govern through a confidence and supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).   Discussions between the two parties are still...

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VULCAN VIEW KEY EVENTS THIS WEEK: BREXIT EU lays down rules for regulatory agencies relocation The battle to lure the departing UK-based European regulatory agencies is on as Brussels has issued the criteria which will guide how it will decide their future post-Brexit locations. In a proposal published earlier this week, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk laid down the ground rules and called on member states to have bids submitted by July 31st. The London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) and European...

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