EUROPEAN UNION

The appointment of a close ally of President Recep Erdoğan as prime minister clears the way for a presidential form of government in the country.

Eurozone countries are expected to approve the loans, but Athens is unlikely to get debt relief because of the bloc’s differences with the International Monetary Fund.

The prime minister’s warning comes after the Treasury released an analysis showing the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs if the U.K. leaves the EU.

The vote on whether the U.K. will keep its European Union membership is slated for June 23.

A British exit would rock the EU by ripping away its second-largest economy, one of its top two military powers and its richest financial center.

The British prime minister on Tuesday offered his latest defense for the U.K remaining in the European Union.

European Council President Donald Tusk’s comments came after Ankara threatened to walk out of the deal.

Boris Johnson, the former London Mayor, said during an interview that the 28-member bloc and Hitler shared the purpose to unify Europe under a “single authority.”

In comments made during a press conference Friday, the international lender added its voice to the growing chorus against the U.K.’s exit from the European Union.

The preliminary flash estimate, released on April 29, had pegged growth for the 19-member bloc at 0.6 percent.

Ahead of the June 23 vote on whether Britain should leave the EU, Scottish voters are poised to vote in large numbers against leaving the EU.

The Southern European nations both have struggled to reduce their deficits.

In a speech Monday, the British prime minister made a “big, bold patriotic case” for staying within the European Union ahead of the June 23 referendum.

Forty-five percent of people surveyed in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden said they wanted their own vote on membership in the bloc.

Nearly 15,000 people protested tax hikes and pension cuts, which Greece will implement in exchange for another bailout.

The eurozone’s 19 finance ministers will meet in Brussels Monday to discuss Greece’s reform program and a proposed set of contingency measures.

Ahead of a June referendum on Britain leaving the European Union, economic growth in the country seems to have stalled.

The decision Wednesday by the Court of Justice of the European Union is a blow to companies like Philip Morris International, some member countries, as well as e-cigarette makers.

The main issues at stake concern Britain’s ability to protect itself, its economic prowess and its national sovereignty.

Sources told the Financial Times that the amount was zeroed in on at just above $289,000 per asylum-seeker in Monday’s commission draft.

Weakness in global growth and uncertainty associated with the looming Brexit referendum are likely to hurt the region’s economy this year.