Europe sheds its Brexit baggage; aims for bold new relaunch
The EU will push for free-trade pacts with Australia and New Zealand and deeper euro-area banking integration
Brussels
WHAT A difference a year makes for the European Union.
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, will deliver the annual State of the Union speech this week in a more upbeat mood than a year ago, when the 28-nation bloc was buffeted by the UK's decision to leave and anti-EU parties appeared to be on the march.
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