Members of Parliament (MPs) will vote on the UK's Brexit deal in the week beginning 14 January 2019. Nobody knows if MPs will approve it or not.ervative Party

MPs will be voting either to give their support to or reject two things which make up Mrs May's deal:

Source: Transparency International

Belgium

Belgian Federal Election: The 2019 Belgian federal election will take place on 26 May as the 2019 European Parliament elections. In the election, all 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives will be elected in eleven multi-member constituencies.

To regain public trust, the European Parliament, the European Commission and Member State governments need to prioritise the following key issues on the agenda for the coming debates for the European Parliament elections, the new Commission and the Future of Europe.

As of June 2018

Source: FocusEconomics

Austria: Economic growth should remain robust in 2019, although the pace of expansion is expected to moderate. Public and private consumption are likely to buttress the domestic economy, with households benefiting from a tight labor market and higher wages. On the other hand, labor shortages could limit economic growth and lingering global trade tensions pose a further downside risk. The economy is expected to grow 2.0% in 2019.

Source: Stratfor

The key areas of focus for 2019 will be:  completing the work in the area of migration; reinforcing the Economic and Monetary Union; addressing increasing tensions in the global trading system; tackling continued challenges to the Rule of Law in some member states; and finding an agreement with the UK on its withdrawal from the EU.

Financial Markets

Establishing a Capital Markets Union remains a top priority. The Commission emphasizes the need to reach an agreement on the pending proposals with regards to:

In the next European elections an historic breakthrough by the extremists, populists and nationalists has been forecast, with the latter not being by nature extremely in favour of Europe. Their victory has already been announced for May 2019. However, this is a somewhat hasty analysis and illustrates poor knowledge of the European election method.  

Indeed, we must be careful with the designation "extremist, populist" which masks a multi-facetted reality.

Author: Paul Hockenos in CNN

" Europe's far right has its sights set on the European Union’s parliamentary elections, which take place in May next year. With national populists surging across Europe, the vote could prove a game-changer for the continent's hallowed postwar project of integration and peace. And, in stark contrast to the EU's supporters, the right looks organized, determined and ready to let rip.