Lazia, 15 May 2017 — The Confederation has announced that the government shutdown is to end by 15 August 2017. The deadline would in the event be missed by some six weeks.
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GOVERNMENT Government sets 15 August deadline to end shutdown
The Confederation names a target date for the resumption of routine government.
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The deadline was set as the Confederation sought to draw a line under a shutdown that had by then run for months. In the event it was missed by some six weeks, the shutdown finally ending on 1 October 2017 after nine months — a pause credited, despite its difficulties, with a subsequent growth in the Confederation’s membership and diplomatic reach.
Edited for the relaunch of the Courant van Lazia.