“You can’t buy pension reform,” said a deputy finance minister. “It’s going to hit the nerve of what democracy is about.”
Pension reform also has a habit of…

“You can’t buy pension reform,” said a deputy finance minister. “It’s going to hit the nerve of what democracy is about.”
Pension reform also has a habit of…

“The legal feasibility of extending the Reparations Loan approach towards such assets has not been assessed in detail,” the document continued. “Such an assessment would need to take place before taking a decision on further steps.”
The document outlines the “design principles”…

“Selmayr did not work out so well the last time he was SG [secretary-general],” a Commission official said, referring to criticisms about his controversial appointment and also how he exerted power.
By bringing Selmayr onto her team, Kallas would get the benefit of a Brussels insider…

With fewer than 20 months left in the Elysée Palace, Macron is laser-focused on cementing his place in the history books — and believes he’s earned that distinction for his work in the Middle East, they said.
The French president wasn’t going to miss his chance to be there for…

“Afghan citizens who commit crimes in other countries are, of course, personally responsible for their actions, but they also represent the Afghan nation,” said Qani. Upon arriving in Afghanistan, he added, the deportees are dealt with by the Afghan interior ministry “according to…

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It’s been a week where the politics of the Middle East and Britain’s relations with China have loomed large over Westminster.
For all the backslapping and goodwill of Sharm el-Sheikh, will the ceasefire and exchange of hostages and prisoners in Gaza pave the way for a…

LONDON — For years, Labour didn’t want to talk about Brexit. It’s changed its mind.
As the 10th anniversary looms of Britain’s vote to the leave the European Union, senior ministers in the ruling center-left Labour Party are going studs up — daring to pin the U.K.’s sluggish…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a swarm of Russian drones attacked his hometown in Ukraine on the eve of his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.
Zelenskyy said the attack on Kryviy Rih in southeastern Ukraine…