Former European Council President Charles Michel criticized the Commission chief’s remarks, defending Turkey as a “core NATO ally” and “key migration partner.” EU Parliament Rapporteur for Turkey Nacho Sánchez Amor called the comments “totally inconsistent with recurrent signals…
Category: 3. Europe
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Jailed Istanbul mayor: Don’t treat Turkey like Russia and China – POLITICO
This is no longer just about a frozen accession file. It is about strategic direction, and whether the EU and Turkey can still imagine a meaningful future together.
It is also where the deadlock in relations becomes most visible. As pressure on the country’s opposition hardens into a…
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Zelensky condemns Russian ‘utter cynicism’ as it strikes ahead of truce
Ahead of its own midnight ceasefire, Ukraine also launched a series of aerial attacks on Russia, hitting an industrial area in Kirishi in the Leningrad region and a factory that produces military components in Cheboksary, in Russia’s Chuvash Republic.
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‘A deal is a deal’: Von der Leyen fires back at Trump over auto tariff threat
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on European cars, warning Washington to stick to the terms of its trade deal with Brussels.
Speaking out for the first time since Trump’s Friday announcement that he…
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EU parties misspent €1.5M in European election campaign, documents show – POLITICO
This accounting trick was repeatedly mentioned in last year’s audits, and this year the Parliament’s administration urged organizations in several meetings “to discontinue the practice,” the report says.
“There could have been an attempt to fraudulently use public money,”…
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Romanian government collapses – POLITICO
The move came as a surprise to the Socialists & Democrats group in the European Parliament, to which the PSD belongs. After spending years scolding the center-right European People’s Party for forging similar alliances with the far right, the developments in Romania put the EU’s premier…
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Starmer to Iran: Britain won’t tolerate incitement of antisemitism – POLITICO
The British PM said additional security measures alone will not prevent attacks.
“We must also deal with the forces that drive this hatred in the first place, so we’re confronting them directly,” he said.
“One of the lines of inquiry is whether a foreign state has been behind…
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Inside the collapse of the Canada-US trade deal
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney left the White House in early October with Canada and the United States in reach of a trade deal.
Inside the meeting, senior U.S. officials were enthusiastic about a possible agreement covering steel, aluminum, uranium and energy.
Canadian and American…
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Sweet peppers, table grapes, olive oil: Pesticide breaches are rare but growing, EU food watchdog finds – POLITICO
“Severe hunger has doubled, and famine has been declared in two places. The same countries are caught in a devastating cycle of hunger — fueled by conflict and compounded by inadequate funding,” says food aid chief Cindy…
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Ready or not: Keir’s rivals flounder – POLITICO
With days until the local and national elections – amid some grim polling projections – are Labour facing a double-edged threat from both the left and right of British politics?
As instability in the Middle East intensifies, Keir Starmer is preparing to host a summit to…
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