While there will be little tangible impact on Merz’s federal coalition, he will bear much of the political blame should mainstream conservatives suffer major losses to the AfD in those states. That’s partly because, in an increasingly populist age, Merz has a hard time projecting himself…
Category: 3. Europe
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Russia's shadow fleet ships defying PM's threat and entering UK waters
BBC Verify analysis of ship-tracking data suggests “shadow fleet” vessels sailed into UK water despite the government threatening to board them.
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Trump nominates new US ambassadors to Slovakia, Jamaica
President Donald Trump has nominated Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano — two allies who waged failed bids for governor in battleground states — to diplomatic posts.
The White House announced Monday that Trump has nominated Lake to be ambassador to Jamaica and Mastriano to be ambassador to…
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Netflix sued by Texas AG for alleged surveillance, addictive features
Texas sued Netflix on Monday for allegedly tracking, collecting and profiting from data produced by children and other customers without their knowledge.
Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the streaming giant under Texas laws against deceptive business practices, alleging that Netflix billed…
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Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff charged with corruption – POLITICO
Both were also charged with corruption but denied the allegations last year.
Amid the same snowballing corruption probe, Zelenskyy fired Yermak, his long-time close associate and top foreign policy negotiator, last November on the same day NABU searched Yermak’s office. Zelenskyy thanked…
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EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
The EU’s foreign policy chief said “extremism and violence carry consequences”, while Israel branded the move “arbitrary”.
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La croisade de l’extrême droite contre le CNC inquiète le cinéma français – POLITICO
La croisade de l’extrême droite contre le CNC inquiète le cinéma français – POLITICO
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Keir Starmer is in crisis mode. Here’s how he can be dislodged. – POLITICO
2) The Cabinet says go
Labour backbenchers and junior ministers are already venting frustration that they’re being left to agitate for Starmer’s ouster. They believe that it’s their senior colleagues in the Cabinet who should be telling him his time’s up.
There had been private…
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Ukraine asks Europe to broker ‘airport ceasefire’ with Putin – POLITICO
Canada joins the chat
Monday’s talks in Brussels also included a high-level meeting on the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, attended by Sybiha, Kallas and Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand.
While around 2,100 children have been returned to Ukraine, roughly 20,000…
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White House plans to reduce barriers to beef imports in an effort to lower prices
President Donald Trump is planning to temporarily reduce tariffs on beef imports in an effort to reduce consumer prices, according to three people with knowledge of the plans.
The president will sign two executive orders Monday afternoon to “address short-term supply issues in the U.S. beef…
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