- Starmer and Macron Agree to Nuclear Deterrence Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe The New York Times
- UK and France vow to co-ordinate nuclear weapons for first time Financial Times
- UK and France Order More Cruise Missiles, Pledge Nuclear…
Category: 3. Europe
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EU Parliament censure vote leaves von der Leyen weakened, even in victory
ADVERTISEMENTAs the European Parliament prepares to vote on a motion of censure against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the political fallout could be significant – regardless of the outcome, with the motion reigniting concerns about her leadership style, lack of transparency…
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Extreme Heat Is Killing European Workers Despite Government Efforts
Montse Aguilar was a healthy 51-year-old woman when she started her shift cleaning streets in Barcelona at around 2:30pm on June 28. The Spanish city was under alert for high temperatures amid a brutal heat wave that brought record temperatures…
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How Russia Could Exploit a Vacuum in Europe
The NATO summit held two weeks ago in The Hague delivered on the low expectations the allies had set for it. Amid fears that U.S. President Donald Trump would blow up a normal agenda, NATO leaders significantly pared back the program, taking hard…
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Was Merz in Rom für die Ukraine verhandeln will – POLITICO
Während der Bundeskanzler in Rom über den Wiederaufbau der Ukraine spricht, greift Russland die Ukraine so unerbittlich an wie nie zuvor seit Kriegsbeginn. Hans von der Burchard und Gordon Repinski analysieren, was das für den Gipfel mit Giorgia Meloni und Wolodymyr…
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Russia hits Kyiv with more missiles and drones, causing fires and injuring at least 10
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ADVERTISEMENTAt least ten people were injured overnight into Thursday after Russia attacked Kyiv with another mass missile and drone attack, according to Ukrainian officials.
The attack reportedly caused…
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Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack, Ukraine officials say
Ukraine’s capital Kyiv is again under a massive overnight Russian drone attack, local officials say, with at least 13 people reported injured and fires burning across the city.
Authorities in Kyiv say drone wreckage has hit the roof of a residential building in the central Shevchenkivskyi…
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Turkey’s Erdoğan bets big with high-stakes Kurdish gamble – POLITICO
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is making the biggest gamble of his career to save his political skin, just as popular opinion — even in traditionalist, conservative strongholds — swings sharply against him.
His goal? To bring the large Kurdish minority onto…
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Brussels gets blamed for Libya trip fiasco – POLITICO
On Wednesday, officials in Athens and Rome pointed the finger at Brussels and its diplomatic service while some of Brunner’s own colleagues inside the Commission admitted the EU side had messed up. The Greek government said it will continue its own talks with Libya and announced emergency…
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Growing anger, a no-confidence vote ― and trouble ahead – POLITICO
In this sense, the stakes are reminiscent of when Jacques Santer’s Commission faced a vote of no confidence in 1999. The motion failed, but Santer and his entire team were forced to step down weeks later when the Party of European Socialists formally withdrew its support.
The 2025 version…
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