The CDU, Germany’s largest party, is currently negotiating a potential coalition government with the center-left Social Democratic Party after emerging victorious in February’s national election. Party leader Friedrich Merz is widely expected to become Germany’s next chancellor;…
Category: 3. Europe
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US disarmament is a gift to its great power rivals – POLITICO
Then, there was the gratuitous shuttering of government-funded broadcasting, a key element of U.S. soft power with a rather negligible price tag — and one that helped win the Cold War. Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty reaches audiences in 23 countries, in 27 languages, and with an annual…
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Von der Leyen vows EU will protect its interests as Trump announces huge car tariffs – POLITICO
She said Europe would assess the tariffs, and anticipated that further measures would arrive from the White House in the coming days. Trump has stepped back from implementing tariffs on America’s allies and adversaries several times since his Jan. 20 inauguration.
“We’re signing today,”…
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President Zelensky asked what he wants to see after the war ends
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the BBC that he’s not sure how he’ll be remembered after the Ukraine-Russia war, but would like to see his children walk the streets “without hiding”.
Zelensky was speaking during a panel interview in Paris with journalists from across Europe.
When…
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‘Why don’t you go back to your country?’ Marjorie Taylor Greene snaps at top UK reporter – POLITICO
Goldberg later published its contents and revealed the oversight of his inclusion, causing controversy at home and abroad. Democrats have lambasted the incident as a stunning security and intelligence breach and called on the officials involved to resign.
But before Kelner could finish her…
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Trump announces 25 percent tariff on auto imports
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on hundreds of billions worth of imported cars, hitting key trading partners and allies like Mexico, Canada, South Korea, Japan and Germany.
The United States imported $214 billion worth of passenger cars…
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France’s political immortals – POLITICO
JEAN-MARIE LE PEN, THE INCENDIARY FOUNDER of France’s largest far-right party, was buried on Jan. 11 on an unusually sunny winter’s day in the fancy resort of La Trinité-sur-Mer, where he was born in 1928.
The day started with a ceremony inside a modest church built of…
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Emmanuel Macron announces €2 billion in additional military aid for Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday evening in Paris to prepare a summit of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’, a group of countries ready to provide Ukraine with long-term security guarantees.
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EPPO says inquiry opened into Bulgarian prosecutor for alleged wrongdoing
In a statement, EPPO said it had informed the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission that it is investigating the Bulgarian European Prosecutor.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) says it has opened an inquiry into possible…
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Gérard Depardieu denies allegations of sexual assault at combative trial
By his own recognition, Gérard Depardieu acts in a world that is no longer his own.
On day three of his sexual assault trial in Paris, the French cinema star admitted that he was given to “rude” and “vulgar” language no longer regarded as acceptable.
It got to the point a few years ago, he said,…
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