However, Merz’s critics — and in his long and turbulent political life, there have been many — say his U-turns were deliberate deceit, and that he had no intention of sticking to the old spending rules in the first place. For instance, the Greens, who opposed the “debt brake” rule…
Category: 3. Europe
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Come back, Boris? Battered Tories pine for a winning formula – POLITICO
Johnson’s reputation was tainted by his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. | Andy Rain/EFE via EPA “A lot of Conservatives have finally woken up to the fact that he’s as much a liability as he is an asset,” said Bale, citing Partygate’s unpopularity. “He doesn’t, at the…
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Trump has already screwed over Germany’s new chancellor – POLITICO
After Germany’s federal domestic intelligence agency classified the AfD last week as a “proven” extremist organization — a designation that is fueling a long-simmering domestic debate on whether to ban the AfD under German law provisions intended to prevent a repeat of the Nazi past…
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Female solo traveller reveals the ‘surprising’ European city where she felt ‘unsafe’
Solo travel is becoming…
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Merz to be sworn in as Germany ends six months of political stalemate
Germany’s parliament is set to elect conservative Friedrich Merz as its new Chancellor.
The 69-year old is promising to revitalize the country’s flagging economy and boost its voice on the world stage.
It brings an end to Germany’s recent political limbo after the last government collapsed.
But…
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Inside the world’s most secret ballot
Sarah RainsfordEurope Correspondent
Getty ImagesJust over 130 cardinals will gather later this week to vote for a new pope This must be the most secretive election in the world.
When 133 Catholic cardinals are shut into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to choose a successor to Pope Francis, each one…
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Trump defends viral image of himself as Pope: ‘Catholics loved it’
President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope was offensive to Catholics and accused the media of drumming up anger.
Trump or his team posted the image on his Truth Social account on Friday, where it quickly generated blowback. Italy’s former…
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Poland’s Duda tells Trump to force Putin ‘to make peace’
Polish President Andrzej Duda said Monday that he is pressing Donald Trump to ramp up sanctions on Russia to force an end to the war.
Trump, Duda said, is the only one who can force Putin to come to the negotiating table.
“America can use various economic instruments to force Russia to…
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Telecoms veteran to lead Eutelsat amid Europe’s sovereign broadband push
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat shares closed up nearly 13% May 5 after the French operator said it would replace its CEO with Jean-François Fallacher, a telecoms veteran joining from a key partner in Europe’s planned sovereign broadband…
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