Also on Friday, the Commission will unveil a study on “advancing a cross-regional connectivity agenda” with Turkey, Central Europe and the South Caucasus. The study, seen by POLITICO, maps out how investment is needed to strengthen transport, trade, energy and digital connections along the…
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How Italy’s most polarizing politician hitched his comeback to the Winter Olympics – POLITICO
How Italy’s most polarizing politician hitched his comeback to the Winter Olympics – POLITICO
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Inside his network of wealth, power and hustle – POLITICO
“Amazing photo,” Bannon replied. “Powermove.”
Hustler
The episode epitomizes the Epstein method: leveraging existing connections and often inflating their significance to reinforce his standing among the world’s rich and powerful — a practice that continued right up until his arrest…
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A handy guide to Labour regicide – POLITICO
After the most difficult week of Keir Starmer’s premiership, with mounting speculation over how long he can last as Prime Minister, this week on Westminster Insider, host Patrick Baker explores Labour’s long and not-too-illustrious history of failed coups and botched…
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4 Labour politicians on why it’s so hard to boot flailing leaders – POLITICO
She adds: “It’s so rare for there to be a Labour prime minister. We owe that person the opportunity because he’s the person that got us into power.”
3) Labour’s rulebook can be impenetrable — Gloria De Piero, served under Jeremy Corbyn
Gloria De Piero knows first-hand how…
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This by-election in suburbia is Keir Starmer’s next nightmare – POLITICO
For the intense GB News host, traveling around the constituency with a security detail, this is a “four-week by-election campaign to bring down Keir Starmer.”
“If we win here, Keir Starmer will almost certainly have to resign,” Goodwin claims. “It will be too embarrassing. It…
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MPs should override Lords on assisted dying, says former top UK judge – POLITICO
Though he supports the flexibility of the Lords system, Neuberger said the behavior of peers over assisted dying could be a catalyst for reform of the unelected upper chamber.
“If it’s felt, and I think with some justification it’s felt, that the present system has been shown to be…
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Washington-Warsaw spat as pro-Trump ambassador lambastes parliament speaker – POLITICO
Rose also responded to Tusk’s later criticism, saying the PM should have sent the message to Czarzasty, a member of the New Left party that is part of the ruling coalition. He denounced the speaker’s “despicable, disrespectful and insulting comments about President Trump. “
The…
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ECB rates unchanged, Lagarde: ‘Inflation is in a good place’
The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged on Thursday, with President Christine Lagarde saying policymakers are “in a good place” despite inflation falling below target, stressing that the ECB “cannot be hostage to one data point” as it sticks to a data-dependent,…
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Tokayev’s Realpolitik Moment: Why Kazakhstan is Positioning Itself as Eurasia’s Pragmatic Power Broker
From trade corridors to Gaza diplomacy and Ukraine neutrality, Kazakhstan’s president signals a strategy built on realism, connectivity and global balance.
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is not a leader given to grand ideological statements. Instead, his political language…
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