Category: 3. Europe

  • Stefano Sannino exits Commission role amid fraud probe – POLITICO

    Stefano Sannino exits Commission role amid fraud probe – POLITICO

    In an email sent to colleagues announcing his imminent retirement, first reported by Euractiv, Sannino said “under these circumstances, I do not consider it appropriate to continue in my present position.” He added that he was “confident in the work of the magistrates and confident that…

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  • Hillary Clinton beats Donald Trump (at addressing British MPs) – POLITICO

    Hillary Clinton beats Donald Trump (at addressing British MPs) – POLITICO

    Trump has been to the U.K. for two lavish state visits. However, the U.S. president, who is divisive among British parliamentarians, did not speak on the estate during either trip.

    In 2017 then House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said he would be “strongly opposed” to Trump…

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  • European Parliament cancels trip to Ukraine after Kyiv bristles at far-right MEP – POLITICO

    European Parliament cancels trip to Ukraine after Kyiv bristles at far-right MEP – POLITICO

    Neuhoff told POLITICO that his trip had been called off due to Ukraine’s objections. He said Kyiv had first notified the office of Parliament President Roberta Metsola of their concerns and their intention to deny him entry, with Metsola’s office then relaying the information to the SEDE…

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  • Russia replaces cosmonaut after alleged security breach at SpaceX facility

    Russia replaces cosmonaut after alleged security breach at SpaceX facility

    Moscow has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to an upcoming SpaceX mission after he allegedly took photos of restricted materials at the company’s training facility in California, according to Russian media.

    Oleg Artemyev was pulled from the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station…

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  • Europe and Canada on track to buy €4.3bn of US weapons for Ukraine this year, Rutte says

    Washington more or less stopped deliveries of weapons to Ukraine this summer, instead calling on Europeans to purchase equipment and donate it themselves – and Ukraine’s allies have so far obliged to the tune of millions of euros per month.

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  • A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth

    A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth

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    Nearly a decade after the Brexit referendum, the UK has diverged sharply from its pre-2016 trajectory through a slow, grinding erosion of investment,…

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  • France risks ending year without budget as former Macron ally Philippe pulls support – POLITICO

    France risks ending year without budget as former Macron ally Philippe pulls support – POLITICO

    Now, however, rumblings are growing louder that Lecornu has made a strategic error depriving him of a key tool needed to avert budgetary chaos — even if at the time it helped ensured his survival.

    Conservative leader Bruno Retailleau, a former minister who served in previous minority…

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  • Linke Rettung für Merz’ Rentenpaket – Bewegung bei Frozen Assets für die Ukraine – POLITICO

    Linke Rettung für Merz’ Rentenpaket – Bewegung bei Frozen Assets für die Ukraine – POLITICO




    Update: Linke Rettung für Merz’ Rentenpaket – Bewegung bei Frozen Assets für die Ukraine – POLITICO