Regardless of whether he makes it to next month’s runoff, Ventura’s ability to secure nearly a quarter of the ballots Sunday emphasizes how remarkable his Chega party’s growth has been in Portugal. In six years the ultranationalist grouping has gone from having just one lawmaker in…
Category: 3. Europe
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EU holds back trade ‘bazooka’ as it seeks diplomatic solution with the US over Greenland
The European Union backed off from triggering a trade ‘bazooka’ in retaliation for US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greeland during an urgent meeting in Brussels on Sunday, people familiar with the talks told Euronews.
EU member states want to first prioritise dialogue…
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Presidential elections in Portugal could bring another victory for populists in Europe
A record number of 11 candidates are running in Sunday’s presidential elections in Portugal, with a populist leader set to bring another political breakthrough to Europe’s rising far-right parties.
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EU to hold emergency leaders’ summit over Trump’s Greenland threats – POLITICO
BRUSSELS ―The leaders of the European Union’s 27 governments will meet “in the coming days” to discuss a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, European Council President António Costa announced late Sunday.
Costa called the…
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Trump administration demands Britain adopt US standards in trade talks – POLITICO
The U.K. government has indicated a willingness to go even further in its relationship with the EU, with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying he wanted the U.K. to seek “even closer alignment” with the single market.
Beyond plans outlined in the Common Understanding last May,…
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‘Europe won’t be blackmailed,’ Danish PM says in wake of Trump Greenland threats
ReutersMette Frederiksen and other European allies are standing in solidarity with Greenland, despite Trump’s threat of tariffs Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says “Europe won’t be blackmailed”, as she and other European leaders continue to weigh their response to US President Donald…
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What is the EU's anti-coercion instrument, and how does it work?
Calls grow for the EU to deploy its ultimate trade bazooka as Trump threatens fresh tariffs to force the sale of Greenland. The anti-coecion instrument would shut off access to the European single market, punishing US companies. It is powerful on paper, but untested in real life.
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Fears grow over Europe’s soaring dependence on US gas imports – POLITICO
The EU’s growing reliance on imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas “has created a potentially high-risk new geopolitical dependency,” said Ana Maria Jaller-Makarewicz, lead energy analyst at the the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, the think tank that produced the…
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Video. US invasion of Greenland would be ‘death knell for NATO,’ warns Spain’s Sánchez
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US President Donald Trump is threatening several European countries that oppose his plan to seize the Danish territory with tariffs. “An invasion of Greenland by the…
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US’s Bessent defends Trump’s ‘strategic’ tariffs on European countries
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the national emergency that justified the announcement of new tariffs on eight European nations is that there would be a national emergency if tariffs were not implemented.
“The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency,” he said…
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