Heute wird’s persönlich: keine Analyse, kein Interview, sondern Antworten auf euer Feedback. In dieser Sonderfolge spricht Gordon Repinski über Themenauswahl, die Idee hinter den 200-Sekunden-Interviews, kreative Erzählformen und einen umstrittenen Moment jeder Folge: den…
Category: 3. Europe
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How Trump’s envoys got Gaza deal over the finish line
Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas were stalling this week until U.S. emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner swept in to dictate key compromises, according to three people familiar with the diplomatic effort and an administration official.
In the first few days, “it was going very…
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EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules – POLITICO
The diplomats and officials told POLITICO that the Commission does not intend to act on the criticism in the document, which was drawn up after Trump agreed a handshake trade deal with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in July at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland….
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The politics of small garden ornaments – POLITICO
The gnome-painting was part of a celebration of new EU protection of quality labels, one of which has been given to handcrafted gnomes from the German village of Gräfenroda, now officially protected as “Original Thuringian Garden Gnomes.” Alas, this column’s application for a…
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Portugal’s local elections poised to be another win for Europe’s far right – POLITICO
Duarte wants to use tax breaks to goad the owners of the city’s 20,000 vacant homes to rent them out at affordable prices, but Pizarro argues his own plan to build 5,000 affordable homes on municipal land could be implemented much faster.
Duarte also has a radical proposal to raise the…
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Nazi legacy complicates Germany’s efforts to fight Russian drones – POLITICO
“We need to amend the laws so that the only ones able to take care of this — namely the Bundeswehr — are also given the authority to do so,” Thomas Röwekamp, the chair of the defense committee in the German Bundestag and a member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc,…
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Where next for the Tories? – POLITICO
With dire poll ratings and Reform UK in the ascendancy, Kemi Badenoch’s well-received speech at party conference provided a rare moment of optimism for the Conservatives. But where are they headed next?
Host Patrick Baker has been behind-the-scenes of Conservative…
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No way back this time for Peter Mandelson, Starmer suggests – POLITICO
Asked by journalists this week if he could see a future in front-line politics for Mandelson, Starmer said: “Not in a government role in terms of future appointments.”
Starmer also failed to commit to letting Mandelson return to parliament as a Labour-affiliated member of the House of…
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Behind von der Leyen’s fightback and Macron’s meltdown – POLITICO
How not to fall: Behind von der Leyen’s fightback and Macron’s meltdown – POLITICO
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Russia’s GPS interference is the new normal – POLITICO
When I boarded a flight to Helsinki and back again last month, I did so without any fear, as I knew the pilots were highly skilled and up-to-date with their training. That’s a good thing because Finland is one of half a dozen countries currently experiencing an extraordinary surge in GPS…
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