Friedrich Merz said it would be a mistake to “decouple” Germany from China shortly before boarding a plane to Beijing.
Category: 3. Europe
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German chancellor lands in Beijing for inaugural China trip
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Trumps Rede zur Lage der Nation – POLITICO
Was steckt in Donald Trumps erster richtiger Rede zur Lage der Nation zu Iran, zu den Zöllen und Europa? Eine Einschätzung von Gordon Repinski und von Julius Brinkmann von POLITICO in Washington.
Parallel dazu blickt die Bundesregierung nach Peking. Kanzler Friedrich Merz…
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Who showed up — and who didn’t — for Kyiv’s big day – POLITICO
Europe marked four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion with a high-profile show of solidarity in Kyiv on Tuesday. Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa stood alongside Volodymyr Zelenskyy — but the absence of some key leaders raised quiet questions in Ukraine about…
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Trump lavishes praise on Rubio as he claims foreign achievements
President Donald Trump had some exceptionally kind words for Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he listed what he claimed as his foreign policy achievements.
The praise for Rubio — Trump said he might go down as the “best” in his job — could boost the Florida Republican should he…
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Trump defends his tariffs in State of the Union speech
President Donald Trump came to Capitol Hill to deliver his State of the Union speech needing to sell his tariff agenda to a skeptical public. He did so by touting the trade accords he reached with foreign countries, the peace deals he said tariffs helped them reach — and by saying that the…
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Germany’s far right under pressure as nepotism allegations mount – POLITICO
The party’s other national leader, Tino Chrupalla, said party politicians had done nothing to violate German law, but nevertheless acknowledged the practice of employing relatives left a “bad taste” in voters’ mouths.
A few days later, however, he admitted in a post on X that he…
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A battle against the EU – POLITICO
In an interview with POLITICO in 2024, Magyar said Tisza was pro-EU but was candid about the EU’s shortcomings. He expressed opposition to a European “superstate” and said he didn’t have “friends” in the European Parliament. That followed his first press conference in the…
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As US tech giants become cable giants, it’s time we pay attention to our seabeds – POLITICO
Trump appears willing to harm America’s allies in ways that once seemed inconceivable, and threats — as we’ve learned — are his way, with many of them are directed at allies.
The threat against Canada, for example, came just days after Trump reminded luminaries at the World…
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Trump gets his Irish ballroom — if he can save a snail – POLITICO
When Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Trump last year, the U.S. leader complained of the difficulty of building anything at his Irish resort — a problem he mistakenly attributed to Brussels, not Dublin.
Next month, Martin can expect warm words from Trump over the Irish ballroom…
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After Trump threats, Canadian military recruits surge
OTTAWA — Defense Minister David McGuinty says rising global uncertainty is driving a surge of Canadians to enlist in the military.
“Applications are up because Canadians want to serve,” McGuinty said Tuesday at an announcement about increasing and upgrading the stockpile of housing on…
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