Charles Kushner, a real estate mogul and the father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was confirmed Monday by the Senate to serve as the U.S. ambassador to France despite felony convictions that were wiped away by presidential pardon.
The president picked Kushner for the…
It takes two to launch a new medicine
Many of the decisions that impact when patients get access to a new medicine are outside a company’s control, in fact, two-thirds of the delays to access medicines occur after companies have filed for pricing and reimbursement. For example, in…
“These [partnership] packages will reinforce the link between external action and internal priorities, such as energy security, the supply of critical raw materials,” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin wrote in an internal note seen by POLITICO…
According to a document obtained by POLITICO, countries want Brussels to go further by establishing an EU-wide age of digital adulthood, below which minors would need parental consent to log onto social media — meaning that kids couldn’t automatically access any of the most popular apps…
While the EEAS does not plan to officially close any of its 144 foreign delegations, around 10 will be stripped down to core staff such as an ambassador and one or two aides, with local staffers phased out, both officials said. As part of…
Daniel Kochis is a senior fellow at the Center on Europe and Eurasia at Hudson Institute.
During his election campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed he’d have the Russia-Ukraine War “settled within 24 hours.” But while he’s since fulfilled many of his campaign promises — from…
Quintin is well aware of the political minefield, and says it’s all the more reason to act quickly: He plans to send his proposal to parliament by Belgium’s national day, July 21, and merge the police forces in 2027.
Brussels is the only large Belgian city to have several police…
The race is on for Poland’s new president, with the two candidates neck-and-neck ahead of an election on June 1 that will have an impact well beyond the country’s borders.
Sunday’s first round of the election saw centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski squeeze out an unexpectedly narrow…
European leaders have agreed to increase pressure on Russia through further sanctions after Donald Trump briefed them on his call with Vladimir Putin, the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said late on Monday. “Europe will increase the…