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Asked whether the refusal to support the potential summit, brokered by the White House, would risk angering Trump, Budrys said only that “there are other ways, you know, if he wants to get there, but I would look for alternatives as well.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has carefully cultivated ties with both Putin and Trump, and has enthusiastically endorsed plans for his country to host the summit. Meanwhile, the EU’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said plans for Putin — who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges — to come to Budapest are “not…
Does von der Leyen turn to chatbots for guidance on tough political and policy decisions? And if so, which ones should she consult? Von der Leyen’s office did not respond to POLITICO’s question on which chatbots she used. So we ran the experiment ourselves. POLITICO asked three different AI chatbots — U.S.-owned OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Mistral’s Le Chat from France and China’s DeepSeek — to imagine they’re a top adviser to von der Leyen. We served the chatbots 13 questions covering von der Leyen’s thorniest political and policy queries of the day, ranging from how to deal with American President Donald…
The Ukrainian leader doesn’t believe “Putin is ready just to finish this war,” as he told NBC’s “Meet the Press” | Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images But Ukraine ignored the counsel of its Republican friends in Washington — many of whom are skeptical Trump will agree to give Ukraine Tomahawks under any circumstances, for fear of escalation and drawing the U.S. deeper into the war. That’s not even considering the Pentagon’s worries about the U.S.’s own stockpiles, which Trump himself mentioned to reporters on Friday. By failing to drop the Tomahawk request, Ukraine squandered an opportunity to focus…
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By Euronews Published on 12/10/2025 – 9:04 GMT+2 •Updated 18/10/2025 – 8:34 GMT+2 China signaled Sunday that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from US President Donald Trump, urging the US to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats. “China’s stance is consistent,” the Commerce Ministry said in a statement posted online. “We do not want a tariff war but we are not afraid of one.” The response came two days after Trump threatened to increase the tax on imports from China by 1 November in response to new Chinese restrictions on the export…
Ein Montag mit zwei Baustellen für den Kanzler: Friedrich Merz kämpft parteiintern mit der Frage nach der Brandmauer zur Af – und industriepolitisch mit der schwächelnden Chemieindustrie. In Berlin präsentiert er seine Linie gegen Rechts, in Hannover spricht er beim Kongress der Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie. Rasmus Buchsteiner analysiert beide Baustellen. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview fordert Michael Vassiliadis, Chef der Chemiegewerkschaft, einen echten Chemie-Gipfel, sinkende Energiepreise und mehr Verantwortung von deutschen Managern: Standortflucht ist keine Lösung, sagt er. Und Hans von der Burchard berichtet über das bevorstehende Treffen der EU-Außenminister: neue Sanktionen gegen Russland, Ungarns Blockade und Deutschlands Botschafter-Rückruf aus Georgien. Das…
These letters constitute “an unlawful interference” with basic freedoms guaranteed by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights, the union said. “Freedom of expression and association are not privileges; they are the foundation of the European project.” An ECB spokesperson said the bank does not comment on court cases, but that it “is firmly committed to the freedom of expression and the rule of law, operating within a clear employment framework that is closely aligned with EU Staff Regulations and is subject to European Court of Justice scrutiny.” The first letter, signed by the ECB’s Chief Services Officer…
In fact, the two countries are steadily increasing their fossil fuel payments to Moscow, according to Isaac Levi, Russia lead at the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air think tank. Budapest and Bratislava have paid Russia €5.58 billion for fossil fuel imports so far this year, he said, already beating the €5.56 billion they forked out last year. Realizing its consensual approach had hit a wall, the European Commission in June decided to change tack. The EU executive unveiled a legal proposal that would impose a ban on Russian gas, starting from next year for short-term contracts…
But during the talks with Zelenskyy, according to the person familiar with the matter quoted above, the “Americans said that Putin wants to keep fighting, and he has a strong war machine.” “Then [U.S. special envoy Steve] Witkoff entered the conversation, and said that the Russians aim to take the entire Donbas [region in eastern Ukraine] … And there was a feeling in the room that the Americans were testing the Ukrainians and what they [would] agree on,” the person said. Giving up the well-fortified Donbas region is a no-go for Ukraine, which fears that doing so would open a…
“What is difficult to explain in [Ukrainian] society is that we need to wait. … Waiting is not an option,” Kachka said regarding Kyiv’s membership bid. “We need to have a solution here and now. This is important for Ukraine but also for the European Union.” A formal green light to join the EU would mark a major victor for Zelenskyy, who recently emerged empty-handed from a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington. Trump has rebuffed Kyiv’s efforts to join NATO, while Hungary is the main obstacle to its membership in the EU. Kachka hailed an initiative by…