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The former Dutch premier and secretary general of the transatlantic alliance has flown to Washington DC for a crucial meeting with Donald Trump. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will have to convince President Trump that US interests are best served as a leading member of the transatlantic alliance when he visits the White House today.The US will be pushing NATO allies to focus on their obligation to defend themselves without relying on US support, according to a US source.President Trump has long pushed for NATO countries to spend more on defence and has threatened to pull US support for members…
Three French trade groups are launching legal action against Meta over the company’s widespread use of copyrighted works to train its generative AI model – all without authorization. French publishers and authors have stated that they’re taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model.Three trade groups said on Wednesday they were launching legal action against Meta in a Paris court over what they said was the company’s “massive use of copyrighted works without authorization” to train its generative AI model.Meta has rolled out generative-AI powered chatbot assistants…
“The borders of NATO moved east in 1999, so 26 years later there should also be a shift of the NATO infrastructure east. For me this is obvious,” Duda said. “Russia didn’t even hesitate when it moved its nuclear weapons to Belarus. They didn’t ask anyone for permission,” the Polish president added. However, the request is likely to be seen as highly provocative in Moscow. Duda’s comments come after he said last month that Poland would “very willingly” host American troops if Germany doesn’t want them. He was responding to Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, who cautioned that the Trump administration…
Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy have their guide to the day ahead in British politics. It’s crunch time for Keir Starmer’s government. With rumours of a cabinet reshuffle rife – when might it take place? And who’s on the chopping block? This at a time when a rebellion over planned cuts to the welfare budget is brewing. Sam and Anne also explain how the subject of civil service reform is in fact very interesting – Keir Starmer will want to take note. Today, he’ll apparently be announcing changes to defence spending, AI, and radical…
In January, the Rwanda-backed group captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east, escalating tensions. The government of Congo is to meet with M23 rebels next week in Angola, in an attempt to make peace after tensions escalated between the two in January.A statement from Angolan President João Lourenço’s office said the parties would begin “direct peace negotiations” in the Angolan capital, Luanda.Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo city of Goma. In February, M23 seized Bukavu, eastern…
But Johnson’s battle with bureaucracy started long before then. When he entered Downing Street in 2019, he brought in maverick Vote Leave campaigner Dominic Cummings as chief adviser. Cummings, an ex-special adviser, spoke about slashing departments and hiring “weirdos” and “misfits” instead of Whitehall old hands to shake things up. Cummings was a former aide to Tory Michael Gove, who had coined the phrase “the blob” to describe the shortcomings of the government machine. Boris Johnson had an ongoing “battle with bureaucracy”. | Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images At the height of the Covid pandemic, Johnson berated parts of a…
– Koalitionsverhandlungen und Sondersitzungen: Die Tage der politischen Gleichzeitigkeit haben begonnen. Was wo wie läuft, welche Regeln gelten, ob die Zeitpläne passen, eine Analyse mit Gordon Repinski und Rasmus Buchsteiner.– Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Manuel Hagel, CDU-Landes- und Fraktionschef in Baden-Württemberg. Er spricht über die grünen Forderungen und wie man zusammenfinden kann, damit Merz’ Milliarden-Plan klappen kann.– G7-Außenministertreffen in Kanada: Laura Hülsemann berichtet, wie das erste Zusammentreffen von US-Außenminister Marco Rubio und der EU-Außenbeauftragten Kaja Kallas voraussichtlich laufen wird. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten…
US President Donald Trump said he would respond to the European Union’s retaliatory tariffs against his 25% import levies on steel and aluminum. US President Donald Trump said he would respond to the European Union’s retaliatory tariffs as a global trade war escalates. He did not specify how he would respond to the countermeasures but said: “Of course, I’m going to respond,” when asked by reporters at the White House on Wednesday. Trump threatened to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50% before retreating to a 25% rate after Ontario suspended the electricity surcharge to the US earlier…
Two-child limit The government’s child poverty taskforce, led by ministers, is expected to produce an “action plan” around June — and has revived internal Labour pressure on Reeves to scrap or modify the two-child limit on benefits, brought in by the Conservatives but kept by Labour. This will give a sharp focus to the welfare reform debate. One Labour MP said Treasury and DWP officials are “talking at cross purposes,” adding: “I think the Treasury is invested in the cuts and DWP is invested in getting back to work. For f*ck’s sake, they briefed against Liz Kendall in the papers…
The United States-Ukraine plan for a temporary ceasefire has turned up the heat on Russian President Vladimir Putin. What are Donald Trump’s next moves if Putin either refuses to accept the deal or places unacceptable demands on Ukraine and its allies? Host Anne McElvoy talks to Kurt Volker, who has a particular insight into Trump’s thinking on Ukraine. Volker was the U.S. special representative during his first administration and America’s ambassador to NATO under President George W. Bush. They discuss how any ensuing negotiations might play out and whether a meaningful peace deal can be achieved.