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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association, a lobby representing the private jet industry, also criticized the trade war, saying: “Tariffs would affect the intricate and very complex global supply chain that can take years to establish given that it relies on suppliers with unique capabilities that are highly regulated and therefore cannot be easily replaced.” Aerospace expert Jerrold Lundquist raised the same issues, noting that “a Boeing 737 has about 2,000 parts coming from 700 separate suppliers.” Aircraft parts “frequently pass international borders more than once,” Lundquist added, noting that “this makes assigning a value to be tariffed very difficult,” and…

“The suggestion that the DMA undermines transatlantic relations or serves as a ‘tax’ on American companies is unfounded,” they said. “The characterization of the DMA as a barrier to innovation is also entirely untrue.” The letter was signed by Anna Cavazzini (Germany, Greens), Andreas Schwab (Germany, EPP), Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (France, Renew), Alex Agius Saliba (Malta S&D),  Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Ireland, Renew), René Repasi (Germany, S&D), Reinier Van Lanschot, (Netherlands, Greens), Kim Van Sparrentak, (Netherlands, Greens) and Lara Wolters (Netherlands, S&D). Aude van den Hove contributed to this article. This article has been updated with details of lawmakers’ letter to U.S.…

Die Bundestagswahl 2025 ist vorbei – aber wie geht es weiter? Zwei Wochen nach der Wahl verhandeln Friedrich Merz (CDU) und die SPD über eine mögliche Große Koalition. Doch schon jetzt gibt es politische Hürden und Spannungen in den Sondierungen. Gordon Repinski analysiert mit Robin Alexander (stellvertretender Chefredakteut WELT) die ersten Verhandlungen: Welche Fehler hat Friedrich Merz gemacht? Wie positioniert sich die SPD um Lars Klingbeil? Welche Ministerien gehen an die Union, welche an die SPD? Bleibt Boris Pistorius Verteidigungsminister? Wird Alexander Dobrindt vielleicht Minister? Was bedeutet der Regierungswechsel für die deutsche Innen- und Außenpolitik? Welche Rolle spielen Washington, Brüssel…

The EU member states agreed on a statement to boost the bloc’s defence spending, backing Germany’s push to relax its fiscal rules. The DAX hit a new high and Germany’s government bond yields soared. The German stock market continued to reach a new high on Thursday after the European Union member states unanimously agreed to ease the fiscal rules for defence spending following Germany’s push for a policy reform.Member states agree to enhance defence spendingThe 27 member states agreed on a general statement to bolster the bloc’s defence spending, aligning with the European Commission (EC) President von der Leyen’s proposal…

Orbán’s government has launched over a dozen so-called national consultations since 2010 on a variety of matters, from migration to LGBTQ+ rights. They are mail-in campaigns in which all voting-age Hungarians receive letters posing questions and inviting them to choose from a list of responses, sometimes a simple yes or no. The questions are frequently phrased in a leading way, and the vast majority of responses tend to align with the government’s stance, according to Hungarian media, with the opposition and civil society slamming them as propaganda tools. For example, a national consultation on the EU’s migration policies in 2023…

‘Can’t mess this up’ “I think my first thought was just like — ‘Okay, well, that’s a big job. Better get on with it. Can’t mess this up,’” Fahnbulleh said, recalling the moment Chief Whip Alan Campbell called with a job offer from the prime minister after Labour’s landslide election win last summer. By then she had already shown she could fulfill one key task for any Labour hopeful — uniting the party’s often-warring factions.  She was picked as Labour’s candidate in Peckham, south-east London, in 2022 with over 60 percent of the vote in the first round, said one…

“You challenged Europe to step up. You challenged us to step up on Ukraine, on defense spending, on European security,” he said. “And I say to you that we have, we are and we will further.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced last month that the U.K. will hike defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027. After hosting European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London, Starmer said the U.K. was prepared to send troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force to underpin a peace deal with Russia. Britain, France and Ukraine are working on…

However, he said, there is still a battle to be won to convince EU countries further from Russia’s borders to get on board with that idea. Seven members of the bloc do not meet the spending target of two percent of gross domestic product. “For the public, yes usually people tend to prioritize the news that is closer to you, for example during the migration crisis people in the South were more active and involved in talking about it, but people in the North didn’t understand at that time. Right now, we have a situation like that where people neighboring…

But the end of U.S. military support leaves a gaping hole in allies’ ability to support Ukraine in all aspects of its war, most notably when it comes to intelligence and targeting information for precision weaponry. “The end of intelligence sharing is very significant indeed for Ukraine,” Colonel Philip Ingram, a former British army intelligence officer told POLITICO. “It means losing access to target acquisition information for long-range missiles, but also intercepting incoming rockets and drone fleets. EU member states just simply don’t have much of a strategic intelligence capability because they’re so internally focused — countries like Germany just depend…

Lagarde freely admitted that the Bank hadn’t been able to factor all these in to its latest forecasts, which revised their estimate for growth this year slightly lower and inflation slightly higher. However, with its sixth interest rate cut since June, the ECB said its policy is now “becoming meaningfully less restrictive.” Paying for security Lagarde tried hard not to be dragged into a debate over how Europe will pay for its grand plans to defend itself in future. She acknowledged that the large increase in spending would support growth in the short term and maybe beyond, but she was clear that the ECB would not…