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Despite the progress, a state of emergency will remain in place Tuesday while recovery efforts continue. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is set to meet the National Security Council on Tuesday morning, which will be chaired by King Felipe VI. The blackout, which began early Monday afternoon, disrupted key infrastructure across both Spain and Portugal, affecting public transportation, traffic signals, hospitals, manufacturing plants, digital payment systems, as well as nuclear power facilities. “This has never happened before,” Sánchez said in a national address on Monday evening. “We don’t have conclusive information on the causes, and I ask the public not…

The war poses a dilemma for Simion. Although he’s a nationalist who aligns with MAGA on leaving Ukraine to fend for itself, he’s far less keen than Trump to align publicly with Russia. Indeed, Simion styles himself as the candidate who can keep the U.S. committed to stationing troops in Romania.   “What we wish, as a country affected by German and Russian imperialism in history, is that this peace formula comes with new security guarantees for the next 30 to 50 years so that Russia cannot do again what it did, violating all international treaties,” Simion said. While competitors in…

A power outage on Monday caused chaos in Spain, Portugal and parts of France, leaving millions without power. Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, declared a state of emergency as midnight approached and only half of the country’s power had been restored. His Portuguese counterpart, Luis Montenegro, said authorities were investigating the disruption however there was “no indication” of a cyber attack. Chaotic scenes showed families sitting in their homes lit by candlelight, traffic disrupted, thousands stuck in metro tunnels and people unable to pay with card. Stay with us as we bring you the live updates as power slowly returns…

– Markus Söders angepasster Ton: Im ausführlichen Gespräch mit Gordon Repinski zeigt der CSU-Chef und bayerische Ministerpräsident, wie groß auch sein Interesse ist, dass es zwischen Union und SPD klappt, spricht über den Umgang mit der AfD und wie er mit dem politischen Berlin künftig Nähe und Ferne zugleich üben will. – Kein Lust mehr auf die AfD: Im 200-Sekunden-Interview von Pauline Pezold erklärt der österreichische Immobilienunternehmer Lukas Hufnagl, warum er der AfD-Bundeszentrale den Mietvertrag gekündigt hat. – 100 Tage Donald Trump: Jonathan Martin von POLITICO in Washington berichtet, wie Trump seine Umfragewerte durch die Zollpolitik in den Keller geschickt…

POLITICO examined mission travel documents provided by the EDPS, analyzing its three most senior officials from 2017 to 2023: former European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli; current (caretaker) European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski; and Secretary General Leonardo Cervera Navas. POLITICO also looked at mission travel for the agency as a whole, including around 100 lower-level staffers and officials running the secretariat of Europe’s national data protection regulators’ group, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). Cervera Navas took a total of 36 trips to his native Spain over the seven-year period. His next most frequently visited countries were France and…

So, is this rare reproach and economic threat responsible for some sort of shift in Moscow? Is that the reason Trump and his aides believe they’re nearer a deal? Or is Zelenskyy the one caving? No matter what, a healthy dose of skepticism remains in order. Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov appeared to harden Moscow’s position on annexed territories in eastern Ukraine in an interview this weekend. And we’ve heard optimistic noises from the Trump administration about the proximity of a deal before. Further caution is also advisable, as the deal’s broad contours have not actually shifted much:…

An unprecedented blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill on Monday, stopping trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula.The Peninsula is home to more than 50 million people across both Spain and Portugal. It is not known exactly how many people were affected as authorities declined to share specific information.The blackouts affected many densely populated urban areas. In Spain, major centres like Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Avila, Murcia, Galicia, Alicante and Zaragoza were affected. In Portugal, the two largest cities, Lisbon and Porto suffered similar challenges.The…

A spokesperson for the Spanish government told POLITICO that “at 12:33 a.m. 15 gigawatts of the energy being produced [in Spain] suddenly disappeared and remained missing for five seconds.” They added that the amount of electricity that had suddenly vanished from power grid was equivalent to 60 percent of the total being consumed nationwide at that time. The sudden drop in available power destabilized Spain’s electricity grid, which is highly integrated with Portugal’s and linked  to the rest of Europe through a small number of cross-border interconnections with France. Eduardo Prieto, director of Spanish transmission system operator Red Eléctrica, on…

Les prévisions du Fonds monétaire international (FMI) ont réduit les perspectives de croissance des Etats-Unis pour 2025 de 0,9 point de pourcentage en raison des droits de douane, soit la plus forte baisse de toutes les grandes économies, à l’exception du Mexique. Celles de la Chine ont été entamées de 0,6 point, tandis que la zone euro s’en est sortie relativement indemne, avec seulement une révision à la baisse de 0,2 point. Les derniers seront les premiers Le deuxième mandat de la présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, a débuté l’année dernière en clamant haut et fort…

Why are the power systems linked? Spain and Portugal have tightly linked power systems with few cross-border links to France and the rest of the EU. The European Commission, the EU’s executive, has long wanted to change that fact, strongly encouraging EU countries to build more interconnections. Officials argue the move would improve energy security and ease electricity flows across borders. Madrid, Lisbon and Paris have repeatedly signaled a willingness to move forward with that plan, but advances have been slow. Although Spain and France are now finally forging ahead with a new link in the Basque country, the EU’s…