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But now, with America exerting enormous financial and political pressure on the court, this may all fall away. In an effort to protect Israel’s leaders, over the past few months the Trump administration has undertaken an all-out assault on the ICC, imposing draconian targeted sanctions on its prosecutor and his two deputies, six judges, one U.N. special rapporteur and three NGOs accused of aiding the court’s investigation into and prosecution of crimes in Gaza. Threatening judges and prosecutors with travel bans and asset freezes isn’t just wrong — it betrays the U.S.’s proud, if uneven, history of leading the Nuremberg…

Published on 07/10/2025 – 7:03 GMT+2 •Updated 7:04 The International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted on Monday a leader of the feared Janjaweed militia of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities and human rights violations committed in the western Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago. The ruling marked the first time the court has convicted a suspect of crimes in Darfur. The three-judge panel ruled that the atrocities, including mass murders and rapes, were part of a government plan to snuff out a rebellion there. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was handed 27 guilty verdicts for…

“The very wealthy individuals affected by this measure, and the media outlets they own, have spoken out very vehemently on the subject in an attempt to discourage the government from engaging in any form of reflection or discussion,” Zucman said. However, the 38-year-old, who teaches at the Paris School of Economics as well as the University of California, Berkeley, is grateful that the political and media attention has contributed to “a better understanding” of the issues surrounding taxation. “I am happy as the level of the debate has improved,” he said. It’s not too late Lecornu’s resignation has plunged the…

Published on 07/10/2025 – 7:30 GMT+2 “A day does not pass where we do not hear about attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions,” Europe’s leading rabbi, Pinchas Goldschmidt, told Euronews, warning that antisemitism has become “extremely dangerous” over the two years since the Hamas-led attack on Israel that started the war in Gaza. Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis, said “a high percentage of Jews try to hide their Jewishness in public”. “When they go in the streets, they do not wear their head covering the kippah, or if they have a Star of David necklace, they try…

Over the summer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni mentioned her talks with Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron in an address to the Italian parliament. France did not sign the letter. During a September EU Competitiveness Council, France made clear that any movement on the 2035 legislation would have to include requirements that cars be largely made in Europe — something both Berlin and Rome opposed. Although the text of the letter has not yet been published, Italy has been lobbying hard against the 2035 legislation since its inception. Merz, meanwhile, spoke out against the combustion engine ban on the…

Der fünfte Premierminister binnen drei Jahren – und ein Präsident, der am Scheideweg steht: Emmanuel Macron kämpft in Paris um seine politische Zukunft. In Berlin wächst die Sorge, was der französische Regierungschaos für Europa bedeutet. Hans von der Burchard analysiert, wie sich die Krise in Frankreich auf Brüssel, die Märkte und das deutsch-französische Verhältnis auswirkt. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht Roland Theis (CDU) über das Vertrauen zwischen Paris und Berlin und die Zukunft der deutsch-französischen Achse. Zudem: Konflikte in der Koalition um die Wehrpflicht. Rixa Fürsen erklärt, was die Union mit ihrer „Kontingent-Wehrpflicht“ plant und wie es in diesem neuerlichen Streit zwischen…

Israel and Hamas began indirect talks in Egypt, which aim to end the war on Gaza after both sides signalled their support for US President Donlad Trump’s proposed peace plan. The US-brokered talks held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh came on the eve of the second anniversary of the Israeli offensive on the enclave. They sought to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas and hammer out details for the execution of the first phase of Trump’s plan – the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners and an immediate ceasefire. Trump’s plan has received wide international…

Since the Labour government came into power in July 2024, merger control in the UK has been drawn into a wider debate about growth and investment. As part of this shift, the CMA introduced its 4Ps framework — committing to improved pace, predictability, proportionality and process — with merger control singled out as a critical area for reform, reflecting its important role in shaping investment. The CMA has indicated that it would focus more on mergers with a “distinct and direct” UK impact, reducing the regulatory burden on global deals with no clear UK nexus. In parallel, at the start…

His joint initiative with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to assemble a “coalition of the willing” remains the only game in town when it comes to supporting any eventual peace deal in Ukraine. “It’s not good for the EU if one of the biggest member states is in turmoil, especially in the current security situation,” the same eurozone official said. A muscular “Franco-German engine” — with powerful leaders working together in Paris and Berlin — is conventionally seen as essential to making the EU strong and efficient. Macron’s travails make that far harder to achieve, even with a new leader in…

MANCHESTER, England — Migrants entering the U.K. illegally should be escorted into international waters and forced to return to France, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said. Speaking during an interview with Sascha O’Sullivan at the POLITICO Pub at Conservative Party conference on Monday, Abbott suggested the U.K. could learn a thing or two from Australia, which had managed to get illegal immigration “under control.” “When I came in, we reopened offshore detention, we put back in place temporary protection visas and we put in place a policy to turn boats around through Operation Sovereign Borders,” said Abbot, who…