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That could mean governments asking citizens to drive or fly less to save fuel for more essential purposes, as is already happening in some Asian countries. European energy ministers will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss how to address the energy crisis. In his letter, Jørgensen said Europe’s transport sector faces rising costs and supply shortages due to the industry’s heavy reliance on the Persian Gulf, which the EU relied on for over 40 percent of its jet fuel and diesel imports. He added that the growing shortage is compounded by the “limited availability of alternative suppliers and of…

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg on Monday piled pressure on Brussels to get on board. “Pax Silica is knitting together the trusted network the AI race requires. Europe belongs in that network. The question is whether Brussels will let it show up,” Helberg posted on X. Helberg is visiting Brussels this week as part of a European tour that includes the Netherlands, France and the U.K. The decision on whether the EU will join Pax Silica comes at a sensitive time in transatlantic relations, as the bloc considers how closely linked it wants to be…

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Ukraine signed a 10-year defence agreement with Bulgaria, a major arms manufacturer, covering production of drones and other weapons, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday. The Ukrainian leader said he was “very pleased” with the deal, signed during a visit to Kyiv by Bulgaria’s interim Prime Minister, Andrey Gyurov. The agreement covers “joint production, on the territory of our countries, of various types of weapons, including drones,” Zelenskyy said at a press conference. The length of the accord should make it possible to “systematise” security cooperation, Zelenskyy said, in particular keeping up with the rapid pace of technological change in…

Les partis sociaux-démocrates européens s’effondrent et leurs dirigeants ne semblent pas savoir comment inverser la tendance. Pendant la majeure partie du XXe siècle, les partis de centre gauche, ancrés dans les syndicats et le monde ouvrier, ont été parmi les forces politiques dominantes en Europe. Mais aujourd’hui, nombre d’entre eux sont politiquement méconnaissables, ou en grande difficulté. Le dernier exemple en date est celui des sociaux-démocrates de la Première ministre danoise, Mette Frederiksen, qui ont réalisé la semaine dernière une chute spectaculaire lors des élections législatives. Bien que le parti ait obtenu le plus grand nombre de voix, ses résultats…

Hungary’s upcoming general election on 12 April is marked by a clear generation gap with many young voters strongly favouring the opposition Tisza Party headed by Péter Magyar. Most independent polls show that more than 60% of voters under 30 support Magyar’s party while only 15% support Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz. Orbán’s campaign appears to be speaking to older voters. One campaign promise is a 14th month pension, promising security for Hungary’s older citizens where Fidesz has a definite lead among voters over 64. Based on earlier elections, young voters are harder to mobilise, so the generation issue might become…

Published on 30/03/2026 – 20:43 GMT+2•Updated 21:02 Peace talks with Iran are ongoing and progressing well and what Tehran says publicly differs from what it tells US officials in private meetings, the White House said on Monday. “Despite all of the public posturing you hear from the regime and false reporting, talks are continuing and going well. What is said publicly is, of course, much different than what’s being communicated to us privately,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing. She also said that President Donald Trump was interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for…

Other coastal states, including Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Belgium, have intercepted suspected shadow fleet vessels in the Baltic and North Seas. This has “in some cases, forced the Kremlin to adapt by reflagging shadow-fleet tankers … while occasionally deploying military escorts,” Charlie Edwards, a senior fellow for strategy and national security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, wrote in a recent article. But high-profile boardings like that of the Boracay only stop a fraction of shadow fleet vessels cruising off European coasts. “Few European capitals can sustain a high-tempo posture for long, leaving random boardings looking potentially escalatory without being…

Although the three Ukrainian ports in Odesa region still experience Russian missile and drone strikes, they’re visited by about 200 cargo ships a month, said Andrii Klymenko, head of the monitoring group on the situation in the Black Sea region with the Institute for Black Sea Strategic Studies.  “Ukraine managed to create a complex system of cargo ship protection from all kinds of threats on the sea route from the territorial waters of Romania to the Odesa region,” Klymenko said. “I call it a tunnel.” Ukraine hasn’t gone into details about its strategy, but the system includes defense from air…

Published on 30/03/2026 – 19:16 GMT+2 Slovenia’s newly elected parliament will come together on 10 April opening the way for tough coalition talks after the liberals’ razor-thin win this month, the EU country’s president said on Monday. “As soon as the official results are published, I will call the constitutive session of the new parliament on April 10,” Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar told journalists after her first consultations with the leaders of seven parties that entered parliament at the 22 March vote. She warned current geopolitical circumstances require swift coalition negotiations that will put in place a new government…