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Cherry blossom season is bringing a wave of spring color across Europe, with Munich among the cities in focus as streets and parks fill with soft pink blooms, drawing residents and visitors outdoors. In northern Italy, the gardens of the Royal Palace of Venaria near Turin are also in bloom, where rows of cherry trees transform the historic grounds. Inspired by the Japanese tradition of hanami, visitors gather to experience the brief flowering period, which lasts only a few days each year. As evening falls, the atmosphere shifts: soft lighting illuminates the blossoms, intensifying their color and transforming the gardens…
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo to mark 50 years since the 1976 military coup that led to years of dictatorship. Demonstrators marched under slogans such as “Memory, Truth and Justice” and “Never again,” carrying photos of victims who were killed or disappeared. The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo led the procession, continuing their decades-long demand for accountability. Participants included families, activists and young people, with performances, music and symbolic acts taking place throughout the rally.
Sébastien Lecornu lève le voile sur la programmation énergétique, un document structurant pour les filières énergétiques attendu depuis deux ans, sur lequel les quatre derniers gouvernements se sont cassé les dents. Retour sur un parcours d’obstacles. Feb 11 10 mins read
On March 10th, MEPs voted 367 to 166 in favour of recommendations from the Special Committee on the Housing Crisis. The report is not legally binding, but it is the first time Europe has created a housing roadmap for the whole bloc. The numbers show the scale of the problem. Europe is short about 10 million homes. Rents have gone up by more than 30 percent across the EU. The European Investment Bank says the EU will need 2.25 million more homes in 2025 alone, which is 50% more than are being built now. The Parliament wants the Commission to…
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Europe is facing another energy shock — so what can it actually do to keep prices down? Zoya Sheftalovich speaks with Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen in a conversation recorded live at POLITICO’s Competitive Europe summit, on how the EU is responding to rising costs linked to the war in Iran — and what happens if the crisis drags on. Then, back in the studio, Zoya and Ian Wishart look at the contest among nine cities vying to host the EU’s new customs authority, take stock of Denmark’s tight election result — and, yes, return to the great tree debate. Got…
Ein Jahr nach seinem erneuten Amtsantritt zeigt sich Donald Trump als außenpolitisch kurzsichtig und wirtschaftspolitisch fatal. Ohne Exit-Strategie ist er in den Iran-Krieg gestürmt und agiert nun mit einer gefährlichen Realitätsferne. Gordon Repinski analysiert, warum Trump den Planeten wie ein Kind im Sandkasten behandelt und wie seine Sprunghaftigkeit die Weltwirtschaft an den Abgrund führt. Während sich die AfD-Parteispitze um Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla demonstrativ von Trumps Kurs distanziert, hält einer die Stellung: Markus Frohnmaier. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht der außenpolitische Sprecher der AfD über gemeinsame Interessen mit den USA, darüber, was beide Seiten trennt, und wieso er sich innerhalb der…
The timing means that Prime Minister Keir Starmer will set out his legislative plans just days after the crucial May 7 local elections, which are being seen as a major test for his Labour administration. MPs’ votes on the speech are traditionally seen as a test of confidence in a government. The same four people all said that the government plans to prorogue parliament — ending a continuous session that has lasted almost two years under Starmer — in the week of April 27. Two of the people said April 29 is the ideal target date for prorogation. The prorogation…
In a document seen by POLITICO and circulated by Moldova to EU officials shortly after the parliamentary election, the government documented how Orthodox priests in the country had received “instructions to spread disinformation seven days a week instead of only on Sundays.” Moscow also offered people in the country “guidance on how to set up and manage Telegram channels,” a messaging platform popular in Russia. The government has also highlighted the use of large-scale vote-buying networks, staged protests, cyberattacks, troll farms and AI-generated deepfakes — with Russian proxies paid, sometimes in cryptocurrency, according to a performance-based system of financial bonuses.…
Now, fraught coalition talks will begin, with control in Copenhagen likely hinging on which direction Rasmussen — the current foreign minister and leader of the Moderates party — will swing. His party has enough seats to hand power to Frederiksen, or to Venstre’s Troels Lund Poulsen atop the blue bloc. Rasmussen called on both Poulsen and Frederiksen to “drop the trench warfare” after they spent much of the campaign attacking one another, despite serving in the coalition government together. “Come down and join us. You’re standing out by the corner flags; we’re in the middle. Come and play with us,”…