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“We have the NATO secretary-general talking about adding Ukraine to NATO,” Grenell told the Davos panel, tuning in on video from Los Angeles. “The American people are the ones that are paying for the defense. You cannot ask the American people to expand the umbrella of NATO when the current members aren’t paying their fair share, and that includes the Dutch who need to step up. “And so when […] we have leaders who are going to talk about more and more, we need to make sure that those leaders are spending the right amount of money,” he added. Ukraine,…

Wie die AfD nach der Bluttat von Aschaffenburg insbesondere die Union ins Visier nimmt. POLITICO-Reporterin Pauline von Pezold mit Insights dazu. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Unions-Fraktions-Vize Gitta Connemann zu sinkenden Umfragewerten und wie thematisch flexibel der Kanzlerkandidat Merz wirklich ist. Eine neue Umfrage bestätigt Daniel Günther in der Wahl seines grünen Koalitionspartners – und düpiert damit Markus Söder.  Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig. Und für alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die wichtigsten Themen und…

We should hand it to the Finns. When this type of damage to the Baltic Sea’s cables and pipelines became a reliable trend last autumn, the country’s authorities stepped up their already active surveillance in the Gulf of Finland. Granted, it’s a small body of water, with similarly small shipping lanes, but Finland made sure no movement went unseen. And lo and behold, on Dec. 25, the Cook Islands-flagged Eagle S tanker crisscrossed the gulf, damaging not one but four undersea cables. We know all this because Finnish authorities were actively observing. Better yet, the tanker was only slightly outside…

Intercepted phone calls and documents obtained by POLITICO reveal how Alexander Lukashenko’s regime weaponized migration. By TATSIANA ASHURKEVICH Illustrations by Chiara Vercesi for POLITICO The guidance from the Belarusian government was clear: Let the migrants go to Europe. When Ihar Kachalau, the deputy head of the criminal police in Minsk region, received reports about the disappearance of several people who had traveled to Belarus from Africa to learn how to play football, he phoned the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask for advice. “The minister gave explicit instructions,” said Mikhail Bedunkevich, a senior official in the ministry, in an intercept…

Is America headed for a new “golden age”? Or will Donald Trump’s promise falter? And where does that leave the quest for prosperity across the Atlantic? They’re the questions on the lips of many economists, business leaders and politicians gathering at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Host Anne McElvoy talks to two authorities on the United States and global economy: Ken Rogoff, professor at Harvard, chess grand master and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, and Huw van Steenis, who was a senior adviser to the former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and is now vice…

Pleasantly, they’ll also give you the option of how spicy to make your curry. Always a good sign in a city where pure heat is sometimes difficult to come by. If you’re going at lunch time, don’t expect to get a full afternoon of work done after. The food is delightfully filling! What’s not? The service was a little bit slow, and if you’re in a big group be very specific about your order, as the staff struggled to get the veggie dishes (there are, thankfully, lots of options) to the vegetarians at the table. Vibe: It’s cozy and welcoming and decorated…

“This is more than a wake-up call; this is a slap in our face,” said Christian Miele, general partner at venture capital firm Headline, which invests in French AI firm Mistral. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has talked big about the EU becoming a leader in AI innovation as part of a larger bid to help the region catch up with the U.S. and China. French President Emmanuel Macron is aiming for a similar pitch at a global AI summit he’ll host next month. The size of the U.S. plan blows the EU pitch out of the water,…

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The suspect in the stabbing, a 28-year-old Afghan, arrived in Germany in late 2022 and subsequently applied for asylum, according to the Joachim Hermann, Bavaria’s interior minister. The suspect was previously treated in a psychiatric facility, according to Hermann, and authorities suspect mental illness played a role in the attack. The suspect declared intent to leave Germany in December 2024, but remained in the country. Authorities say there is no evidence of a political motive. Scholz called for an urgent investigation into the case, questioning why the suspect remained in Germany. “Authorities must urgently investigate why the attacker was still…

“Our message is very clear: We are ready to engage. We want to put on the table [a] package of cooperation. And we are ready to discuss all the concerns of our American partners and take it from there.” Trump’s tariff threats have sown fear in Brussels and governments across the bloc at a time when the continent’s economy is flagging. His vow to impose higher, punitive, tariffs on China has leaders worrying that cheap exports once destined for the U.S. market will end up flooding the European market. Willing to offer carrots to Washington, Šefčovič’s comments add to the…