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The veto also defies the military, whose top brass have spoken out in favor of the SAFE loans. Chief of the General Staff Wiesław Kukuła in February described SAFE as a “game changer” for the military. President raises specter of “massive foreign loans” In his speech, Nawrocki reiterated the arguments he has been rolling out against SAFE for weeks now, claiming the Security Action for Europe loans would saddle Poland with long-term debt and expose the country to exchange-rate risks.  “The SAFE mechanism is a massive foreign loan taken out for 45 years in a foreign currency, with interest costs that could reach…

The determination marks a legal escalation. Earlier investigations had documented the removal of Ukrainian children from their homes but stopped short of classifying the practice as a crime against humanity — one of the most serious charges under international law. “The deportation and forcible transfer of children is a grave violation of international law,” Møse added. “Children must never be separated from their families coercively.” The finding adds to growing legal scrutiny of the Kremlin. In 2023 the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin over the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children. The commission documented the deportation or…

Petro, a leftist and former rebel, has emerged as one of the world’s most vocal critics of this U.S. foreign policy, periodically landing himself on Trump’s blacklist. The Colombian president avoided any direct barbs against Trump, instead citing their February meeting in the White House as an example of the intercontinental dialogue he wants to see. Prior to that meeting, Trump had called Petro a “sick man;” afterwards, he said Petro was “terrific.” During the conversation with POLITICO, which took place in the gilded front room of the Colombian ambassador’s Vienna residence, Petro reserved his bluntest criticism for U.S. Secretary…

Meloni’s tone was combative on Thursday, as she accused the current judicial structure of committing numerous miscarriages of justice, and calling some judgments “surreal.” Speaking at the Franco Parenti theater in Milan, Meloni doubled down on the central arguments of her campaign, insisting judges are unaccountable and out of control. She is also increasingly casting the judiciary as run by left-wing opposition “factions” and accusing judges of blocking her key goal of clamping down on illegal migration and crime. “If the reform doesn’t pass this time, we will probably not have another chance. We will find ourselves with even more…

“Le Livret A, et les autres livrets de la Caisse des dépôts, permettront de financer, en partie, le nouveau nucléaire”, a confirmé une conseillère de Bercy dans un message envoyé à la presse. En échange, EDF a promis de respecter le calendrier et le devis des six réacteurs et que l’énergéticien a déjà revu à la hausse plusieurs fois. Il s’est aussi engagé à mettre en oeuvre les conclusions de l’audit mené par la délégation interministérielle au nouveau nucléaire (Dinn), dont l’Elysée n’a pas détaillé les conclusions. Le montage financier de cette aide d’Etat doit encore être validé par la…

A man armed with a rifle who rammed his vehicle into a major synagogue in Michigan has been shot dead by security. No deaths or injuries were reported other than one security officer who was hit by the vehicle but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said. The vehicle caught fire after being driven into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Blomfield Township. Smoke could be seen billowing from the synagogue’s roof. Footage from the scene showed dozens of police vehicles surrounding the building. Investigators were looking to identify the man, as well as his motive…

BRUXELLES — Les systèmes d’intelligence artificielle capables de générer des deepfakes sexualisés de personnes réelles seraient interdits dans l’UE, selon des propositions vues par POLITICO. Cette initiative intervient après que Grok, l’outil d’intelligence artificielle de X, a permis aux utilisateurs de générer des millions d’images de personnes réelles en bikini ou entièrement nues, y compris des images d’enfants. Une proposition, qui devrait être approuvée par les ambassadeurs de l’UE vendredi, rendrait illégale la commercialisation en Europe de tout système d’intelligence artificielle capable de générer des vidéos, des images ou des fichiers audio sexualisés non consentis impliquant des personnes réelles. Des…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has alleged that bombings on Tehran had “no impact” on the country’s ability to continue fighting Israel and the US, crediting its strength to the “decentralised mosaic defence strategy.” The statement, posted on X, comes as the Iran war rages on, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on 28 February, which killed some 40 Iranian leaders, according to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and US President Donald Trump. The country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was among them. The conflict has since expanded into the wider region, as Tehran’s retaliatory attacks target Israel, as well as…

“‘We’ll stick to the deal.’ And less than 24 hours later, they are already threatening us with new tariffs. It is impossible to work with the Trump administration like this,” the Socialist group’s vice president for trade policy, Kathleen Van Brempt, said in a post on X Thursday.  The EPP’s top trade lawmaker, Jörgen Warborn, last week pitched a “sunrise clause,” meaning the deal would only finally kick in if Washington upheld its side of the bargain. “That would give clarity because what the sunrise clause is doing, it’s making sure that the deal doesn’t kick in before it is…