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“In the last year, using our political power, we managed to prevent this deal from going ahead, time after time.” Israel and Hamas are close to reaching a deal on a ceasefire, according to Qatari mediators. AP reported Jan. 14 that Hamas had accepted the deal. Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, speaking at a joint press conference with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, said he hoped a deal will be approved and herald peace in the Middle East. “The agreement being finalized in these hours on the ceasefire and hostage release is very important news,” Tajani said, according to the…
Cyrus Vance Jr., former Manhattan district attorney who led a criminal probe into United States President-elect Donald Trump’s business dealings, has joined the Paris branch of global law firm Baker McKenzie. “We are delighted to welcome Cyrus Vance Jr, former Manhattan District Attorney (2010-2021) to Baker McKenzie Paris. He will provide clients with his widely recognized expertise in criminal law, cross-border investigations and compliance,” the company wrote on Tuesday in a post on LinkedIn. Baker McKenzie announced the transfer just days before the U.S. president-elect’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Marie E. Hebert, the firm’s director of global media relations, said…
Another no-confidence vote The real test is further down the line when the 2025 budget bill returns to parliament, which could lead to another vote of no-confidence in late January. It’s likely then that the far right will vote against the government, so Bayrou needs to pick off enough left-wing MPs to survive without alienating the conservatives and Macron’s troops who support the pensions reform. On Sunday, the conservative parliamentary leader Laurent Wauquiez fired a warning shot, threatening to withdraw support for Bayrou’s government, which includes conservatives, if he gave too many concessions to the left. In his speech, Bayrou…
Trump, who has threatened to impose a 60 percent tariff on all Chinese goods, is expected to further antagonize Beijing during his upcoming term and to push the EU to fully decouple its supply chains from China. Hinting at such a summit just days before Trump is inaugurated signals to Washington that the bloc wants to keep its options open toward Beijing. Trade relations between Brussels and Beijing remain tense, however, with the European Commission ruling on Tuesday that China’s market access rules for medical devices are unfair to EU exporters. The decision followed a nine-month probe. The last summit…
Under the terms of the power-sharing agreement, reached after five weeks of closed-door negotiations, Harris — the current caretaker Taoiseach — would become deputy prime minister and would likely succeed Martin as foreign minister. Harris would regain the premiership again in late 2027, replicating a novel arrangement from 2020 that saw the Taoiseach position “rotate” between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Crucial to the new deal is the commitment of seven independent conservative politicians, who have agreed to support a five-year program of government in exchange for seats at the Cabinet table. Their inclusion means the new government will have…
“He gave me a large white box,” Francis writes. “Documents relating to the most difficult and painful situations. Cases of abuse, corruption, dark dealings, wrongdoings.” “Everything is in here,” Francis recalls being told; “now it’s your turn” to deal with it. In the book the pope writes that he has felt “called to take responsibility for all the evil committed by certain priests,” CNN reported. A photograph of the pair sitting with a white box between them fuelled speculation at the time. Francis, previously known as Jorge Bergoglio, uses the new book to tell the story of his youth in…
‘If there is an option to build a coalition with EPP and with the Patriots of Europe we can do so,’ former Polish Prime Minister told journalists. Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was elected as President of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Party on Tuesday in Brussels, replacing Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. ECR, includes right-wing Brothers of Italy, Polish Law and Justice, and Romanian AUR among its 12 European member parties, and the US Republican Party and Israel’s Likud among its seven “global partners”.The party congress also elected the Italian Carlo Fidanza (Brothers of Italy), France’s Marion…
The former football manager, who coached in 10 countries overall, passed away after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson has died at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer.A family statement released on Monday said that Eriksson “died during the morning at home surrounded by family” after a long illness.The Swede revealed in January that he had pancreatic cancer and had one year left to live “at best”. As a former football player and manager, Eriksson experienced major success with various clubs across Europe. Between 1977 and 2001, he won 18 trophies with clubs…
LONDON — British Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the British government Tuesday night to avoid an ethics probe becoming a “distraction” to the government. Siddiq — whose City of London brief includes anti-corruption responsibilities — has faced scrutiny in recent weeks over her ties to the ousted regime of Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina, who is her aunt. She is being investigated by the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission, and referred herself to the U.K.’s own ethics watchdog after media reports over properties linked to her aunt and her allies. This developing story is being updated.
After getting the nod in December, Bayrou became France’s fourth prime minister in just one year. He now faces a major challenge to pass the long-overdue 2025 budget plan. French Prime Minister François Bayrou delivered a much-awaited key policy speech on Tuesday in Paris, setting the tone for his government’s roadmap. After days of negotiations with various political forces, Bayrou hopes to strike a delicate balance between obtaining the left’s goodwill and antagonising his allies on the right.To win over some left-wing MPs, Bayrou announced he is open to renegotiating some aspects of French President Emmanuel Macron’s highly unpopular pension reform…