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“He judged everything from the perspective of the property entrepreneur he had been before politics,” she wrote of Trump. “Each property could only be allocated once. If he didn’t get it, someone else did. That was also how he looked at the world.” “For him, all countries were in competition with each other, in which the success of one was the failure of the other; he did not believe that the prosperity of all could be increased through co-operation.” Merkel’s comments are notable because of the high level of respect she commanded among European political leaders, even as her reign…
Updated: 20/11/2024 – 22:04 GMT+1 Gangs attacked Pétionville, an upscale district of Port-au-Prince, early Tuesday, led by Jimmy Chérizier, a gang leader also known as “Barbecue.” Residents and police joined forces, killing 28 suspected gang members. Gangs attacked Pétionville, an upscale district of Port-au-Prince, early Tuesday, led by Jimmy Chérizier, a gang leader also known as “Barbecue.” Residents and police joined forces, killing 28 suspected gang members.The attack is part of an escalating spiral of violence, with gangs now controlling 85% of the capital and displacing over 20,000 people. Despite the presence of a Kenyan UN-backed mission, the situation has…
In exchange for supporting Italy’s hard-right commissioner nominee Raffaele Fitto, which the socialists initially refused to do, S&D and Renew demanded that the EPP commit to sticking with the centrist mainstream majority, rather than turning to a right-wing majority in the Parliament. But the agreement falls short of that, and does not add a new dynamic to the relationship among the three groups. The watered-down declaration merely focuses on broad objectives for the coming five years, drawing from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s June investiture speech. The three groups “agree to cooperate,” and “reaffirm” their “pledge to…
The fact that the coordinators of the political groups are being instructed to meet is a strong signal that a deal to unblock the deadlock is in the offing. However, senior lawmakers such as Manfred Weber, Iratxe García and Valérie Hayer smiled and remained tight-lipped when entering a closed-door meeting in the Parliament this afternoon, refusing to confirm if they had reached a deal. Fitto was nominated by Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and would oversee policy areas such as agriculture and transport. Ribera would hold arguably the second-largest portfolio, covering competition and climate policy. The meeting comes eight…
Plusieurs députés sont tombés dans le piège, selon des messages Telegram envoyés depuis leur compte et consultés par POLITICO. Les messages proposent notamment à leurs destinataires de visionner des photos “de votre professeur d’école primaire”. La députée RN Laure Lavalette confirme notamment avoir été victime de la compromission, qui touche “tous les groupes politiques”, selon un autre député. Celui-ci indique avoir vu ses collègues “faire la queue au comptoir du numérique de l’Assemblée”, le bureau en charge d’aiguiller les élus sur leurs pratiques numériques. Il leur est recommandé de changer leur mot de passe et d’activer la double authentification pour…
Earlier this week, outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden approved Ukraine firing its donated ATACMS ballistic missiles into Russia, prompting an aggressive verbal response from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. After Biden’s ATACMS call, there were expectations that the Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles donated by the U.K. and France would also be permitted to fire on targets inside Russia. The missiles use U.S. technology for targeting, allowing Washington to control their use. Despite hints from Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier this week that London would give its consent, the government is still refusing to confirm the reports. “Ukraine’s action on the battlefield…
“The retirement of aging equipment” is needed as the U.K. looks to “transition to new capabilities and make our armed forces fit for the future,” Healey said. Under the plan, two assault ships, the HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, will be taken out of service a decade early, while logistics vessels RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler will also be scrapped along with frigate HMS Northumberland, which is currently undergoing a refit. Additionally, aged fleets of Puma and CH-47 Chinook helicopters will be ditched and 47 Watchkeeper reconnaissance drones will also be cut. “To ensure that Britain is kept secure at home…
Searches by Americans for moving abroad soared in the 24 hours after the first polls closed, according to Google data. Following the recent US election result, Google searches for ‘how to move to Europe’ increased by more than 1,000 per cent in some countries. Searches by Americans for moving to Canada and Australia soared by 1,270 and 820 per cent respectively in the 24 hours after the first polls closed, according to Google data.The interest in leaving the States has not gone unnoticed by marketing firms. A residential cruise ship is now offering Americans a four-year ‘escape’ trip while a Sardinian village…
Moscow has been accused of forcing Ukrainians to join its army and fight against their own country — a breach of international law — since the beginning of its full-scale invasion, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the Kremlin had singled out Crimean Tatars, an ethnic minority in Ukraine, for conscription. Russia has suffered heavy casualties throughout its grinding 1,000-day all-out war in Ukraine, with more than 600,000 dead or wounded, according to U.S. officials, and requires a steady stream of new recruits to maintain its offensive. Ukraine’s foreign ministry last month slammed Russia’s mobilization campaign in the occupied regions…
Hungary has offered to settle its Erasmus dispute with Brussels, which has left 21 Hungarian universities without access to the popular programme. Hungary has made an overture to settle a long-running dispute with the European Commission over access to the Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe funds while, in parallel, refusing to pay the fines imposed by the European Court of Justice over serious breaches of asylum law, which have ballooned to €360 million.The first dispute dates back to December 2022, when the Commission excluded more than 30 Hungarian institutions, including 21 universities, from receiving Erasmus and Horizon funds due to the…