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The financial world is currently witnessing a striking paradox: higher prices on “Wall Street”, meaning equity markets, even as growth forecasts are revised downwards on “Main Street”, meaning the real economy. While the war in Iran continues, heavily disrupting global energy markets and shipping routes and consequently damaging the world economy, stock indices in the United States, Japan and South Korea have all reached new all-time highs. At the start of the week, the S&P 500 hit a new record high of 7,273, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ-100 also climbed to an all-time high, just above 28,000 on Tuesday. In Asia,…

Ein Jahr Regierung Merz. Statt Feierstimmung herrscht massiver Zeitdruck. Bis zur Sommerpause müssen Mammutprojekte wie die Steuerreform, das Rentenpaket und der Haushalt 2027 erledigt werden. Gordon Repinski analysiert mit Rasmus Buchsteiner, ob die schwarz-rote Koalition die Kraft für einen „großen Wurf“ hat oder ob die fundamentalen Unterschiede zwischen Unions-Erwirtschaftung und SPD-Umverteilung im Stillstand enden. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview zieht der Erste Parlamentarische Geschäftsführer der Unionsfraktion, Steffen Bilger, ein Resümee der ersten zwölf Monate. Er spricht über die schwierige Partnerschaft mit der SPD, erreichte Erfolge wie die Migrationswende und erklärt, warum der Reformhunger der Union aus seiner Sicht nicht gestillt ist. Während in…

The European Commission is unveiling its new anti-poverty strategy today. The only problem is … it doesn’t include any new cash. On the pod, Zoya and Ryan discuss how the EU executive is justifying the lack of new funding in this plan. They also look at how likely the bloc is to reach its target of eradicating poverty by 2050 (spoiler alert: not very likely). That’s not the only strategy on the agenda today. The Commission will also present its guidelines on addressing homelessness. To better understand the housing crisis, Zoya speaks with the President of the Committee of the Regions, Kata Tüttő, who is in Brussels…

“And I think this was the wrong start. In which country would we accept that? Someone creating really a brutal pressure on a court? We would say, no, you need to discuss this at the political level. My goal was to bring this back to Strasbourg and to address this at the political level.” Not our role Berset also warned that reforming the convention would not solve countries’ own internal debates on migration. “Is this able to bring an answer to the concerns and challenges that the U.K. is facing in the migration discussions? I think yes, partly. When we…

He’s had to scale back his ambitions accordingly. Immediately after the election, however, he and his coalition partners pressured the outgoing Bundestag to amend the constitution to allow record borrowing for spending on defense, infrastructure and the fight against climate change. The hope was to lay the groundwork for a turning point in the country’s trajectory. Instead, the perception is that — aside from promises on military spending — Germany’s course has remained largely unchanged. Olaf Scholz and Merz receive flowers during a handover ceremony at the Chancellery following Merz’s election at a special session of the Bundestag in Berlin…

The DMA wants to make Europe’s digital markets fairer and more accessible by limiting the power of major online platforms, the so-called ‘gatekeepers”. On 28 April, the Commission concluded its first review of the DMA since its formal entry into force in 2022. Assessing the act’s implementation and enforcement, the Commission found that it “remains relevant and well-adapted to the evolving digital environment”. “I broadly agree with the European Commission’s assessment […] [but] digital markets evolve rapidly, and the framework should not be seen as static, in particular with regards to AI and cloud”, said Andreas Schwab, Member of the…

Today is World Portuguese Language Day, established in 2009 by the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and officially recognised by UNESCO on 25 November 2019. It is the only non-official UN language to have received this recognition. Portuguese is the official language of nine countries: Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste, and is also an official language in the Macao Special Administrative Region. According to United Nations estimates, it is a language spoken by more than 265 million people on five continents, with projections suggesting that by 2050 this number…

The international order cannot be rebuilt by Europe alone, Brazil’s EU Ambassador Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva has told Europe Today, after Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested Europe should lead efforts to restore the multilateral system. Instead, he argued all countries will have to participate in an increasingly multipolar world. “If we’re going to rebuild something, it has to be rebuilt by everybody. Europe will have an important place at the table, but you’ll need to have all other voices speaking,” Ambassador da Costa e Silva said. “Europe has a place, but I’m not convinced that (the world…

During his brief time in office, Bolojan attempted to tackle the challenges Romania faces with painful austerity plans he attempted to impose with headstrong determination. But last month the social democrats, who hold the most seats in parliament, pulled out of the prime minister’s coalition government in a show of protests against his leadership and the spending cuts that affected parts of the country they represent. The PSD’s decision to work with Simion to overthrow Bolojan may have a lasting impact on how the crisis unfolds. Simion won the most votes in the first round of last year’s presidential election…

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Three years of working on the return of Ukraine’s stolen children has taught me to recognise a pattern so consistent it can only be called a system. Russia does not abduct children. Russia “rescues” them. It does not occupy territories. It “liberates” them. It does not erase Ukrainian identity. It “protects children from nationalist indoctrination”. The vocabulary is always the same, and always the inverse of reality. It is a deliberate cognitive operation – and it is…