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Bohlin then returned to the parliament building to avoid leading the activists to his home. Speaking on the Morgonstudion program on the SVT public broadcaster, the morning after the incident, Bohlin said the behavior of the protesters was “not normal” and warned: “What is the next boundary this group of people will cross?” He also called for the country’s authorities to stand “shoulder to shoulder with the Jewish minority.” Busch, who leads the Christian Democrats, a junior partner in the country’s ruling coalition, said she expects the police to take action against those “who do not respect the rules of democracy,”…
The prime minister has accused the president of scheming to derail the government’s reform agenda to better position his Law and Justice (PiS) party ahead of the next general election in 2027. Nawrocki has vetoed some key pieces of legislation from the Tusk-led ruling coalition. They’ve also been at loggerheads over foreign policy, especially over Nawrocki’s recent visit to the White House to visit his political ally, Donald Trump. But the Polish military firing its first shots in anger at a foreign invader into its territory since 1945 changed the mood music. Trump reportedly planned to speak with Nawrocki later…
Ce qu’elle a dit : “Il n’y a pas de temps à perdre. Donc, lors du prochain Conseil européen, nous présenterons une feuille de route claire. Pour lancer de nouveaux projets communs en matière de défense. Fixer des objectifs précis pour 2030. Et créer un semestre européen de la défense [en référence au “semestre européen” en matière budgétaire, qui est la procédure par laquelle la Commission coordonne les politiques économiques des Etats membres, NDLR]. 2030, c’est demain.” Ce qu’elle voulait dire : Les chances que le Conseil européen se mette d’accord sur quoi que ce soit en matière de défense…
A great many topics populated Ursula von der Leyen’s 73-minute-long State of the European Union speech on Wednesday morning, from irregular migration and natural disasters to online disinformation and green mobility. But it was Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine that set the scene. “Europe is in a fight,” the president of the European Commission said at the very start of her address. “A fight for a continent that is whole and at peace.” Von der Leyen then presented a series of new measures to tighten the screws on the Kremlin and ramp up assistance for Ukraine, two interlinked efforts that…
By Galiya Khassenkhanova Published on 10/09/2025 – 16:17 GMT+2 Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed to switch from a two-chamber parliament system to a one-chamber system by eliminating the Senate. “This reform of the highest representative authority will be a logical continuation of all previous reforms, including the reform of presidential power,” he said. The proposition was voiced during Tokayev’s annual state-of-the-nation address, which outlined the main issues and tasks the Kazakh government will have to work on until next September. The president suggested that it will take a year to discuss the shift and work out various details, after which the…
Arab states know better than anyone that a durable peace is impossible without resolving the core conflict. And the Saudi-led Arab Peace Initiative’s recent proposals, as well as the Egyptian plan to end the war, underscore the need for a collective approach that holds Israel to account and lays the groundwork for negotiations leading to Palestinian independence. But these countries must now move beyond diplomatic initiatives to shape and implement long-term policies by leveraging their political, financial and diplomatic clout. Led in Washington by U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and other administration officials who lack both credibility and…
Published on 10/09/2025 – 17:36 GMT+2 Austria’s attempt to prevent the EU categorising nuclear power and natural gas as “sustainable” for the purposes of EU investment schemes was dismissed by the EU court on Wednesday. Including the two sources of power within the EU taxonomy as sustainable was a “gradual” measure which would “allow security of supply”, judges found. A traditional anti-nuclear member state, Austria filed a lawsuit against the European Commission in October 2022 but the Luxembourg-based General Court backed the EU executive, arguing that it didn’t exceed its powers when including nuclear energy and fossil gas in the sustainable…
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The port of Antwerp is one of Europe’s main gateways for illicit drug shipments, and Noem and De Wever were on site to discuss boosting cooperation between Belgium and the U.S. in the fight against narcotics trafficking. Noem, a longtime conservative ally of Trump, noted that the collaborative action will involve sharing data and security information, and dealing with shipping companies. Talking to media ahead of the meeting, De Wever said the U.S. side requested the meeting, and he saw it “as a sign of appreciation for years of [his] global lobbying.” “I think Europe should focus a lot more…
Nepal’s military deployed to the streets of the capital on Wednesday to enforce an indefinite curfew in a bid to restore order after tens of thousands of anti-corruption protesters stormed and set fire to the parliament building and attacked politicians. Armed troops guarding the main areas of Kathmandu appeared to signal some sense of order returning to the city that was engulfed in violence and chaos in the previous days. Soldiers ordered residents to remain in their homes as they checked vehicles and people, part of an operation to “normalise” the situation. The military is rarely mobilised in Nepal and initially…