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The remarks show how the mood has changed across the bloc on the potential pact it hopes to agree with the Donald Trump administration. Brussels at first trashed the agreement that London struck with Washington, but now the EU is coming to terms with the prospect that keeping a 10 percent baseline tariff is the best it can hope for. Leaders expect an update from the European Commission over dinner on its talks with the Trump administration — just as concerns mount across the bloc that all goods might be hit with a “reciprocal” 50 percent tariff as soon as…
The EU executive said in April that Apple’s rules, which were revised last year, were in breach of the Digital Markets Act. Separately, Apple faces further scrutiny under the DMA concerning the tolls it charges on transactions conducted via the App Store. App developers will from Thursday evening face fewer limitations on how they communicate with users, according to Apple. The firm said it will reduce the number of warning labels — billed by consumer groups as “scare screens” — that users have to navigate. The company is also restructuring the commissions it tacks onto on-device transactions, another major point…
Typically in France, defendants can have their punishment temporarily lifted by appealing a verdict, when they return to being presumed innocent. But the court made the rare — though not unprecedented — decision that Le Pen’s crimes were so grave and the risk of recidivism so high that her ban should be handed down immediately. Her appeal is slated for 2026. Samson, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, according to his LinkedIn profile, is one of several young conservatives to join the ranks since Trump’s return to the White House in January. Earlier this year he wrote…
La clé des alliances La majorité sortante actuelle, emmenée par le PS, a en effet toujours refusé de s’associer aux mélenchonistes à Paris. Sur un plan stratégique, ce n’est pas sans risque, avec la nouvelle donne : “Qu’est-ce qui va se passer si LFI vire en tête dans les 18e, 19e et 20e arrondissements ?” interroge Jean-Yves Dormagen, président de Cluster 17, contacté par POLITICO. “Peuvent-ils accepter de fusionner les listes en étant derrière LFI ? S’ils ne le font pas, ils offriront le prétexte parfait à LFI pour se maintenir dans le 12e et le 14e, ce qui pourrait…
Bayrou admitted that an agreement hadn’t yet been found on how to compensate workers who have physically demanding jobs or how to fully finance the proposed tweaks, but described those issues as “solvable.” “The totality of decisions that have been the subject of at least implicit agreement are impressive,” he said. Bayrou convened the pensions meeting at the beginning of his tenure in January hoping to find agreement on fixes to a law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 that didn’t put the system further in the red. After four months of closed-door talks failed to yield a…
“Le rôle du sommet de l’Otan était de jeter les bases de ce qui se passera ensuite”, a décrypté Camille Grand, ancien secrétaire général adjoint de l’Organisation. Faire en sorte que les 5% se concrétisent Parmi les options pour augmenter les dépenses de défense figurent la hausse des impôts, la réduction des dépenses publiques (y compris les dépenses sociales) et l’emprunt. La Commission européenne apporte son aide avec son nouveau programme de 150 milliards d’euros de prêts pour l’achat d’armes, baptisé SAFE, et son programme pour l’industrie de la défense, d’un montant plus modeste de 1,5 milliard d’euros. Le prochain…
The center-right European People’s Party (EPP), the Socialists and Democrats and liberal Renew Europe confirmed to POLITICO they will vote against any such motion. The Greens, meanwhile, are unlikely to support bringing down the Commission via a far-right motion. Iratxe García Pérez, chair of the S&D group, said: “We won’t support any extreme-right initiative.” Even The Left group lawmakers, typically critical of von der Leyen, suggested they were likely to vote against the motion. “We don’t work with the far-right groups who have been lately de facto supporting von der Leyen’s agenda and then pretending to be mad at her,”…
By Laila Humairah Published on 26/06/2025 – 17:30 GMT+2The 10th annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing concludes with China and member states reflecting on a decade of robust development projects, while reaffirming their commitment to funding critical infrastructure initiatives, to build a dynamic, diverse and sustainable future.Since its launch in 2016, the AIIB has financed 320 projects in 38 countries, valued at $60 billion. Under outgoing president Jin Liqun, the Bank has 110 member countries, with several more in the process of joining.Qatar, a founding member of the AIIB, will host the 11th edition of the…
Published on 26/06/2025 – 13:31 GMT+2•Updated 17:05On the one hand, nearly half of the world’s population — over 3.7 billion people — live in poverty. On the other, the world’s 3,000 billionaires gained $6.5 trillion (€5.5tr) over the last ten years, the equivalent of 14.6% of global GDP.That’s according to a new report from the British confederation of NGOs Oxfam. The group added that since 2015, the world’s richest top 1% increased their wealth by more than $33.9tr (€29tr) in real terms.This amount could do a lot of good in the world, and according to Oxfam, it is enough to…
Friedrich Merz empfängt morgen den österreichischen Bundeskanzler Christian Stocker in Berlin. Im Gespräch mit Gordon Repinsky erklärt Stocker, wie Wien und Berlin beim Thema Migration kooperieren wollen, wo Grenzkontrollen bleiben – und warum der Druck von rechts (FPÖ, AfD) die Agenda bestimmt. Zwei konservative Regierungschefs, gleiche Generation, ähnliche Ziele: Sicherheit, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und ein gemeinsames Europa stehen auf der Probe. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig. Und für alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die…