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As far as the Turkish leader is concerned, “whatever he does, the EU will have to tag along with it,” said Dimitar Bechev, a lecturer at the University of Oxford. Two European officials, granted anonymity to speak about closed-door talks, told POLITICO that Turkey’s status as an EU candidate obliges it to uphold democratic values, and that Brussels will respond to violations. “We are following the evolving situation in Turkey with great concern,” one of them said. With more than a thousand people, including journalists, detained by security forces since the unrest began last week, “the latest developments go against…

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European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is heading to China as the country’s companies come under the EU’s investigatory lens. But with a trade war with the United States intensifying, what’s he after in a rapprochement between the EU and China? For the first time since taking office, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič will travel to China on 27 and  28 March to meet China’s vice premier He Lifeng, Minister for Customs Sun Meijun and Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao. Maroš Šefčovič’s visit to the Asian giant, against a backdrop of tense trade negotiations with the Americans, will be closely scrutinised. Here are…

– Die Einsicht ist da, aber die Einigung fehlt: Wo Union und SPD teils ihre Wahlversprechen kassieren müssen, um trotz Milliarden-Sondervermögen die Finanzen in den Griff zu bekommen, erklärt Rasmus Buchsteiner.– Koalition der Willigen und Gespräche über Nord Stream 2: In Paris treffen sich mehr als 30 Länder, um weitere Unterstützung für die Ukraine zu besprechen. Derweil reden Washington und Moskau über die Wiederaufnahme von Gas-Lieferungen – und wieder sitzen weder Europa, geschweige denn Deutschland mit am Tisch. Dazu spricht Rixa Fürsen mit Hans von der Burchard.– Im 200-Sekunden-Interview dazu: Roderich Kiesewetter, Außen- und Sicherheitsexperte der CDU.  Das Berlin Playbook…

Starmer met Reeves over breakfast shortly before he became party leader and decided she had to be in his shadow cabinet, according to Get In, a recent book on Starmer’s journey to Downing Street. Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves present themselves very much as a double act. | Leon Neal/Getty Images Steve Richards, a journalist and author of several books on British political history, observed that they “really didn’t know each other” before he picked her as his shadow chancellor. That’s in stark contrast to the rapport built up between the Tories’ David Cameron and George Osborne — or Labour’s…

The tariffs come as experts warn that this could in fact affect the US automotive industry, as even US automakers source their components from around the world, meaning that they could face higher costs and lower sales. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move that the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains.“This is permanent,” Trump announced, underscoring his seriousness about the tariffs directive. He added that the vehicle tariffs would begin to be collected…

Goldberg later published its contents and revealed the oversight of his inclusion, causing controversy at home and abroad. Democrats have lambasted the incident as a stunning security and intelligence breach and called on the officials involved to resign. But before Kelner could finish her question about the incident, firebrand Republican Greene cut in, demanding: “Wait, what country are you from?” When Kelner replied she was from the U.K., the Georgia representative launched into an angry tirade. “We don’t give a crap about your opinion and your reporting,” Greene said. “Why don’t you go back to your country where you have…

She said Europe would assess the tariffs, and anticipated that further measures would arrive from the White House in the coming days. Trump has stepped back from implementing tariffs on America’s allies and adversaries several times since his Jan. 20 inauguration. “We’re signing today,” Trump said of the protectionist tariffs. “It goes into effect April 2. We start collecting on April 3.” While von der Leyen’s language was guarded, she left little doubt that the EU is prepared to retaliate. “The EU will continue to seek negotiated solutions, while safeguarding its economic interests,” she said. “As a major trading power…

JEAN-MARIE LE PEN, THE INCENDIARY FOUNDER of France’s largest far-right party, was buried on Jan. 11 on an unusually sunny winter’s day in the fancy resort of La Trinité-sur-Mer, where he was born in 1928. The day started with a ceremony inside a modest church built of distinctive Breton granite, where security needed to fend off a handful of skinheads looking to crash the funeral. Perhaps fittingly for a fisherman’s son, it ended with drinks at an unpretentious seafood restaurant, adorned with paintings of local marine life.  The funeral was conspicuously subdued for a man who spent his political career…

In a statement, EPPO said it had informed the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission that it is investigating the Bulgarian European Prosecutor. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) says it has opened an inquiry into possible wrongdoing by one of its European Prosecutors.In a statement, EPPO said it had informed the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission that it is investigating the Bulgarian European Prosecutor.EPPO did not give any further details about the alleged wrongdoing.EPPO is the independent public prosecution office of the European Union and is responsible for…