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Not a moment too soon: “We have been waiting for some time for this review to be released,” Gemma Kelly, head of policy and public affairs at the Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation (CEASE), told MTUK. “There’s definitely impatience across the sector because we know the review finished up in January. Our concern is that the longer it takes for the government to release the review, the longer the pornography industry is going to be causing harm.”  Wishlist: Kelly said the charity was keen to see recommendations on creating parity between online and offline porn. “Offline, there are very…

Die aktuellen Umfragen sprechen eine klare Sprache: Es könnte eng werden für Olaf Scholz. Wie blickt er selbst auf seine Zukunft als Kanzler? Was passiert, wenn Friedrich Merz und die Union stärkste Kraft werden? In diesem Gespräch gibt Scholz Einblicke in seine Strategie, spricht über die zerbrochene Koalition, die wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen und die zunehmende politische Radikalisierung. Kurz vor der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz geht es außerdem um die Ukraine und die neue US-Regierung.  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,…

Leur mariage est célébré en 2022. Cette même année, ils publient Oligarque, un thriller écrit pendant le Covid et signé du pseudonyme Elena B. Morozov. Ignorant qui se cache derrière, la critique salue “la maîtrise des rouages de la finance” de l’auteur. Et comment ! François Pérol dirige la prestigieuse banque Rothschild, tandis que Marguerite Bérard s’apprête à prendre la tête d’ABN Amro, un des plus grands groupes bancaires des Pays-Bas. 6) Emmanuel Macron et Brigitte Macron Patatras : sur la première marche du podium dans notre édition 2024, le couple présidentiel dégringole de 6 places dans notre classement. Pouvait-il…

As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the anti-immigration AfD is threatening to upend politics in Europe’s most powerful democracy.  Feb 1 7 mins read

Denys Shmyhal is the prime minister of Ukraine. The EU is being subjected to aggression from Russia. These words may come as a surprise, not least to the EU itself. After all, there are no tanks on the streets of European cities, they aren’t surrounded by trenches, and no air raid sirens are warning of approaching ballistic missiles or drones. Such is life here, in Ukraine. Yet, I am convinced Russia has already unleashed a war against the EU. This is a multidimensional war, the stages and methods of which the Kremlin has been honing in Ukraine over decades. Russian…

Other German leaders also expressed shock. “What is objectionable is that Ukraine has not been informed about this and neither has Europe,” German liberal MEP Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann told POLITICO. She attacked Scholz for failing to bolster Germany’s defenses more aggressively during his time as chancellor, saying his government had “criminally failed to implement a true turnaround. Now we are paying the price.” Other German lawmakers said they believe it is still possible to find common ground with Washington. “We now have to wait and see what happens at the Munich Security Conference,” said Falko Drossmann, a lawmaker for Scholz’s center-left…

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. It is easy to call for human rights from EU offices in Brussels and Luxembourg, our old, established democracies. In Bangladesh, Yunus is trying to build a new one. We must help him, Muddassar Ahmed writes. Bangladesh’s ex-leader Sheikh Hasina and her entourage had nearly two decades to feather their nests before they were driven out of the country in a popular revolution last summer.Bangladesh’s new government says that nearly $248 billion (€237bn) was stolen by her…

A cross-party group of MPs from the Commons defense committee was on a visit to Finland and Estonia when Trump’s remarks landed. Labour MP Fred Thomas, who serves on the committee, said that the message from Eastern European allies was that they want to see British leadership. “They’d like to see us step forward to build a consensus across Europe” by reaching out to countries such as Italy and Spain which spend less on defense, he said.  He argued the early role played by the U.K. in supporting Ukraine in 2022 “makes us uniquely placed to play a leadership role”…

Asked about American troops in Europe, Hegseth told reporters Thursday that “we are not abandoning our allies in Europe.” “No decision has been made on troop levels [in Europe], that’s a discussion to be had by the commander in chief,” he added, referring to a planned review of global U.S. military deployment. “But there is a recognition that the ambitions of the Communist Chinese are a threat to free people everywhere,” he added, “it makes a lot of sense … to use our comparative advantages: European countries spending here in defense of this continent against an aggressor on this continent.”…

Unlike last year’s edition which kicked off with the excellent ‘Small Things Like These’, 2025’s Berlinale doesn’t get off to the greatest of starts with its opening film, ‘Das Light’ (‘The Light’)… For his third Berlinale opening film after Heaven in 2002 and The International in 2009, German director Tom Tykwer, best known for his kinetic thriller Lola rennt (Run Lola Run), has delivered an ambitious, clumsy and ultimately insufferable parable that attempts to comment on a lot but ends up saying precious little.Das Licht (The Light) follows a family falling apart in Berlin – where it constantly seems to…