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Le traité révisé ouvre la voie à une plus grande intégration de l’économie mexicaine, fortement axée sur la production manufacturière, avec l’industrie européenne, en particulier dans le secteur automobile. Il ouvre également la voie à une augmentation des investissements européens au Mexique. Pour ce dernier, il s’agirait d’un moyen de réduire sa dépendance écrasante à l’égard de l’économie américaine. Mais c’est cette même dépendance qui rend cet accord actualisé délicat. “Les Etats-Unis sont une variable commerciale importante pour tous les pays, mais pour le Mexique, c’est un partenaire crucial”, pointe Renata Zilli, chercheuse au European Centre for International Political Economy,…
The European Commission has asked Ukraine to accelerate repair works on the Druzhba oil pipeline to defuse the crisis triggered by Hungary’s double veto, which has paralysed a €90 billion loan for Kyiv and a fresh round of sanctions against Russia. At the same time, the Adria pipeline, also known as JANAF, which begins in Croatia and connects several Central European countries, has emerged as the most viable alternative to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia continue to receive oil supplies. “As a strategic energy hub of the European Union and the only secure crude oil supply route for Central Europe,…
Without an agreement, the U.K. can still take part in joint procurement projects in which a maximum of 35 percent of the value of a weapons system is paid for by the scheme. The U.K. had been negotiating for a higher percentage, which would benefit the country’s large arms industry. The armed forces minister predicted: “You’re going to see more work on that. I think you’re going to see far greater collaborations.” Keir Starmer talked up his desire for deeper EU-U.K. collaboration on defense financing at the Munich Security Conference, as did Chancellor Rachel Reeves in a recent speech. However,…
Published on 25/02/2026 – 15:01 GMT+1 Millions of people across countries in Europe on Tuesday commemorated the fourth anniversary of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine. In Paris, the Eiffel Tower was illuminated in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Thousands, including Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, and Vadim Omelchenko, Ukraine’s ambassador to France, participated in the commemoration. Ukraine’s ambassador to France, Vadim Omelchenko, said that the past four years had been a time of suffering and struggle but had also shown the perseverance and courage of the Ukrainian people. In Warsaw, the Polish capital, many people…
Die AfD kämpft an mehreren Stellen und diesmal kommt der Druck von innen. Recherchen von Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler zeigen, wie sehr Vorwürfe rund um Vetternwirtschaft und Überkreuz-Anstellungen die Parteispitze um Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla belasten. Drohen nun personelle Konsequenzen und trifft es am Ende ausgerechnet denjenigen, der die Missstände öffentlich gemacht haben soll? Auch die erst im November gegründete Jugendorganisation „Generation Deutschland“ sorgt weiter für negative Schlagzeilen. Gegen Vorstandsmitglied Kevin Dorow läuft ein Parteiausschlussverfahren. Wie Dorow davon erst aus der Presse erfuhr und warum seine NS-Bezüge sowie die Nähe zum Rechtsextremisten Martin Sellner die Geduld der…
US President Donald Trump beat his own record on Tuesday, delivering the longest-ever State of the Union address, clocking in at just under 1 hour and 48 minutes. Traditionally, the speech before Congress largely focuses on domestic politics, offering a state of play on the US economy and internal affairs, and that was mostly the case in Trump’s latest speech. It came shortly after the Supreme Court struck down his signature global tariffs, with growing indications of potential new US military strikes on Iran and as Trump’s favourability ratings at the lowest point they’ve ever been in either of his…
Since the war in Ukraine started, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has made repeated nuclear threats, also updating the country’s doctrine to lower the threshold that would trigger a nuclear strike. In the past few years, several Cold War-era treaties that limited nuclear arsenals have also expired. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, known as INF, ended in 2019. The New Start agreement, which capped American and Russian strategic nuclear warheads at 1,550, expired earlier this month and is not expected to be renewed in the near future. “We are clearly witnessing an erosion of everything that remains of the arms control framework,”…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & video by Léa Becquet Published on 25/02/2026 – 13:38 GMT+1 Life isn’t a straight line, and if your job has nothing to do with your degree, you are probably in good company. Around one in three young graduates (32%) who have at least a bachelor’s degree work outside their field of study, according to Eurostat. Arts and humanities graduates seem to venture the furthest afield from their original area of study. Almost half of them (48%) change tack, the lowest retention rate among the surveyed fields. Rates are slightly higher for graduates in journalism and the social sciences. But…
By Ekbal Zein & AFP Published on 25/02/2026 – 13:04 GMT+1•Updated 13:07 Iran’s foreign ministry rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims about its missile programme on Wednesday, calling them “big lies” hours before the third round of nuclear talks in Geneva. “Whatever they’re alleging in regards to Iran’s nuclear programme, Iran’s ballistic missiles, and the number of casualties during January’s unrest is simply the repetition of ‘big lies’,” ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on X. Trump claimed during his State of the Union address on Tuesday that Iran is developing long-range missiles capable of reaching US territory. “They’ve already developed missiles that can…
Published on 25/02/2026 – 11:55 GMT+1•Updated 11:57 Christophe Leribault has been named as the new director of the Paris Louvre Museum, following the resignation on Tuesday of Laurence des Cars. The Élysee says the 62-year-old art historian’s main tasks will be to ensure the security and modernisation of the Louvre and to implement the French president’s ‘New Renaissance’ project. Last year, in the wake of leaked reports of its crumbling infrastructure, Emmanuel Macron announced a €800 million renovation plan, partially funded by raised ticket prices for non-EU citizens. Leribault’s first matter at hand will be to address the crises that…