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Donald Trump verschärft seinen Zollkurs. Trotz eines Urteils des Supreme Court, das seine bisherige Praxis für unrechtmäßig erklärt. Statt einzulenken, kündigt er neue Zölle von zunächst 10, dann 15 Prozent auf Importe aus aller Welt an. Ein offener Machtkampf zwischen Justiz und Exekutive. Gordon Repinski darüber, wie das eine Chance für Europa sein kann. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht Dirk Wiese, parlamentarischer Geschäftsführer der SPD-Fraktion, über eine mögliche deutsche Linie: Aussetzung des Ratifizierungsprozesses, mehr europäische Härte, mögliche Anwendung des Anti-Coercion-Act und ob Europa ein De-Risking gegenüber den USA braucht. Vier Jahre nach Beginn der Voll-Invasion steht die Unterstützung für die Ukraine erneut…
EU foreign ministers are gathering in Brussels with one clear goal: to agree on a 20th sanctions package against Russia. But Hungary is threatening to block it — linking its support to a growing energy standoff with Ukraine over disrupted oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline. Host Zoya Sheftalovich is joined by POLITICO’s chief foreign affairs correspondent Nick Vinocur to unpack what’s at stake at the Foreign Affairs Council. Then we head north to Iceland, which could fast-track a referendum on restarting EU membership talks as U.S. President Donald Trump’s Greenland rhetoric and new U.S. tariffs reshape the political calculus…
Violence erupted in Mexico’s Jalisco on Sunday night after security forces killed “El Mencho”, the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels. The drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes was the Mexican government’s biggest prize yet to show the Trump administration in its efforts to crack down on the cartels, and his death was met with a forceful reaction from the cartel, known by its Spanish initials CJNG. Cars burned out by cartel members blocked roads at more than 250 points in 20 Mexican states, authorities said, and left smoke billowing…
First, data sharing. Solving complex public sector challenges with AI depends on information flowing safely across organizational boundaries. In practice, this means making it easier for departments and agencies to reuse data that already exists. While most public sector organizations have initiatives underway, only 35% have rolled out or have fully deployed data-sharing methods. Programs like Europe’s Common European Data Spaces show what is possible: secure, trustworthy environments for collaboration that benefit both organizations and citizens. Second, data control and sovereignty. Concerns about compliance and control are a daily reality for public sector leaders, and they are slowing AI adoption.…
Laurent Wauquiez, a prominent lawmaker from the neighboring region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes who used to lead the Les Républicains conservative party, has been pushing hard to ensure his constituency hosts much of the action. The president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Renaud Muselier, told POLITICO he and Wauquiez had butted heads before agreeing to split certain events between their respective jurisdictions. Musilier said he and Wauquiez had agreed to have alpine skiing events in the north, while freestyle skiing and events on ice would be held further south. But Wauquiez, according to a parliamentary adviser who has closely followed planning for…
By Euronews with AP Published on 22/02/2026 – 21:17 GMT+1 Civil organizations held a demonstration in Budapest on Sunday to mark the upcoming 4th anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among their demands are an end to the aggression. Around 200 people are thought to have attended the event. Many Ukrainians report feeling safe and well received in Hungary, even if it is a country considered an ally of Putin. “Wherever Ukrainian refugees arrived, they were welcomed with love here in Hungary — near the border, here in Budapest, and in many other places. Orbán and the Hungarian people are not the…
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron has picked 33-year-old David Amiel to become France’s new budget minister, the French presidency announced on Sunday — a crucial role as the French government attempts to get its deficit under control amid a deep political crisis. Amiel replaces Amélie de Montchalin, a close ally of Macron who was appointed as head of France’s top court of auditors earlier this month. The controversial move led to accusations that the French president was politicizing a key French institution. Navigating budgetary debates has proven tricky since the 2024 general election in France, which led to a hung parliament.…
French President Emmanuel Macron has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to lift sanctions imposed last year on a raft of prominent Europeans including former EU tech chief Thierry Breton, arguing the measures were “unjustly imposed.” “I would like to personally draw your attention to the sanctions imposed by the United States against several European citizens, including two Frenchmen, Nicolas Guillou, judge at the International Criminal Court, and Thierry Breton, former European Commissioner,” Macron wrote to his U.S. counterpart in a letter sent last week, according to a report on Sunday by La Tribune. “I ask you to reconsider these decisions…
By Lucy Davalou &  with AP Published on 22/02/2026 – 14:36 GMT+1 Russia targeted Ukraine with another heavy night of bombing as it launched 50 missiles and nearly 300 drones across different Ukrainian regions, days ahead of the four-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The country’s energy infrastructure remains one of the main targets, as well as logistical infrastructure such as railway facilities and water infrastructure in cities, according to a social media post by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Fifteen people, including four children, have been injured, and one man has been killed in a Russian strike on the Kyiv region, including…
“At our extra meeting tomorrow, I will therefore propose to the EP-negotiating team putting legislative work on hold until we have a proper legal assessment and clear commitments from the U.S. side,” Lange said. One day after the Supreme Court struck down his signature tariff policy, Trump on Saturday announced he plans a new global tariff rate of 15 percent, lifting the rate from 10 percent. To do so, he invoked Section 122 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974, which allows the president to impose tariffs up to 15 percent to address a “large and serious balance-of-payment deficit,” which…