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“Lecornu was smart enough to make the budget phase pass and end on a high note. That’s commendable, given that [former Prime Ministers Michel] Barnier and [François] Bayrou didn’t manage to do so, and he did it with considerable skill,” said a ministerial adviser who, like others quoted in this piece, was granted anonymity to speak candidly. But Lecornu’s decision to prioritize uncontroversial measures in the coming weeks speak to the difficulties that lie ahead. These priorities include defining the division of power between the central government and local authorities, and streamlining and centralizing welfare payments that are currently doled out in an ad hoc fashion. Lecornu is…
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The cars-for-canola deal also carries a certain irony: Canada is importing the very technology that makes fossil fuels obsolete. China is electrifying at dizzying speed, with the International Energy Agency projecting its oil consumption will peak as early as next year thanks to “extraordinary” electric vehicle sales. That means Beijing probably isn’t desperate for new foreign suppliers of hydrocarbons, and the ministerial dialogue will likely drag on inconclusively — albeit courteously — well into the future. This state of Sino-Canadian trade can be seen as classic comparative advantage at work: China is good at making things, and Canada has abundant…
Iran has declared the armies of European countries “terrorist groups,” after the EU last Thursday agreed to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. During a session in Tehran, lawmakers wore IRGC uniforms and chanted slogans including “Death to America’ and “Shame on you, Europe.” Meanwhile, calls are growing inside Iran for an inquiry into the number of people killed during recent protests, which were met with a violent crackdown. We are joined by Ignacy Niemczycki, the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland responsible for EU affairs. Ignacy Niemczycki oversees Polish interests in…
According to a Bundeswehr general, Germany is preparing for the possibility of a Russian attack within the next two years. In an interview with The Times, Gerald Funke, head of the Bundeswehr’s new Support Command, outlined what a potential “worst-case scenario” could entail: a large-scale Russian attack on NATO in the Baltic states. Germany would be immediately involved in any such attack because of its brigade stationed in Lithuania. This would be followed by the deployment of tens of thousands of NATO troops to the eastern flank, routed through German ports and transport corridors, even in the face of potential…
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Keine Brandmauer in München:Nach zwei Jahren sind drei AfD-Politiker wieder auf die Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz eingeladen. MSC-Chef Wolfgang Ischinger setzt auf Dialog statt Ausgrenzung, auch wenn die Entscheidung für Kritik bei den Grünen und Sicherheitsbedenken in der Union sorgt.Pauline von Pezold und Gordon Repinski analysieren die Hintergründe der Einladung und das juristische Tauziehen hinter den Kulissen. Wahlkampf-Check Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:In Schwerin zeichnet sich ein Zweikampf zwischen SPD und AfD ab, während die CDU in Umfragen bei 13 Prozent stagniert. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview bezieht CDU-Spitzenkandidat Daniel Peters Stellung: Wie viel „Politikwechsel“ ist mit ihm machbar und wo zieht er die Linie gegenüber der AfD? Eskalation…
The case boils down to moves by Tusk’s pro-EU administration to reject decisions by some judges appointed under the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) administration that led Poland’s government from 2015 to 2023. The Giżycko judge ruled that the couple’s original divorce judgment was legally “non-existent” because it had been signed off by one of the “neo-judges” appointed under reforms designed by previous Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. EU courts later ruled that Ziobro’s overhaul had undermined judicial independence, leaving Tusk’s government grappling with how to dismantle the system without undermining legal certainty. It’s unclear how many similar rulings may exist…
On U.S. relations, Schmit criticized the Commission for not publicly defending former commissioner Breton, who was handed a travel ban by Washington over what it views as unfair efforts to regulate American social media and tech giants. Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told POLITICO at the time that the College of Commissioners agreed to provide Breton with legal and financial support. Breton was the commissioner who pushed through and helped enforce the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a piece of regulation designed to enforce content moderation policies on large online platforms. Schmit said the laws that the U.S. is unhappy about…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 01/02/2026 – 22:05 GMT+1 An intercity bus rolled off a road in southern Turkey’s Antalya province on Sunday, killing nine people and injuring dozens more, according to local officials. Images showed the vehicle lying on its side on an embankment off a highway slip road in Döşemealtı, a district to the northwest of Antalya city centre. Ahmet Kodaz, a passenger who survived the crash, described the terrifying moments before the accident. “We were travelling from Isparta to Antalya. There was already fog on the road, and the driver was going very fast,” he said. “When we…