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That means the future of sectors as diverse as chemicals, steel, food processing and high-tech manufacturing is, in reality, a debate about electrification. Electrification is also central to REPowerEU — Europe’s pledge to eliminate dependence on Russian fossil fuels. It is worth recalling that in 2024 the EU still paid more to Russia for oil and gas (€21 billion) than it provided in financial support to Ukraine (€19 billion). Only a massive scale-up of clean, domestic electricity can reverse this imbalance once and for all. But this requires a fresh approach. For too long, the power sector has been seen…
Published on 02/09/2025 – 7:45 GMT+2 A so-called news report is circulating online alleging that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the owner of a $1.2 billion (€1 billion) real estate empire. The video alleges that a former investigator at Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), known as “Olena K”, defected to “Europe” with thousands of pages of internal files that supposedly show systemic corruption at the highest echelons of the government in Kyiv. She allegedly oversaw a task force tracking offshore wealth transfers and shell companies tied to Zelenskyy and his allies, which were used to buy more than 100 luxury…
Prévot said two “extremist” Israeli ministers, several “violent settlers” and Hamas leaders would be designated “persona non grata” in Belgium. While he didn’t name the ministers, they are likely to be Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, who have been sanctioned by other countries including the U.K. over accusations they incite violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. “This is not about sanctioning the Israeli people but about ensuring that their government respects international and humanitarian law and taking action to try to change the situation on the ground,” Prévot said. In July, French President Emmanuel Macron said France would recognize…
Sechs AfD-Politiker sterben kurz vor der Kommunalwahl in NRW. Parteichefin Alice Weidel und Elon Musk befeuern daraufhin Verschwörungstheorien.Pauline von Petzold hat recherchiert, was dahintersteckt – und wie die AfD die Todesfälle nutzt, um vom eigenen Streit abzulenken. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Kay Gottschalk. Der Vize-Landeschef der NRW-AfD stellt sich den Vorwürfen: Wie viel PR steckt in der angeblichen Verschwörung? Und was sagt er zum internen Streit in Teilen seines Landesverbandes? Außerdem: Die Grünen suchen nach dem Abgang von Habeck und Baerbock weiter nach einem neuen Kurs. Jürgen Klöckner analysiert die Zerreißprobe zwischen linkem Social-Media-Krawall und pragmatischer Realpolitik, die auch die Landtagswahl 2026…
Despite widespread reports of torture, sexual violence and forced labor in Libya’s detention system, the EU and Italy have continued to support the Libyan coast guard. Rome signed the Italy–Libya Memorandum in 2017, funding and equipping Libyan patrols. The deal, criticized by rights groups, was renewed in 2019 and again in 2023. Since taking office in 2022, Meloni has tightened those ties further, securing an $8 billion gas deal in 2023. At the same time, the EU has spent more than €91 million on border and migration management in Libya since 2014 as part of a €338 million migration package,…
By Euronews Published on 01/09/2025 – 20:22 GMT+2 Polish tennis player Kamil Majchrzak was unaware of the scandal he would cause at the US Open…. At least, he probably would never have guessed it would come from his cap. After his surprise victory on Thursday against the ninth-ranked Russian tennis star Karen Khachanov, the Pole approached the fans who were waiting eagerly for his autograph. As he signed pictures, balls and the usual paraphernalia, he stretched out to give his cap to a boy who was standing by the railing. However, while handing over the headgear, Majchrzak turned his gaze to…
“Le gouvernement a une approche réductionniste. Ils considèrent que le président n’est là que pour donner un visage à la politique ou jouer les porte-parole, en lisant des instructions préparées”, critique auprès de POLITICO Radosław Fogiel, un député du parti populiste Droit et justice (PiS) qui soutient Karol Nawrocki. “Représenter le pays, c’est quelque chose de plus large. Le président, en tant que représentant de l’Etat, ne peut se limiter à un rôle de porte-parole du gouvernement”, continue Radosław Fogiel, qui est aussi vice-président de la commission des Affaires étrangères du Parlement. Mercredi, le nouveau président de droite Karol Nawrocki…
Held for the fourth time between 28 and 31 August, the festival has become one of Croatia’s key late-summer attractions, drawing thousands of visitors to the airfield near the Hungarian border. The event is also the first of its kind in the country, combining competition with displays of ballooning history, including a replica of the Montgolfier brothers’ first flight from the 18th century. The championship is organised by the Zagreb Balloon Club, Croatia’s oldest ballooning association.
The surprisingly candid comments contradict the stance of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has insisted the unbalanced pact, which set a 15 percent base tariff on European exports, had nothing to do with maintaining U.S. President Donald Trump’s support for Ukraine. “There is no linkage between the two,” von der Leyen said during a press conference in Finland on Friday, when asked whether security concerns had swayed the EU to agree to the July deal. She defended the pact, which has been criticized in some European capitals as an embarrassing capitulation to American demands, as “a good trade deal.” But Costa,…
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