The Carney Doctrine

Canada’s prime minister has presented a compelling alternative to Trump’s chaos. What do Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have in common? The contempt for Europe. In their eyes, the old continent is not only woke as far as society is concerned, it has also lost touch economically and has become militarily insignificant. Trump’s speech was […]

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'Necessary evil at key times: Most French people don't like 49.3, but France needs a budget'

William Hilderbrandt is pleased to welcome Professor Paul Smith, Head of Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham. the recent drama in the  is dissected with calm precision. While the failure of motions of no confidence against the government in the French National Assembly was widely anticipated, Professor Smith sheds light on deeper tensions lurking inside French […]

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EU can’t relax and go back to normal with Trump, warns Germany’s vice chancellor – POLITICO

Klingbeil, who also acts as Germany’s finance minister, in particular voiced frustration over the European Commission’s handling of the Greenland crisis over the course of the past week, suggesting the Commission was not acting with enough urgency. “When I returned from Brussels on Monday, I was extremely frustrated because I had held talks with the […]

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Female taekwondo teacher released, Taliban say

A 22-year-old Afghan woman who was reportedly running a taekwondo gym for girls has been released after spending 13 days in jail, a spokesman for the Taliban’s supreme court confirmed. Khadija Ahmadzada was detained for being in “violation” of rules “regarding women’s sports gyms”, a spokesman for the Taliban’s ministry of vice and virtue told […]

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EU deploys emergency generators as Russian strikes leave 1 million Ukrainians without power in -20°C

Over 1 million Ukrainians are without electricity, water and heating in freezing temperatures following relentless Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. The European Commission is today deploying 447 emergency generators worth €3.7 million from EU strategic reserves to restore power to hospitals, shelters and critical services. The generators – mobilised from rescEU strategic reserves hosted in […]

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