Category: Politico News

The EU’s diplomatic service is losing power, people and influence to Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur look at how the EEAS is fighting for its future — and whether the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, can turn it around. Plus, Europe tries to reset trade ties with China without backing […]

Weltweit stehen 100.000 Jobs bei VW auf der Kippe, vier deutsche Werke könnten langfristig schließen. Aber ist nur der unfaire Wettbewerb aus China schuld? Gordon Repinski analysiert mit Romanus Otte von Industrie & Handel die toxische Mischung aus hohen Energiepreisen, Bürokratie und der schleppenden E-Mobilitäts-Wende in Deutschland. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview fordert der baden-württembergische CDU-Fraktionschef Tobias Vogt […]

A decade and a half on, that messy EU compromise is unraveling. Facing budget cuts, a battle for talent and a lack of policy tools to back up its diplomatic role, the EEAS, now headed by former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, has been losing out in a protracted turf war with the Commission headed […]

And there’s always the continuity candidate, Reeves herself, who has been trying to cling to the job despite briefings from Burnham’s camp that she would be moved to a lesser role. Move fast, don’t break things But perhaps the biggest problem for Burnham and his choice for No. 11 will be the need for speed. […]

In contrast to other wealthy countries like Germany and the Netherlands, France has little appetite for cutting the size of the EU budget, which provides generous subsidies for its powerful farming sector. Instead, Macron is pushing Brussels to raise more money through EU-wide levies on areas like U.S. tech giants and foreign polluters rather than […]

The Armenian genocide resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1923. Turkey has consistently rejected the term, but more than 30 nations worldwide — including France, Germany, the U.S., Lebanon and Syria —  have recognized the mass killings as a genocide. The Israeli government’s vote comes as the relationship between […]

On Sunday, most of France was no longer on red alert, after more than a week of scorching heat, including several record-breaking days and nights. High temperatures are now moving eastward. The heat wave — the worst to ever to hit Western Europe — could not have occurred without humans heating the planet by burning fossil fuels, scientists […]

Introducing the discussions on Friday, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, argued that governments increasingly apply moral and legal principles according to political convenience rather than universal standards. “If a country is an enemy, it is condemned as undemocratic and sanctioned in various ways; but if it […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday tapped little-known Oklahoma law enforcement officer Lance Schroyer to serve as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), elevating a relatively obscure figure to lead one of the administration’s highest-profile agencies as it ramps up its mass deportation campaign. Trump described Schroyer as “a PATRIOT with real […]

The nomination comes as the Trump administration continues to make immigration enforcement the centerpiece of its second-term agenda. ICE has expanded workplace raids and interior enforcement operations while relying more heavily on state and local law enforcement agencies through 287(g) agreements. But the agency has moved away from the flashy, and controversial, enforcement tactics championed […]