Category: Politico News

In an interview with POLITICO in 2024, Magyar said Tisza was pro-EU but was candid about the EU’s shortcomings. He expressed opposition to a European “superstate” and said he didn’t have “friends” in the European Parliament. That followed his first press conference in the Parliament, in which he opposed sending weapons to Ukraine. Earlier this year, Orbán’s Fidesz party […]

When Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Trump last year, the U.S. leader complained of the difficulty of building anything at his Irish resort — a problem he mistakenly attributed to Brussels, not Dublin. Next month, Martin can expect warm words from Trump over the Irish ballroom go-ahead. A spokesperson for Martin welcomed the decision but […]

“The European Union will not let Russia freeze our brave Ukrainian friends into submission. On the contrary, we are doubling down on our support to ensure that we keep the lights on,” Jørgensen said. He said the €920 million would be used to “strengthen grids, restore damaged heat and power plants, improve physical protection and […]

After Kushner’s no-show, Barrot said in an interview Tuesday that he had requested the American envoy be barred from meeting members of the French government until he “respects the most basic customs of diplomacy and responds to the summons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” Kushner and Barrot have since “agreed to meet in the coming days […]

“The analysis is intended to assess whether the legal arrangement through RSVP Trust is in compliance with national and European legislation,” the agency said, adding that there is no set deadline to complete it. Babiš’s solution to place Agrofert in a trust fund — a step he formally completed last week — has come under […]

They were speaking in the Ukrainian capital on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. “I invite the Commission to use all the tools we have in the treaty to overcome this, to avoid that everyone can blackmail the European Union,” Costa said. “And we have tools in the treaties.” The pronouncements came after Hungarian […]

Auf den Tag genau vier Jahre nach Beginn der russischen Vollinvasion steht die Ukraine weiter im Abnutzungskrieg. Die Frontlinien haben sich kaum verschoben, der Winter war hart, die Bevölkerung erschöpft und ein klares Ende ist nicht in Sicht. Im Gespräch mit Alexander Rodnyansky, ehemaliger Wirtschaftsberater von Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj, geht es um die entscheidende Frage: […]

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov piled the pressure on, telling reporters Tuesday that authorities had recorded “a large number of violations” and Telegram’s “unwillingness … to cooperate.” The probe marks the latest chapter in Moscow’s decade-long battle with Durov. Russia attempted to block Telegram in 2018 after the company refused to hand over encryption keys — […]

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said the firm was “ responsible for transporting over 80 percent of Russian oil exports, further hampering the Kremlin’s desperate scramble to find buyers for its sanctioned oil.”   But a new filing by the U.K. government’s Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation, published Tuesday, lists the Druzhba pipeline among “exempt projects” under the Russia sanctions regime.  […]

PARIS — La vacance à la tête de Business France vit enfin à son épilogue. Le conseil d’administration de l’agence chargée de l’internationalisation de l’économie française a approuvé mardi, à l’unanimité, l’arrivée prochaine de Louis Margueritte au poste de directeur général, a appris POLITICO. Cet avis favorable, confirmé par deux sources internes, constitue la dernière […]