Iran talks on hold because of Trump’s blockade

Iran is refusing to send its negotiating team to Islamabad to continue talks this week until President Donald Trump lifts the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, according to two Middle East officials briefed on the situation,granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Trump, who hinted on Tuesday that high-level negotiations […]

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The great unblocking? EU foreign ministers eye sweeping changes as Orbán exits – POLITICO

“We should also revisit long-blocked decisions including opening negotiations with Ukraine,” the bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas told a news conference, also citing sanctions and blocked funding for Ukraine under the EU’s Peace Facility, its mechanism for funding military assistance for Kyiv. One of the EU diplomats present for closed-door discussions between foreign ministers said: […]

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EU members reject push to suspend association agreement with Israel – POLITICO

Kallas raised the possibility of adopting “measures that require a qualified majority of votes,” among them targeted sanctions or partial measures focused on trade. Italy’s Tajani explicitly backed that approach. “I believe it is better to sanction individually those responsible, I am thinking of violent settlers,” he said, while expressing skepticism about broader trade measures […]

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L’Union européenne cherche à relancer les achats groupés de gaz – POLITICO

Alors qu’AggregateEU a depuis été absorbé dans un ensemble plus large d’outils, la Commission cherche à étendre ces derniers pour “faciliter la coordination de l’action de l’UE auprès des fournisseurs de pétrole et de gaz et des pays partenaires ayant des profils d’importation d’énergie similaires”, est-il indiqué dans une déclaration prérédigée qui devrait être prononcée […]

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