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But Szeptycki hasn’t been fired from the government and Tusk warned against comments that “embolden larger groups of people to feed xenophobia, contempt for people with different views, and contempt for people whose background does not fit the standards of pure Polishness.” Tusk, whose centrist Civic Platform party is locked in a political struggle with […]

“He never objected in any case to the Fidesz leadership or the Fidesz government. And now he objects, for the first time, to defend his seat,” Bálint Magyar, a former Hungarian cabinet minister, told POLITICO. Blind eye The president’s unpopularity may help explain why Magyar feels free to attack him in caustic terms. “How, after […]

The scandal “once again underscores the fundamental shortcomings of Germany’s current development aid policy: Billions are spent without Germany or partner countries benefiting in any sustainable way,” said Rocco Kever, the spokesperson for development policy at the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.  As a solution, Kever cited the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump […]

Replacing Starmer with Burnham would help, according to the poll, but it would not be a miracle cure for all Labour’s woes.  Switching to Burnham is worth an extra 4.4 points in the national vote share for Labour and 61 more seats. That would take Labour from 127 to 188 MPs and cut Reform UK’s […]

Three of the four people suggested Reynolds had urged the PM to accept the widespread demands to set out a timetable for his departure. However, the fourth person said this characterization of the meeting was incorrect. Both No. 10 and Reynolds’ team declined to comment.  A fifth person, an MP, said they had been told […]

Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party — now fiercely anti-net zero and pro-oil and gas — won the vote in Aberdeen South, unseating the Scottish National Party. Oil and gas firms are major employers in the constituency, where many jobs linked to drilling have been lost in recent years as reserves depleted and investment dried up. Badenoch argues […]

Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok, a appointee of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, on Friday approved a constitutional amendment barring the same Orbán from returning to office. The amendment limits prime ministers to no more than eight years in office. Orbán served a total of 20 years. The Hungarian parliament overwhelmingly approved the amendment on Monday, […]

Last May the NSF  had said it would dismantle the observation network and remove “all in-water infrastructure” on parts of its coastline after the Trump administration had fired the NSF’s independent board. The news prompted backlash from experts. Other regional ocean observation networks, including Europe’s ocean monitoring and simulation systems, rely on data gathered by American infrastructure to understand […]

“I assume that the United States of America will honor the agreement,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz told journalists Friday after meeting with EU leaders in Brussels. That includes “caps on pharmaceutical tariffs,” a German government spokesperson told POLITICO earlier, warning the U.S. should not “jeopardize their proper implementation on either side.” The fate of the Turnberry […]