Category: Politico News

BERLIN — The German government stressed Tuesday that it is not willing to discuss fresh EU debt via loans “at present” — but it left open the door to potentially endorsing such a plan later. Bloomberg reported Monday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz “will support joint issuance of European Union debt” to tackle the fallout […]

LONDON — Get ready for plenty more pomp and ceremony in the United Kingdom. The coronation of King Charles III will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday. Charles ascended to the throne last month following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, but a formal coronation date had not […]

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency met on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to get a deal on creating a safety protection zone around the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. “Now more than ever … a protection zone must be established,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of […]

PARIS — French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has ordered police to make sure staffers at Esso-ExxonMobil sites go back to work, amid strikes that have caused shortages at almost a third of the country’s petrol stations. “I’ve asked police commissioners to begin, as the law permits, the requisition of personnel essential to this company’s facilities,” […]

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has slammed Berlin’s plan to shut down its remaining nuclear plants while increasing coal-fired power in comments that thrilled Germany’s pro-nuclear politicians and irked Greens. In an interview to be aired Wednesday, a teaser of which was shared online by TV host Sandra Maischberger, the Swedish campaigner said turning off the […]

The person who can end the war in Ukraine is Donald Trump, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Speaking at a panel event in Berlin, Orbán said that peace talks should not be conducted between Ukraine and Russia, but between the U.S. and Russia, with Trump leading the negotiations on the American side. Orbán […]

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sparked controversy Tuesday by saying that he always knew Russian President Vladimir Putin was going to use energy as a weapon. The statement triggered criticism given Scholz’s previous endorsement of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Speaking at the 13th German Mechanical Engineering Summit in Berlin, Scholz said that Putin […]

ATHENS — Greece’s national parliament has finished its investigation into the use of spyware by security services. Just don’t ask lawmakers what the shared conclusions are. Political parties late on Monday submitted their findings of the special parliamentary inquiry that was set up to investigate the spying scandal that has engulfed the government ever since […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on Wednesday on the sidelines of a regional summit, a Turkish official told AFP Tuesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that potential talks between Russia and the West might be discussed during the meeting. The leaders are both […]

Viktor Orbán has joined Twitter and has “one question on my mind: Where is my good friend, Donald Trump.” The Hungarian prime minister’s bio on the social media site describes him as “Freedom fighter, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Prime Minister of Hungary.” At the time of writing, he had just under 35,000 followers and was following […]