Category: Politico News

Mentzen had appealed the November court ruling, but rather than wait for the process to play out, his allies registered The Empire Strikes Back in January as a Plan B. At a closed-door congress on Saturday, delegates voted to merge the two entities, transferring New Hope’s structures and assets to the new party. Confederation officials […]

The ministerial code imposes a duty on ministers to comply with a set of ethical standards including upholding principles around openness and honesty. The crux of Magnus’ investigation into Simons — and particularly any decision about whether he has broken the ministerial code — is likely to focus on Simons’ behavior while he has been […]

Hungary must lift its blockade on a €90 billion loan to Ukraine and abide by the commitments it made to other EU leaders in December, European Council President António Costa warned in a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The letter, which was sent to Orbán’s office on Monday afternoon and seen by POLITICO, comes […]

“This follows search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas.” The force is probing claims that the senior British politician leaked internal government discussions to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Emails released as part of the Epstein files in the United States appeared to […]

On migration, for example, the coalition is likely to look for, and find, support on the far-right flank. On the other hand, it is likely to turn to the GL-PvDA for support on climate and measures to cut back nitrogen emissions from farms. There’s also widespread support for its plans to boost defense spending to […]

The Commission in November presented its “digital omnibus” plan as part of a bigger overhaul of data and AI laws that seeks to boost AI technology in Europe. It is one of (so far) 10 so-called omnibuses that aim to slash red tape and boost European competitiveness proposed by Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission. The […]

“The environment ministry has, in recent times, been marked by a number of emotions, as if all the issues this ministry should be dealing with had been reduced to some kind of fight against green ideologies. I am convinced that we should do everything possible to return to the essence of what this ministry is […]

One of the safeguards foresaw a six-month review of the deal to ensure that tariffs on products containing steel were lowered to the baseline level. The second would have revoked the deal if Trump again threatened the EU’s territorial integrity, as he did when he proposed to annex Greenland in January. Cavazzini, a German MEP, […]

Sunder Katwala, director of the British Future think tank, challenged Reform’s claim that migrants are undermining Christianity. “There’s an irony that it is Britain’s new migrant populations that are slowing the decline of church-going in Britain,” he said in a statement to POLITICO. Less than half (46.2 percent) of the U.K. population described themselves as […]

Crucially, the more precious resources in their engines, catalytic converters and electrical systems can be collected. Two thirds of vehicles that reach end-of-life status end up in this system.  But running a recycling center is expensive. Illegal dismantlers create unfair competition because they avoid regulatory and compliance costs, which drives the price down, while also diverting some of the end-of-life-vehicle flow — and therefore revenue […]