Category: Politico News

The contract, whose buyers are named as the European Commission, Parliament, Council and the European External Action Service, is described as being “fully or partially financed with EU funds.” For the highest officials within these institutions, international travel is a key part of their role as they hold discussions with foreign leaders and make speeches […]

Petrecca is seen as close to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and her political opponents were quick to capitalize on the backlash. The Democratic Party said in a statement that “the Olympics are a time of utmost responsibility for public service broadcasting” and denounced the telecast as an example of Rai TV at its worst, […]

Depuis le meurtre du jeune militant d’extrême droite Quentin Deranque, les gauches non mélenchonistes sont sous pression partout en France pour rompre avec LFI. Encore plus depuis que deux assistants parlementaires mélenchonistes, ceux du député Raphaël Arnault, ont été interpellés dans l’enquête sur la mort du militant identitaire. Aulas, chouchou de toutes les droites Jean-Michel […]

FCAS is intended to replace Germany’s Eurofighter and France’s Rafale jets by around 2040. The program includes a warplane — which lies at the heart of the disagreement — drones and a combat cloud. The project has been repeatedly delayed by industrial disputes, especially between France’s Dassault Aviation and Germany-backed Airbus over leadership and control of […]

The two leaders have fought on topics spanning migration to abortion during a terminally uneasy relationship, but are set to have a moment of reconciliation in April during a Franco-Italian summit in Toulouse. Officials close to the Italian prime minister said Macron’s comments were met “with astonishment” and insisted that Meloni’s statement was meant to […]

According to prosecutors, the defendant offered to lead police investigators to the “agents” he claimed had hired him to steal the goods. But just as the meeting with his alleged handlers was due to take place, the man escaped. Hours later he was seen arriving at the Russian Embassy in Lisbon, where he allegedly tried […]

“Some years ago, we were one, maximum two Governing Council members arguing in favor of eurobonds,” Stournaras recalled. “The rest of us thought, ‘You are coming from the European South, so it’s understandable.’ But now we have all realized how important it is.” Now, even Germany’s Bundesbank, the de facto leader of the skeptics, has turned. As […]

Unusually, there was no joint communique from the ministers at the end of this week’s meeting. The chair’s summary mentioned climate change just once, saying “a large majority of ministers stressed the importance of the energy transition to combat climate change and highlighted the global transition to net zero emissions in line with COP28 outcomes.” […]

A note to staff from Chief Executive Rebecca Park, seen by POLITICO, said that “the decision to wind up the UK business affects all of GC. We will be discussing separately with each country office how the process will work for them.” She adds: “This has proved to be a terrible time for all of […]

Washington has deployed 2 aircraft carrier strike groups to the Middle East, positioning forces that could be used in potential strikes on Iran. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech