Category: Politico News

SACRAMENTO, California — Xavier Becerra has moved to the brink of the California governorship, after Tom Steyer was eliminated from the race on Tuesday. Instead of running against a Democrat, Becerra will face Republican Steve Hilton in the November election, giving Becerra a clear path to victory in this heavily Democratic state and positioning him […]

Has the unrest in Belfast sparked a new political battle over Britain’s immigration system? Political leaders have condemned the violent overnight protest after a Sudanese national was charged with attempted murder of a man in the city. With parties scrambling to seize control of the narrative, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine how the case […]

Bei Friedrich Merz treffen heute die Koalitionsspitzen auf die Chefs der Wirtschaftsverbände und Gewerkschaften, um über die Reformbaustellen bei Rente, Gesundheit und Steuern zu verhandeln. Rasmus Buchsteiner liefert Eindrücke vom Wannsee vorab. Inklusive des Frotzelns zwischen Markus Söder und Lars Klingbeil um die Frage, wer die wahre Arbeiterpartei ist, und er dämpft zugleich die Erwartungen […]

South Korea’s president is in Brussels for the first EU-South Korea summit in three years — a visit that starts with K-pop diplomacy but quickly moves to chips, trade, defense and China. Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart look at why Seoul has become such an important partner for Europe and why South Korea’s role in […]

The incoming EU deal will “give impetus” to those plans, Cyprus’ Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides told reporters in the run-up to a meeting of justice and home affairs ministers last week, saying that he expects more countries, including his own, to start discussing the topic.  “Now that we’ve got the legal basis, we believe that […]

U.S. forces launched retaliatory strikes Tuesday against Iran following the downing of an Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump struggles to reach a deal to end the war. U.S. Central Command disclosed the strikes in a social media post that provided no details on the targets or the extent of the […]

3. Find partners or pick up the pieces The third path is to join or preserve multinational efforts. That could mean exploring a role in GCAP, though people familiar with discussions have warned that Italy or Japan may be wary of diluting the project by adding new members. However, there are potential upsides, said Alessandro […]

The order caps months of back-and-forth. After Brussels opened its probe in December and warned in February that it might force Meta’s hand, the company dropped the outright ban in March but started charging rivals a fee to get back on. The EU executive responded that the fee amounted, in practice, to locking out rivals, […]