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They are still “far, far too high,” Martin McCluskey, a Scottish Labour MP and the minister tasked with bringing them down, acknowledged in an interview with POLITICO last month.   Starmer “seems to have taken his eye off the ball in regard to domestic issues,” said Brian Leishman, a Scottish Labour MP. | Peter Nicholls/Getty Images “I understand why people […]

The center-right European People’s Party, the center-left Socialists and Democrats, and the liberal Renew Europe all agreed to fast-track votes allowing the Commission to raise funds on the international debt market, backed by the EU’s long-term budget. The three groups’ backing means the votes — including on changes to the EU’s budget and to an existing […]

Allongés sur votre serviette de plage, ou en pleine randonnée en montagne, vous commencez à vous demander à quoi ressemblera votre rentrée ? Pas de panique, POLITICO est là avec son guide des rendez-vous politiques de la fin de l’été. Aug 18 4 mins read

Update: Wie gut ist Deutschland auf einen russischen Angriff vorbereitet? – POLITICO Skip to main content

One eighth of the world’s estimated 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction, according to IPBES. Some 75 percent of the Earth’s land surface has already been significantly altered by human actions. If that course doesn’t shift, the report warns, future prosperity is at risk. Markets are failing to adequately price […]

The former Duke of York, who was a trade envoy between 2001 and 2011, forwarded information on Oct. 7, 2010 about his upcoming trips with associates of Epstein. The following month, on Nov. 30, 2010, he appeared to forward official reports of those visits, sent by his special assistant, five minutes after receiving them. The […]

The message comes as leaders prepare for a working retreat at Alden Biesen castle in the Belgian countryside on Thursday, during which they will discuss the EU’s competitiveness in the face of rivals such as China and the U.S. Top of the agenda is how to integrate its single market and leverage the size of […]

While she said the EU has no plans to weaponize those strengths, she said it’s “important to realize that we also have that kind of strengths that others don’t have.” ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet highlighted the success of the company’s chip printing machines that use extreme ultraviolet light to print chips, which he described as […]

“It will be worth tuning in for,” the official added. Starmer’s premiership hangs in the balance after fresh revelations surfaced in the Epstein files about the relationship between Peter Mandelson, the man Starmer chose for the role of ambassador to the U.S, and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The prime minister has been hit […]