Category: Politico News

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Tuesday the topic of reparations for the wartime occupation of Poland is “closed from the perspective of the German government.” Speaking in Warsaw at a joint press conference with her Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau, Baerbock said, however, that Germany stands by its historical responsibilities “without ifs and buts.” A […]

High-ranking European Parliament members clashed on Twitter late on Monday after a Greek left-wing lawmaker posted a draft program of the chamber’s inquiry committee’s visit to Greece later this year. The European Parliament launched a committee to investigate the use of Pegasus and similar spyware in Europe (PEGA). The group of lawmakers is planning to […]

The Belgian state didn’t violate the rights of a person suffering from depression when it accepted her decision to go ahead with a euthanasia procedure, the European Court of Human Rights found Tuesday. Judges ruled in favor of Belgium in three out of four counts — only finding fault over how the government conducted a […]

Germany has taken a major step toward ending coal-fired power in 2030 — while sacrificing a village the country’s climate movement regards as a red line.  Climate Minister Robert Habeck announced in a press conference on Tuesday that a phaseout agreement had been reached with energy giant RWE in North Rhine-Westphalia, Europe’s largest lignite mining region.  […]

LONDON — A member of the U.K. government took a sideswipe at Liz Truss after the prime minister saw her first weeks in the job descend into chaos. Trade Minister Conor Burns suggested Truss prioritized presentation over substance in her time as trade department chief, as he tipped one of her former leadership rivals as […]

LUXEMBOURG — Germany on Tuesday poured cold water on a proposal by France and Italy’s European commissioners to issue new EU-denominated debt to tackle the economic fallout from the energy crisis. Berlin is in the eye of a growing political storm after it unilaterally announced a cash injection of up to €200 billion into its […]

The European Parliament adopted new rules Tuesday introducing a common charger for small electronic devices like smartphones and tablets. The new law means that starting in the fall of 2024, USB type-C will be the standard charging port for smartphones, tablets, e-readers, keyboards, computer mice, GPS devices, digital cameras, headphones, headsets and earbuds, hand-held video […]

Ukraine will join Spain and Portugal in their bid to host the 2030 soccer World Cup, the Times reported late Monday. If the joint bid is successful, the war-torn country would host one of the eight groups in the tournament. The plan is understood to have been backed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the […]

Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shot back at Elon Musk on Monday after the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO tweeted out a poll proposing that Ukraine cede some of its territory and hold new elections in areas annexed by Russia in order to achieve peace. “This is highly likely to be the outcome in the end […]

The European Union could face blackouts this winter as the continent faces an ongoing energy crisis amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, but Brussels is preparing for worst-case scenarios, according to EU Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarčič. Asked in an interview published Tuesday by Germany’s RND media network whether EU countries would need disaster relief due to […]