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Keir Starmer is expected to announce his departure from office Monday. The embattled British prime minister returned to No. 10 Downing Street Sunday after considering his future at his country residence Chequers over the weekend. It comes after Labour’s Andy Burnham — who will separately be sworn in as a member of parliament Monday — […]

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When Ireland takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union on July 1, they will have a lot of hot-button issues to deal with. Host Zoya Sheftalovich sat down last week with Irish Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne at a POLITICO event to dig deeper into what he believes Dublin’s top priorities […]

Die Rentenkommission legt morgen nach monatelanger Arbeit ihre Empfehlungen vor. Neben einer kapitalgedeckten Zusatzrente und der Einbeziehung von Selbstständigen und Abgeordneten soll das Eintrittsalter künftig mit der Lebenserwartung steigen. Gordon Opinski analysiert mit Rasmus Buchsteiner, wie schmerzhaft und wie schlüssig das Reform-Menü wird. Der Parteitag der Linken in Potsdam sorgt für Diskussionen. Der neue Co-Chef […]

Agriculture is the foundation of food security, and climate-resilient agriculture remains essential. But food systems do not end at the farm gate. Processing, packaging and distribution shape energy use, food loss and resource efficiency. This industrial middle of the food system is often overlooked in climate debates, yet it is where many practical decarbonization decisions […]

In public, leaders lined up to defend him. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the Russia contact was “understandable,” while Belgium’s Bart De Wever dismissed it as “completely normal” ― even joking to Costa in front of the cameras that the EU should send him personally to Moscow. But behind the scenes the discontent was […]

Europe is expected to produce at least one serious contender, but candidates from wealthy countries will face scrutiny over the unequal distribution of vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, possible candidates from Asia and the Gulf reflect the growing financial and diplomatic influence those regions wield in global health. China is unlikely to field a […]

Starmer, who promised stable leadership in 2024 but has been rocked by U-turns, economic malaise and several political scandals that brought his judgment into question, insisted as recently as Friday that he would fight any challenge to his leadership.  But after consulting select Cabinet ministers on Friday afternoon and spending the weekend with his wife […]

After Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the EU tried to build a platform — AggregateEU — that would allow private companies to collectively bargain better deals for gas on the international market. While it was popular with smaller importers with fewer resources, there’s no visibility into how many deals were cut on the platform. Big players say […]

U.S. vice president said Washington hopes to make progress on both the Lebanon ceasefire and Iran’s nuclear program, while Tehran’s threat to close a key oil chokepoint tests Trump’s fragile deal. 6 HRS ago 2 mins read