Merz has not shirked away from public discussion across Europe about a more confident and militarily resilient Germany either, as the move inevitably caused some bemusement in Paris — in keeping with Gaullist tradition, French President Emmanuel Macron has been talking of “strategic autonomy” for years now — and was met with consternation in Warsaw. […]
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday dismissed the possibility that his upcoming trip to the Vatican is focused on smoothing over relations between the Trump administration and Pope Leo XIV. The State Department announced Monday that Rubio would be meeting with the pope and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during his visit to Italy later this week. Rubio, […]
Continue ReadingFor Pierrakakis, who is also Greece’s finance minister, the geopolitical situation is making the task more difficult: “The challenge here is that technologies like AI necessitate international governance frameworks at a moment where multilateralism is challenged,” he said in the same press conference. But the scare around Mythos comes amid rocky EU-U.S. relations, with clashes […]
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Continue Reading“He’s a good-for-nothing who should have resigned from public service after the scandal over the inaccurate public budget forecasts,” Tanguy told POLITICO in a text message, arguing that Moulin should be held responsible for France’s budget troubles as he served at the finance ministry. The country’s far-left also opposes Macron’s proposal. “Independence is one of the cornerstones […]
Continue ReadingLONDON — PornHub, which partially blocked access to its platform in the U.K. back in January amid concerns about the implementation of the Online Safety Act, has fully restored access to U.K.-based Apple users, the porn site’s parent company announced Tuesday. Under the OSA porn providers are required to have highly effective age assurance in […]
Continue ReadingFormer European Council President Charles Michel criticized the Commission chief’s remarks, defending Turkey as a “core NATO ally” and “key migration partner.” EU Parliament Rapporteur for Turkey Nacho Sánchez Amor called the comments “totally inconsistent with recurrent signals for stronger cooperation on security and defense.” Despite his detention, the top political rival of Turkish President […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on European cars, warning Washington to stick to the terms of its trade deal with Brussels. Speaking out for the first time since Trump’s Friday announcement that he would impose 25 percent tariffs on EU-made automobiles, von […]
Continue ReadingThe move came as a surprise to the Socialists & Democrats group in the European Parliament, to which the PSD belongs. After spending years scolding the center-right European People’s Party for forging similar alliances with the far right, the developments in Romania put the EU’s premier center-left group in an awkward spot. Bolojan and his […]
Continue ReadingSecret Service officers shot a man during an exchange of gunfire Monday near the White House in an incident that wounded a child who happened to be in the area. The incident near the Washington Monument comes amid increased concerns about political violence about a week after a gunman attempted to breach the security perimeter at the […]
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