President Donald Trump confirmed that he engaged in a fiery Monday phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he urged Israel to halt its strikes on Lebanon as uncertain peace talks between the U.S. and Iran plod on. “I don’t want to say angry,” he told the New York Post’s “Pod Force One” in […]
Continue ReadingEine aktuelle Analyse des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte kommt zu dem Schluss, dass die AfD eine Gefahr für Menschen mit Behinderung darstellt. Pauline von Petzold und Frederik Schindler arbeiten die Studie durch und beleuchten grenzüberschreitende Aussagen von Björn Höcke und Maximilian Krah. Zudem sprechen sie mit dem behindertenpolitischen Sprecher der Fraktion, Jan Feser, über Vorwürfe […]
Continue ReadingAnother MEP with knowledge of the matter, granted anonymity to speak about confidential proceedings, said: “There seems to be a clear understanding between the EPP, S&D and Renew when it comes to MEPs who are politically exposed across different groups. In several cases, the evidence appears rather weak, yet the same standard is not always […]
Continue ReadingThe Baltic country’s constitution prohibits weapons of mass destruction within its borders, but President Gitanas Nausėda has floated amending the fundamental law, citing current security risks. The Financial Times reported this week that U.S. officials were in talks to deploy nuclear warheads and bombers to countries on NATO’s eastern flank. American nukes are currently stored […]
Continue ReadingBrussels itself says EU countries spend €264 billion a year on American tech, with three U.S. giants — Microsoft, Google and Amazon — dominating the cloud services market that underlies everything from email communication, the storage and processing of public and private data and many of the tools powering government services. Some EU governments have […]
Continue ReadingThe plan, part of the Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in the Energy Sector, was released Wednesday as part of the EU tech sovereignty package. Data centers already account for 2.5 percent of EU energy use, the Commission said in the roadmap, and demand is expected to more than double over the next four […]
Continue ReadingIn a notable swap, current Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard and Minister of Finance Nicolai Wammen will switch roles. While both politicians were previously seen as Frederiksen’s potential successors, Danish political experts viewed the move as a sign the prime minister prefers Hummelgaard to someday lead the Social Democrats. Should the prime minister step down […]
Continue ReadingLONDON — The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority will force Google to give publishers greater control over how their content is used in AI-generated search results, it announced on Wednesday. Under the U.K.’s digital market regime, the CMA can impose “conduct requirements” on activities designated with “strategic market status.” Google search was designated with SMS […]
Continue ReadingToday the Commission will publish its European Semester Spring Package, a checkup on EU countries’ economies. But the news isn’t too good. The report warns that over a million jobs across Europe could be lost in the coming years as a result of high energy costs, competition from abroad and the green transition. On the […]
Continue ReadingDysfunktional und doch aus Sicht vieler unverzichtbar: Der UN-Sicherheitsrat ist angesichts ständiger Blockaden durch Russland und China immer weniger ein Gremium, das die Welt sicherer macht. Trotz dieser Krise kämpft Deutschland heute darum, erneut für zwei Jahre einen der begehrten, nichtständigen Sitze im Rat zu erhalten. Hans von der Burchard ist in New York, und […]
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