Category: Politico News

In advance of Merz’s trip, a growing number of German business leaders called on the chancellor to take a harder line on Chinese industrial policies that lead to price advantages for its companies — including subsidies, deliberate dumping and an undervalued currency. Merz seemed to respond to that pressure, calling on China to level the playing […]

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro can’t pay for his legal defense in the federal criminal case against him because the Trump administration won’t allow the Venezuelan government to sidestep sanctions and fund his representation, according to a court filing from Maduro’s lawyer. The lawyer, Barry Pollack, said he may ask the court to intervene, arguing that if […]

But the speech of France’s Permanent Representative Céline Jurgensen at a meeting of the UNHRC on Wednesday contained no such call for Albanese’s resignation. Jurgensen only referred to “repeated and extremely problematic statements by a United Nations Special Rapporteur,” and called on special rapporteurs to “exercise the restraint, moderation, and discretion required by their mandate.” […]

“2027 est très importante pour nous et, je l’espère, réaliste, afin que [le président russe Vladimir] Poutine ne puisse pas bloquer notre adhésion pendant des décennies”, a poursuivi Volodymyr Zelensky, précisant vouloir éviter le même sort que sa demande d’adhésion à l’Otan, qui n’est plus d’actualité en raison de l’opposition de Washington. Le raisonnement est […]

“We were really disturbed by the reports that there might have been an opportunity to escalate this to law enforcement further, and we want to make sure if any company has that opportunity, they would escalate,” he added. OpenAI’s head of policy, Chan Park, and six others from the company, met with members of Prime […]

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos will attend meetings at the White House Thursday, underscoring the political dynamics involved in the company’s proposal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, according to two people familiar with the discussions, granted anonymity to speak candidly. Top of the agenda: Netflix’s bid for the media giant and President Donald Trump’s demand that […]

Together with pro-Russian Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who on Monday cut off emergency power supplies to Ukraine, Orbán has accused Kyiv of slow-walking repairs to the Druzhba pipeline that supplies Russian oil to Hungary. Ukrainian authorities have said the pipeline was damaged in a Russian airstrike in late January and is still undergoing repairs. Earlier […]

Yet there was notable dissent from lawmakers on the right and far-right as the debate split along political lines. Polish right-wing lawmaker Piotr Müller told the hearing that Breton’s actions during his time in office were reminiscent of Soviet-style censorship. Lawmakers on the left meanwhile suggested the EU Commission should suspend access for American government […]

ATHENS— Greece’s former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has been indicted and will stand trial for allegedly promoting the use of drugs, his left-wing MeRA25 party said in a statement Wednesday. The former politician, who served in the left-wing Syriza government during the country’s financial crisis in 2015 and remains a darling of the European left, […]

Labour aides said the pair came to a mutual agreement for him to step down following the spring statement. It’s a move that may cheer left-wing Labour MPs who were glad to see McSweeney leave this month in the wake of the Peter Mandelson crisis, but leaves the party with another senior vacancy. “We have […]