“The militarization of the islands that have a demilitarized status constitutes a threat for us … We invite our neighbor and ally to implement its obligations that derive from international treaties in a more mature manner, in the spirit of the alliance,” Fidan said. “Greece must not add another provocation to the numerous security challenges […]
Continue ReadingNandy said the companies disclosed inconsistent approaches to removing names and addresses of people shared online — and accused Elon Musk’s X of “contempt” for failing to send a representative to the meeting. X did not immediately respond to a request for comment. More broadly, Nandy said the U.K. government would be “moving at pace […]
Continue ReadingWhile in previous years, the Commission president’s annual address has been about a list of ideas and policies the EU should implement, this time a combination of more fragile national governments and the myriad challenges facing the world meant von der Leyen sounded more like she was delivering a direct appeal to Europeans about what […]
Continue ReadingThe nine-year-old CETA accord has, however, yet to be ratified by national and regional parliaments in 10 EU member states. Von der Leyen’s initiative comes as Brussels and Ottawa seek to forge closer ties while both grapple with a costly trade war with the United States. Von der Leyen nonetheless insisted that the new partnership […]
Continue ReadingCommission President Ursula von der Leyen is giving her State of the European Union address this morning … her biggest set-piece speech of the year. Host Zoya Sheftalovich is at the European Parliament in Strasbourg with her ears to the ground, trying to figure out which hot-button issues we can expect to hear about. Two […]
Continue ReadingIn France and Spain, far more people said they didn’t consider her performance either good or bad; rather, they either had no opinion one way or the other or had never even heard of her. More than one in five French respondents said they didn’t know who von der Leyen was, compared with 10% in […]
Continue ReadingIt’s a clash that two senior figures in Reform, both granted anonymity to discuss plans in the making, signaled to POLITICO they are well up for having. Farage has been dogged for months by allegations of undeclared donations, and more recently lost two top aides who were caught in an undercover cash sting. A skirmish […]
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the AI industry doesn’t need any new laws Tuesday during San Francisco’s annual Dreamforce megaconference hosted by Salesforce billionaire Marc Benioff, doubling down on arguments that have also been voiced by President Donald Trump. “We don’t need any new laws. We don’t need new regulations,” Huang, one […]
Continue ReadingMerz had planned to fly to New York on Sept. 22 — two days after the elections — where he was to be awarded the Henry Kissinger Prize by the American Academy in Berlin and was scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly. Next week is the U.N.’s so-called high-level week, during which numerous heads […]
Continue ReadingForeign ministers are huddling with Paris on the issue Tuesday and Wednesday, said two EU diplomats, who expressed skepticism about the move at a time when Moscow is stepping up strikes on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and threatening neighboring countries. “Talks are ongoing to find a solution. Russia has given us no reason to allow any […]
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