NEW DELHI — French President Emmanuel Macron said the country’s political extremes must “put their houses in order” after the killing of a far-right activist over the weekend. “There is no space in France for movements that adopt or legitimize violence,” Macron told reporters during a trip to India. The activist, 23-year-old Quentin Deranque, died after […]
Continue ReadingMinisters had already put the British Indian Ocean Territory (Sovereignty and Constitutional Arrangements) Bill on hold at the 11th-hour last month after the president called the deal — which Britain believed it had squared with Washington — an “act of GREAT STUPIDITY.” They feared a Conservative “wrecking” amendment could succeed amid intense lobbying to overturn […]
Continue ReadingLONDON — British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the BBC reported Thursday. The former prince has faced multiple allegations over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He has denied any wrongdoing. “As part of the investigation, we have today (19/2) arrested a man in his sixties […]
Continue ReadingMacron’s candor has at times angered various constituencies during his nine years as president. In 2017, he referred to “successful people and people who are nothing” while speaking to a crowd of entrepreneurs — comments that were widely read as class contempt. Macron later said he regretted those remarks. And in late 2024, Macron also […]
Continue ReadingLONDON — Britain appointed a female cabinet secretary to head up the civil service for the first time Thursday. Antonia Romeo, who currently leads the U.K. Home Office, will take over from Chris Wormald, who left government earlier this month after just over a year in post. Romeo is the first woman to be appointed […]
Continue ReadingThe goal is to put “politically difficult discussions on the table to be able to unlock files that have been locked so far,” said Cuerpo, who has long campaigned to make EU bodies better at delivering concrete policy decisions. “Building those bridges can then be a good first step towards an overall solution.” The club […]
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI—United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called upon the world to keep the development of artificial intelligence open to all. “The future of AI can not be decided by a couple of countries, or left to the whims of a few billionaires,” Guterres said Thursday at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. […]
Continue ReadingThe EU is taking a careful seat at Donald Trump’s first meeting of the Board of Peace — sending Mediterranean Commissioner Dubravka Šuica, but not signing up to the initiative. What does that say about Brussels’ strategy toward Washington? POLITICO has also obtained a letter from nine EU countries urging the European Commission to explore […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump setzt zum nächsten Bruch mit der Weltordnung an. Sein Friedensrat versteht sich als Gegenentwurf zu den Vereinten Nationen und kommt heute erstmals zusammen. Der Rat wird von Trump selbst geführt, Mitglieder sollen hohe Beiträge leisten. Gordon Repinski und Hans von der Burchard besprechen, wieso sich Deutschland und viele Länder der EU raushalten wollen […]
Continue ReadingNational unity Both Poroshenko and Zelenskyy stayed at the same hotel during the Munich Security Conference last week — but their paths didn’t cross. “I have only spoken with him three times the past seven years,” Poroshenko said. The last time was more than a year ago and “we discussed his so-called victory plan and […]
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