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“If we don’t have the budget adjustment we put in the budget, we will hit the wall,” Lescure said. But France’s fragmented parliament failed to pass budgets before the new year in both 2024 and 2025, and the spring 2027 presidential election may further complicate efforts to seek compromise this time around. That could force […]

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When 80% of data center power eventually comes from renewables, Leonard said, that’s a lot of renewable energy going towards fueling AI. Ireland’s Climate Change Advisory Council has warned that data centers are “cannibalising any increase in Irish renewable capacity.” “What happens in terms of the existing industries and sectors that need to decarbonize?” Leonard […]

America is heading to the polls for the midterm elections — and Europe is watching closely. With the outcome set to have consequences far beyond Washington, from trade to defense, we’re bringing you a special episode of The Conversation, hosted by POLITICO’s Dasha Burns. Dasha sits down with two political strategists working behind the scenes […]

It suggested an investment conference in alternate years modeled on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which could keep the Commonwealth branding but with no organizational role for the Secretariat, said Judah. Judah suggested this would improve attendance at CHOGM, which is often patchy; India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not plan to attend next week’s […]

Meat remains firmly at the center of the culture wars, especially in the U.S. Trump this week poked fun at James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, saying he was absent from the campaign trail after being “food poisoned by meat ’cause he can’t stand it.” Talarico has, in Republican eyes, committed the […]

The growing pile of amendments is haunting lobbyists, parliamentary assistants and officials forced to track and sort through it all — along with the fear that AI could eventually replace them. Spare a thought, too, for the MEPs who may have to vote through the amendments one by one, with hands raised in plenary.  Commission […]

Diplomatic balance Montreal’s historic Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth hotel was a hub of summit activity on Thursday, beginning with a morning spectacle of von der Leyen heading out of the hotel in runners, taking staff out for a walking meeting. EU commissioners and Canadian Cabinet ministers sailed in and out of the hotel’s perfumed lobby, […]

Because demand for coffins is relatively predictable and closely linked to mortality, he argues, significant discrepancies could indicate that some imports are not being properly recorded. The coalition is concerned that such shipments could escape accurate recording in import statistics, obscuring the true extent of Chinese competition. This has led to a hypothesis that manufacturers […]