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How Trump is forcing Europe to get real on steel – POLITICO
Admitting that the details need to be ironed out, an EU diplomat said “that will still require some work here and there.” In any case, though, “there is a shared understanding that we are facing major challenges that require us to take…
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Where’s the gold? Germany’s conservatives sound the alarm over reserves in the US. – POLITICO
“Official representatives of the Bundesbank must personally count the bars and document their results,” Bild quoted him as saying.
In the past, the idea that gold stored in official vaults may not be safe has generally been the preserve…
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EU set to fine Apple and Meta amid escalating trade war – POLITICO
Spotify, one of the leading campaigners against the Apple rules under investigation, also met with DG TRADE officials earlier this month to discuss the digital law.
However, while the threats from Washington are a factor, they are not the…
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EU exploring weaker 2040 climate goal – POLITICO
But opposition to the 90 percent goal has been growing. Italy’s hard-right government is pushing for the target to be lowered to 80 percent or 85 percent.
Nor is it certain that Germany’s incoming government will back the original…
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Preventable cardiac deaths during marathons are down
While more people than ever are running marathons in the U.S., the risk of dying from a heart attack during a run has fallen dramatically in recent years. That’s a key conclusion from a new study by Jonathan Kim, associate professor in the Emory…
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Trump would only help a neighbor for profit – POLITICO
At its peak, the Lend-Lease programs assisted 38 countries with supplies and equipment to the tune of around $50 billion — the equivalent of nearly $700 billion today when accounting for inflation. Britain received the lion’s share, and…
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from Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ boss to ‘high-powered’ British fixer – POLITICO
‘Knows what his role is and isn’t’
Mythmaking comes far less naturally to Starmer, but he clearly sees some faint traces of similarities in their life stories. The PM places his own working-class origins in Oxted, Surrey, just 30…
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The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says – POLITICO
The German vote
More broadly, the coalition negotiators vowed to take on a more proactive role on the European stage by using the Weimar Triangle — a loose alliance of France, Germany and Poland — as a vehicle for shaping EU policy….
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Germany’s Greens forced to return to their activist roots – POLITICO
But given their new place in the opposition, the only way to maneuever politically may be back to the left — to the fundi side of things.
Sven-Christian Kindler, a former Greens lawmaker who did not run for reelection in the February…
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