Do you have enough supplies stored to get you through the first 72 hours of a nationwide emergency? Food, water, cash, medicine, ID documents, a flashlight and a radio that can receive longwave frequencies are just some of the items that should…
Category: 3. Europe
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Sinn Féin demands resignation of Ireland’s parliament speaker – POLITICO
But Martin did — and vowed not to let Sinn Féin get its way.
“You’ve created a new precedent,” he told McDonald. “We’re now in a new position where, if you successfully barrack and intimidate people enough, you will get your…
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Labour’s welfare reform headache is now a migraine – POLITICO
An extra 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, will be living in “relative poverty” by 2030 as a result of the plans, the Department for Work and Pensions’ own impact assessment said — although it stressed the figures don’t take…
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7 takeaways from the UK spring statement – POLITICO
This is partly because the OBR has measured Labour’s flagship piece of deregulation — planning reform. The watchdog believes this will add 170,000 homes on its own and lift GDP 0.2 percent (£6.8 billion) in 2029/30. Reeves called it the…
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les sénateurs convoquent Alexis Kohler et le PDG de Nestlé – POLITICO
Muriel Lienau, PDG de Nestlé Waters et responsable du plan de transformation des sites de production de l’entreprise dans le Gard (où est produit Perrier) et les Vosges (Vittel, Contrex, Hépar), a appelé de son côté le secrétaire…
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Trump trade war would deal ‘major blow’ to UK growth – POLITICO
Trump plans to unveil fresh reciprocal tariffs against U.S. trade partners next week. While the U.K. is currently working on a trade agreement to swerve those tariffs, Trump’s global trade measures will still impact Britain’s economy even…
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Russia and US discuss restarting Nord Stream pipeline, Kremlin says – POLITICO
Before its all-out invasion of Ukraine, Moscow provided 40 percent of the EU’s gas imports — allowing it to wield vast influence over the bloc’s energy supplies. Though the EU has since slashed that dependence by around two-thirds, the issue…
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Attack Poland and our response will be ‘devastating’ – POLITICO
“Let’s not forget that Russia is and remains the most significant and dark threat to our alliance. Let’s not forget that Russia is moving to a wartime economy,” Rutte said.
Tusk underlined the importance of NATO to his country’s security….
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Denmark breathes sigh of relief (for now) as Trump team scales back Greenland trip – POLITICO
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen called the change “a positive development” and a sign that the Americans “have understood the resistance to the U.S. overtures in Greenland.”
“I’m relieved,” Greenlandic MP Aqqalu…
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Victoria’s Secret and Tesla face French boycott as anti-Trump feeling surges – POLITICO
Sixty-two percent of the French say they broadly support the idea of a boycott.
As transatlantic relations keep deteriorating following U.S. President Donald Trump’s ascension to office, the French appetite for economic patriotism is only…
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