Von Paternoster zu Paternoster, vom Springer-Hochhaus ins Auswärtige Amt: Außenminister Johann Wadephul im Spaziergang-Interview mit Gordon Repinski. Kurz vor seiner Reise nach Israel hat er über rote Linien gegenüber der…
Category: 3. Europe
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Britain is about to start fighting over fracking again – POLITICO
“The way through [local opposition] is to have a couple of test wells for a couple [of] years,” Tice said, “using different extraction techniques, under independent supervision and monitoring, so that one can show to people it can be…
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Rachel Reeves’ bid to get Brits investing risks belly flopping
LONDON — Rachel Reeves needs Britain’s savers to feel richer. But she’s got a job on her hands convincing them to actually back U.K. companies.
In the next year, an advertising blitz launched by the U.K.’s top finance minister will hit…
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Giorgia Meloni’s government makes a bet on unproven nuclear technology – POLITICO
Monti said the government may ultimately revert to traditional power plant designs, even though these have incurred huge cost overruns in Europe in recent years. It may also be the case, he added, that the energy source will need to be…
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Trump administration scolds allies over Palestinian statehood
The Trump administration is chastising Western allies who are preparing to recognize Palestinian statehood in response to the heightening humanitarian crisis in the region, cranking up criticism after President Donald Trump initially brushed off…
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Meet Stéphanie Riso, the EU’s budget brain and ‘toughest cookie’ – POLITICO
A French Commission veteran with scars from the eurozone crisis, Brexit and the EU’s pandemic recovery, Riso has quietly become one of the bloc’s most influential — and polarizing — civil servants. At 49 she’s heading up the mother…
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The French far right’s financial Catch-22 – POLITICO
Bardella told French newswire Agence France-Presse after the July raid that “no French bank wanted to lend money to the National Rally to finance its election campaigns,” and that the party should therefore not be blamed for “financing…
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The aliens are coming! Donald Trump and locusts vs. Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau – POLITICO
You may have read reports about an interstellar object hurtling through your solar system. Well, that’s where I work with my fellow alien explorers, on board 3I/ATLAS. I know, I know, it’s a rubbish name. We wanted to call it Spacey…
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Expert Summer Book Picks – POLITICO
This week, we’re taking a breath. EU Confidential is stepping away from summits, trade battles, and late-night trilogues — and turning to something more refreshing: books.
Host Sarah Wheaton is joined by audio producer…
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Trump issues order imposing new global tariff rates effective Aug. 7
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday evening to impose tariffs of between 15 and 41 percent on goods shipped to the U.S. from more than 67 countries, ratcheting up tariff levels to the highest amount in more than a…
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