Europe’s economic apocalypse is now – POLITICO
Dec 19, 2024 · If Trump follows through on his threat to impose tariffs of up to 20 percent on imports from the continent, European industry would suffer a body blow. With more than €500 billion in annual exports to the U.S. from the EU, America is by far the most important destination for European goods.. For whatever reason, Europe appears to have done little to prepare for …
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World War III has officially begun, Ukraine’s ex-top general says
Nov 21, 2024 · Ukraine's former military Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny said that the direct involvement of Russia's autocratic allies in its war on Ukraine means that World War III has started.
Trump’s in. Here’s what it means for Europe. – POLITICO
Nov 6, 2024 · Trade “America First” will again sum up Trump’s approach to trade policy. He’s vowed to bring back jobs to the U.S. and punish friends and foes with across-the-board tariffs of 10 or 20 percent (and up to 60 percent on goods coming from China), despite economists’ warnings of a detrimental impact on U.S. economic growth and higher costs for consumers.
Europe is under attack from Russia. Why isn’t it fighting back?
Nov 25, 2024 · “We have been observing aggressive actions by the Russian intelligence services for some time now,” said Thomas Haldenwang, who recently stepped down as president of Germany’s federal domestic intelligence agency.
POLITICO 28 — Class of 2025
THE TIME TRAVELLER 1. Friedrich Merz. Friedrich Merz wishes he owned a time machine. The head of Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union doesn’t much care for what his longtime rival, Angela Merkel, did during her time as chancellor.Merz believes his predecessor as party leader committed major blunders when she phased out the country’s nuclear power …
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Higher defense spending will not be financed by cutting the welfare state but by combining national and EU money, Dovilė Šakalienė told POLITICO.
Romanian election: What the hell is going on? – POLITICO
Dec 7, 2024 · What’s happening? This Sunday, Romanians were due to vote in the second-round runoff election for their next president. They had two candidates to pick from: center-right small-town mayor Elena Lasconi; or Călin Georgescu, a far-right independent who was catapulted from obscurity into the lead in the first round of voting on Nov. 24.. On Friday, Romania’s …
Mapped: Europe’s rapidly rising right – POLITICO
May 24, 2024 · Meanwhile, hard-right parties are dominating the polls across much of Europe. In France, far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is cruising at over 30 percent, far ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party, according to POLITICO’s Poll of Polls.Across the Rhine, Alternative for Germany, a party under police surveillance for its extremist views, is …
Brits would vote to rejoin EU in new referendum, poll finds
Aug 13, 2024 · Keir Starmer has stressed that Labour will not seek to rejoin the EU itself or its single market or customs union under his premiership. The 61-year-old PM has said rejoining will not happen within his lifetime.. YouGov found that a majority of voters (51 percent) believe Labour’s landslide election victory does not give Starmer a mandate to rejoin the EU — …