A federal judge on Saturday issued a sweeping block on most Trump administration officials — including Elon Musk and his allies — from accessing sensitive Treasury records for at least a week while legal proceedings play out in New York. Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer issued the middle-of-the-night order after an emergency request by 19 Democratic […]
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Looking at Trump, Europe’s far right vows to ‘reconquer’ the continent
MADRID — Europe’s far-right leaders huddled in Madrid on Saturday as a show of force following Donald Trump’s reelection. Boasting about a new era of conservative governments in Europe under the motto “Make Europe Great Again,” the Patriots for Europe party, the third-largest EU political family, held its first rally since its inception after last […]
Read MoreEurope : le cordon sanitaire avec l’extrême droite bientôt remis en cause pour s’en prendre au Pacte vert ?
Le destin de la mission historique de l’Europe en matière de climat et celui de son cordon sanitaire contre l’extrême droite sont désormais liés. Les tentatives de l’Europe pour relancer son industrie en déclin ont donné naissance à un attelage hétéroclite mais résolu d’intérêts économiques, de leaders politiques centristes et de responsables d’extrême droite, qui […]
Read MoreDanish MEP slams ‘absurd’ proposal to rename Greenland ‘Red, White and Blueland’
A Danish MEP denounced a proposal by an American lawmaker to rename Greenland “Red, White and Blueland” as “absurd” and damaging to diplomatic relations. Earl “Buddy” Carter, a Republican member of Congress loyal to Donald Trump, introduced a bill to allow the U.S. to acquire Greenland, a self-ruling Danish territory and change its name to […]
Read MoreOn the slow road to peace in Ukraine
Wolfgang Ischinger is a former German ambassador to the U.S. and the U.K. He is president of the Munich Security Conference Foundation, and chaired the Munich Security Conference from 2008 to 2022. He teaches at the Hertie School Berlin and the University of Tübingen. A sigh of relief was heard in Davos recently, when U.S. […]
Read MoreThe big fat Greek plot to defraud the EU
The big fat Greek plot to defraud the EU “Farmers” raked in millions of euros for land they didn’t own or work. By Nektaria Stamouliin Athens Illustration by Justin Metz for POLITICO The scheme to defraud the European Union had all the markings of an inside job. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is pursuing […]
Read MoreHow to watch the German election like a pro
BERLIN — The EU’s most populous country is heading to the polls on Feb. 23 to elect a new parliament. The vote will almost certainly trigger a change in national leadership, with Friedrich Merz’s conservatives in pole position to lead the next government. The chief significance of the election is that it will determine how […]
Read MoreEurope targets homegrown nuclear deterrent as Trump sides with Putin
Europe’s politicians are openly discussing how they could tackle the threat of nuclear attack without American help, in a dramatic sign of the deep crisis engulfing the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump. In what would be a huge shift in position, the runaway favorite to be Germany’s next leader said the continent must find new […]
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Germany moves to rewrite debt rules to unleash defense spending
BERLIN — Europe’s most powerful economy is poised to take a major step to bolster its defense capabilities, with Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announcing a plan to partly exempt defense spending from the country’s constitutional fiscal restraints. “In view of the threats to our freedom and peace on our continent,” Merz said Tuesday evening in […]
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He wasn’t bluffing: Trump’s trade war sparks broad backlash
It’s dawning on the world — and some Republicans on Capitol Hill — that sometimes President Donald Trump should be taken literally after all. Trump levied sweeping tariffs on key trading partners Mexico, Canada and China early Tuesday morning, sparking retaliation from Beijing and Ottawa, sending the stock market into a tailspin, and alarming government […]
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