EU and UK ink post-Brexit deal on security, fish and energy
LONDON — Britain and the European Union agreed a new defense and security pact Monday, as part of a wide-ranging “reset” of relations between London and Brussels after years of Brexit bad blood. In a...
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LONDRES — La Grande-Bretagne et l’Union européenne ont conclu lundi un nouveau pacte de défense et de sécurité, dans le cadre d’un vaste “reset” (“réinitialisation” en français) des relations entre...
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Europe’s diplomatic arm to slash foreign offices
BRUSSELS — The EU’s diplomatic branch is poised to downsize some 10 foreign delegations and cut an estimated 100 local staffers amid budget cuts and a broader reshuffle, according to a document seen...
View ArticleEU to launch Israel trade review as Gaza crisis worsens
The EU will review its political and economic agreement between Israel and the European Union over the “catastrophic” situation in Gaza, Kaja Kallas said Tuesday. Israel has for weeks blocked aid from...
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Europe needs to go much further in slashing red tape, French minister urges
The EU needs to radically ramp up efforts to slash red tape and unify its single market if it wants to compete with China and the United States, France’s Europe minister told POLITICO. Benjamin Haddad...
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L’Europe doit aller beaucoup plus loin dans la simplification selon Benjamin...
L’UE doit radicalement intensifier ses efforts pour réduire la bureaucratie et unifier son marché unique si elle veut rivaliser avec la Chine et les Etats-Unis, a déclaré à POLITICO Benjamin Haddad,...
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Paris and Berlin join EU calls for crackdown on Hungary over pride ban
The majority of EU countries — including France and Germany — want the European Commission to crack down on Hungary over Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s plan to ban upcoming Pride celebrations in...
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Michel Barnier slams ‘authoritarian drift’ in Brussels under Ursula von der...
PARIS — The European Union’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is accusing his former boss Ursula von der Leyen of overseeing an “authoritarian drift” during her tenure leading the...
View ArticleIndia ready to strike ‘deep into Pakistan’ if provoked, New Delhi warns amid...
Nearly three weeks after the end of a brief but brutal India-Pakistan war, New Delhi on Monday warned that the root causes of the conflict remain unchanged — and that India stands ready to strike...
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Sweden leads EU push to sanction far-right Israeli ministers
The European Union should follow in the footsteps of the United Kingdom and other Western allies by issuing sanctions against far-right members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet,...
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