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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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Prepare for tough love on migration as Denmark takes over EU presidency
Prepare for tough love on migration as Denmark takes over EU presidency Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen pioneered hard-line migration policies despite being on the left. Now she’s bringing...
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Europe managed to keep Trump in NATO. Now what?
THE HAGUE — It turns out that pledging to spend 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense to appease Donald Trump may have been the easy part for NATO allies. Now European leaders face a tougher...
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L’Europe a réussi à maintenir Trump dans l’Otan, et maintenant ?
LA HAYE — S’engager à dépenser 5% de son produit intérieur brut pour la défense pour apaiser Donald Trump a peut-être été la partie la plus facile pour les alliés de l’Otan. Désormais, les dirigeants...
View ArticleDenmark pushes to suspend Hungary’s EU voting rights
AARHUS, Denmark — Denmark wants Europe to deploy its full legal arsenal against Hungary over violations of the bloc’s fundamental rights, including by pursuing the Article 7 so-called nuclear option...
View ArticleEU wants trade deal ‘in principle’ by Trump’s deadline, von der Leyen says
AARHUS, Denmark — The European Union wants to strike a trade deal in principle with the United States in time for next week’s deadline that would be along the lines of the agreement London struck with...
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US arms stoppage to Ukraine ‘serious setback’ for EU and NATO, Danish PM says
AARHUS, Denmark — A U.S. decision to stop delivering some key munitions to Ukraine is damaging for NATO and the European Union, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Thursday. “If the U.S....
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Moldova pushes for EU entry assurances as Hungary blocks Ukraine
Moldova hopes to use a major EU summit to cement its path to joining the bloc, even as a growing row over Ukraine’s membership threatens to slow its progress. The push comes as European Commission...
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Bjoern Seibert, the power behind Queen Ursula’s throne
Bjoern Seibert, the power behind Queen Ursula’s throne Von der Leyen’s chief of staff is the man to call to get things done in Brussels. But for a growing number of critics, he has too much control....
View Article13 things we learned from von der Leyen’s EU no-confidence debate
Ursula von der Leyen came out on the attack when she appeared before MEPs on Monday. Their debate on the European Commission president’s leadership threw up tons of fascinating insights into the...
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Bjoern Seibert, le puissant bras droit de la reine Ursula
Bjoern Seibert, le puissant bras droit de la reine Ursula Le chef de cabinet de la présidente de la Commission européenne est l’homme à appeler pour faire avancer les choses à Bruxelles. Mais il a...
View ArticleVon der Leyen: Growing anger, a no-confidence vote ― and trouble ahead
BRUSSELS ― Thursday’s vote of no confidence in Ursula von der Leyen crystallizes growing political opposition to a European Commission president who has drifted to the right and is increasingly at...
View ArticleVon der Leyen wins vote of no-confidence but warned this is her ‘absolute...
STRASBOURG, France — Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday survived a no-confidence vote in her leadership of the European Commission. A majority of members of the European Parliament, who voted on a...
View ArticleBigger threats, messier politics: How things now change for von der Leyen
BRUSSELS ― Welcome to the real start of Ursula von der Leyen’s second term as European Commission president. On Thursday, the German politician easily defeated a vote of no-confidence brought by...
View ArticleEU top diplomat urges better Gaza aid deliveries as countries scrutinize...
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Tuesday that Israel needs to take more steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, as some European countries press for ways to verify the terms of an...
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