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in EuropeOptimistic EU local weather chief: We will speak to Trump
Europe nonetheless needs to speak to Donald Trump about world warming, which the incoming U.S. president has known as a “hoax.” “We have an extended custom of working efficiently with each Democrats and Republicans, and we’ll follow that custom,” European Union Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra stated in an interview with journalists from a number of […] More
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in EuropeChina received’t just like the sound of commissioner hearings. Here’s why.
Challenging Belt and Road China exhibits no signal of slowing down on selling its Belt and Road Initiative, now in its tenth yr. The program — aimed toward higher interconnecting world markets via bold infrastructure initiatives — can also be a device to develop Beijing’s diplomatic affect and world standing, particularly in creating nations. In […] More
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in EuropeThe winners and losers of the brand new European Commission
The resolution to present the center-right Austrian People’s Party’s Magnus Brunner the interior affairs and migration portfolio may very well be learn as Brussels’ tacit recognition of the size of the migration problem Europe has confronted, particularly within the wake of the so-called migration disaster. Ireland There had been indicators Dublin is perhaps lumped with […] More
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in EuropeEPP plots to restrict Socialist Ribera’s financial powers
A senior EPP lawmaker famous how a lot success the Greens and The Left teams had in eliciting concessions from Hoekstra throughout his affirmation hearings final 12 months. “They made him commit [to] the neutrality targets by threatening to vote him down,” the lawmaker mentioned. “That is what you will note in hearings, from us, […] More
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in EuropePortugal nominates ex-Finance Minister Albuquerque for European Commission
During her spell as finance minister on the top of the eurozone disaster, she dealt with the nation’s banking turmoil and steered by means of reforms that had been inspired by the nation’s collectors. Albuquerque is considered one of solely six ladies to have been put ahead as commissioners, difficult President von der Leyen’s push […] More
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in EuropeVon der Leyen’s new Commission: The 24 names we all know thus far
The deadline for placing ahead names for the following European Commission is the top of August. With that date approaching quick, and now that Ursula von der Leyen is again from her summer time vacation in Germany, listed below are the nominees thus far (do not forget that all of them, aside from von der […] More
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