Morawiecki to be elected ECR party president

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BRUSSELS ― Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is expected to be elected president of the European Conservatives and Reformists party on Tuesday afternoon during a leadership meeting, according to two...

Commission’s delayed competitiveness proposal is now due next week

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The European Union's key competitiveness initiative will be announced next week, four EU officials told POLITICO of the strategy delayed after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hospitalized with pneumonia. The...

Keep calm, Austria’s acting leader tells EU as far right looms

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BRUSSELS ― Austrian interim Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg admitted to EU chiefs his country faces “trying times” ― but vowed to protect European values if its first far-right leader since World War...

‘It’s a mess’: Macron’s inner circle in turmoil after top adviser says he’s resigning

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PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s top diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne plunged the president’s inner circle into uncertainty last week when he announced he was throwing in the towel. Bonne, a linchpin...

Pay for weapons to keep your freedom, warn Europe’s Big 5 defense spenders

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WARSAW — The future of Europe’s democracies hinges on boosting military spending, top defense officials from Germany, the U.K., France, Poland and Italy said after meeting in Poland on Monday. “2025 will...

Poland and EU hawks push for Russian LNG ban

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Poland and nine other EU countries are pushing to deprive Russia of billions of euros that it uses to fund its war in Ukraine by tightening restrictions on Moscow’s fossil fuel...

Rethink welfare to finance military splurge, NATO boss tells European Parliament

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The EU needs to rethink its spending priorities to boost defense budgets, NATO's new Secretary-General Mark Rutte told the European Parliament on Monday. "On average, European countries easily spend up to a...

How Saudi Arabia became the world’s plastic cheerleader

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Saudi Arabia: 1. The European Union and its allies: 0. As the dust settles on last month’s failed United Nations negotiations to end plastic pollution, high-ambition countries in Europe and elsewhere are racking their...

Nomination Hearings to Kick Off With Hegseth: Here’s What to Watch

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The U.S. Senate is set to begin hearings on Jan. 14 to consider the first of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Much of the attention during the hearings is likely to focus...

Major Banks, Lenders Provide Disaster Relief for Los Angeles Wildfire Victims

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Major U.S. banks, alongside mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are providing disaster relief and flexible mortgage repayment options to those impacted by the wildfires in Southern California that have...