No retaliation against Donald Trump, but the application of the “Buy American” strategy. This is the vision of Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), expressed during her speech to the Economy Committee of the European Parliament. The idea is to put on the table a greater purchase of certain goods produced by the United States, such as ...
After over 200 years, the Parthenon in Athens could return to display its precious sculptures, sculptures that have been in the British Museum in London for two centuries. The dispute between Greece and the United Kingdom over their ownership may soon come to a conclusion. For decades there has been discussion about who holds sovereignty over the collection of friezes ...
The social platform TikTok has removed 66 thousand accounts and 10 million fake followers since September. This was stated by Brie Pegum, global head of the social network, in a hearing in a European Parliament committee. The accusations After the first round of the presidential elections, the far-right and pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu, who obtained a relative majority by going ...
In the Risk of positions of power in the European Commission, Giorgia Meloni’s Italy was left empty-handed. Our country obtained the vice-presidency with Raffaele Fitto, but our country was left with crumbs in the other key roles at Palazzo Berlaymont. When a new executive takes office, the teams of officials who will help the commissioners in their work, their cabinets, ...
Tension is very high in Georgia, where for days there have been heated demonstrations and clashes between police and citizens protesting against the decision of the government led by the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party to suspend accession negotiations “until the end of 2028”. to the European Union. The center of Tbilisi looks like a war zone with bins and other ...
In the end, the European People’s Party’s coup on the deforestation law only served to create friction between the political groups during the period of the commissioners’ hearings, but from a legislative point of view it proved to be a stalemate. The European Parliament and the EU Council have reached an agreement in trilogue (the forum in which negotiations between ...
A new crackdown on the study by the European Commission could put Asian e-commerce giants such as Temu and Shein in difficulty who, with their products, flood the European market, largely evading customs controls. To curb the increase in online sales, Brussels is considering preparing a tax to slow the wave of goods sold on sites that evade customs duties ...
The guillotine of the National Assembly could soon fall on Michel Barnier. France would find itself without a prime minister, as well as a budget law for 2025, with French President Emmanuel Macron unable to call elections before July next year. If it’s not chaos, we’re close. What should condemn the man selected just three months ago to lead the ...
The outgoing European Commissioner for Justice, Belgian Didier Reynders, has been questioned by police and his house has been searched as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering. The investigation, placed under the authority of the Brussels Prosecutor, was opened in 2023 by the Brussels Prosecutor’s Office, but was kept confidential until Reynders finished his role in the first ...
No fraud committed during the first round of the presidential elections in Romania. The Romanian Constitutional Court confirmed this after recounting the ballots. The recount was decided due to accusations launched by Christian Terhes, a candidate who withdrew early from the elections, who claimed that his votes had been illicitly transferred to the pro-Russian Calin Georgescu, who then came to ...