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Trump either ‘a useful idiot’ or purposefully weakening Europe, says MEP Glucksmann
Fresh off his primary win, Raphaël Glucksmann showcased his pro-EU and pro-Kyiv stances at POLITICO’s Competitiveness Summit in Paris.
Lagarde’s book plug raises questions about ECB ethics standards
FRANKFURT — European Central Bank staff want to know whether President Christine Lagarde breached her own ethics standards by plugging her forthcoming book at an ECB press conference last month.
MI5 to step up on AI threats amid bioweapon risk
LONDON — Britain’s spies will have a leading role in Britain’s preparation for AI threats, the head of MI5 announced on Tuesday, after warning the technology could enable terrorists to access bioweapons.
France’s Philippe says Le Pen’s EU proposals would ‘crack open’ bloc
The center-right candidate said at a POLITICO event that his far-right rival was selling the French 'fantasy' plans on the economy.
“Il faut qu’on se réveille” : pour Edouard Philippe, le retard européen dans l’IA n’est pas une fatalité
PARIS — “Le monde de l’IA fait du capital américain avec de l’épargne et des données européennes, et ça m’agace, parce que c’est une question de souveraineté”, a lancé Edouard Philippe ce mardi, à l’occasion du sommet sur la compétitivité de POLITICO.
Ursula von der Leyen calls for tough migration measures in letter to leaders
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote to European leaders urging a series of measures to respond to illegal migration ahead of this week’s summit in Brussels.
Energie : face “au risque” lié au nucléaire, Edouard Philippe juge les renouvelables utiles
PARIS — Edouard Philippe a réaffirmé ce mardi au Sommet sur la compétitivité de POLITICO sa défense du nucléaire pour la production d’électricité. Une technologie qu’il faut “défendre” et “favoriser”, a-t-il insisté, tout en ajoutant que le “risque associé à [son] exploitation” est “réel”.
Le projet de Marine Le Pen risque de faire “péter l’Europe”, juge Edouard Philippe
PARIS — Pour Edouard Philippe, les propositions de Marine Le Pen sont de nature “à faire péter l’Europe”, a-t-il tancé mardi lors du sommet sur la compétitivité de POLITICO. Au cours de cet entretien, le candidat Horizons, actuellement loin derrière la candidate du Rassemblement national dans les sondages, a étrillé le programme de sa concurrente, dont les grands axes budgétaires (140 milliards d’économies en cinq ans) ont été présentés la semaine dernière. Sa première atta
Farage defends plan for ‘lethal force’ against Channel migrants
LONDON — Nigel Farage on Tuesday defended his party’s proposals to allow the Royal Marines to use “lethal force” against irregular migrants crossing the English Channel.
Baisser sa contribution à l’UE : “C’est légitime dans le cadre d’une négociation”, dit Stéphane Séjourné
PARIS — Pour Stéphane Séjourné, vice-président exécutif de la Commission européenne, les membres de l’Union européenne peuvent renégocier leur contribution au budget des 27, mais pas de manière unilatérale.
Northern Ireland secretary denies he ‘bent the knee’ to Sinn Féin
Chris Bryant tells MPs his decision to block a legal Protestant parade has kept the peace in Northern Ireland, where the dispute is splitting the cross-community government in two.
NATO’s top general lays out plan to fight Russia — with or without America
Gen. Alexus Grynkewich aims to send a clear signal to the Kremlin that the alliance will resist any attack.
Burnham: Iran’s IRGC ‘highly likely’ to be behind RAF Fairford terror plot
LONDON — A suspected terror plot around the RAF Fairford airbase is “highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran,” Andy Burnham said on Monday.
EU approves biggest Russia sanctions package since invasion began
The EU approved its biggest package of sanctions against Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, targeting the Kremlin’s ability to make missiles.
Use Russian assets to blunt voter backlash over funding Ukraine, Kyiv says
BRUSSELS — The EU should use frozen Russian assets to fund Kyiv’s defense, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, adding that doing so would counter claims from the far right and far left that Europe is footing the bill for the war.
Ukraine’s FM: Russia’s war budget makes the case for using frozen assets now
The aggressor has put a number on its intentions. Europe should turn Moscow’s reserves into Kyiv’s defense — collectively, lawfully and now.
Trump’s NATO envoy calls for moving military forces east as US reviews troops in Europe
WARSAW — NATO must modernize its military infrastructure to move forces and equipment from Western to Eastern Europe “where we would expect any future conflict,” U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Monday.
UK’s Burnham says rejecting closer EU ties a ‘dereliction of duty’
LONDON — Andy Burnham will argue Monday it would be a “dereliction of duty” for Britain not to seek closer ties with the EU.
‘This deal doesn’t help’: Europe slams Trump’s plan to buy Russian diesel
"Pressure, pressure, pressure on Russia" is the only way to end the war, Lithuania's foreign minister said.
Independent wins Kraków mayoral race in setback for PM Tusk
Independent Łukasz Gibała won Kraków’s mayoral runoff on Sunday, defeating a candidate backed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and handing Poland’s governing Civic Coalition a setback in the country’s second-largest city.
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