TAG: Cooperation
The cold fish deal: How EU spending talks went to Brazil and back ― just in time for Christmas
BRUSSELS / PARIS ― When the VIP vending machine broke down in the early hours of the morning near th...
8 months ago
John Kerry’s America First climate legacy
MAGA may really hate John Kerry, but under his leadership U.S. climate diplomacy has stuck to its Am...
8 months ago
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit trade agenda is faltering. Are the Gulf states his last hope?
LONDON — On the Red Sea coast at the northwest tip of Saudi Arabia, plans for an outlandish £400 billion ‘mega-city’ featuring an artificial moon and flying taxis are starting to take shape.While far from completion, the enigmatic project — known as NEOM...
6 months ago
Revealed — the next Brexit headache on the Irish border
LONDON — In 2019, Boris Johnson promised his Brexit deal would do away with checks on the Northern Irish border. Five years later, the region is about to be whacked with yet another trade headache.The latest tension comes from net zero rules, with the U.K...
6 months ago
Brussels fights Putin with an arsenal of acronyms: The EU’s defense plans, explained
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU politicians lined up to demand an urgent rethink of European security. In order to protect themselves in an uncertain world, EU countries must reinforce their own defenses and work together far m...
6 months ago
Fossil fuel giant Norway pitches itself as Europe’s ideal green partner
HANNOVER, Germany — In world politics, just as in life, some partners are more attractive than others. In its bid to diversify away from China in the race for green technologies and raw materials — all while guaranteeing a stable energy supply — the Europ...
5 months ago
Hungary teases veto over new EU Russian gas sanctions
BRUSSELS — The EU’s unprecedented effort to penalize Russia’s lucrative gas sector is already crashing into a familiar sanctions foe: Hungary. The country expressed significant reservations about the new proposal during initial conversations among ambassa...
4 months ago
EU announces deal with Andorra and San Marino – just don’t mention finance
European microstates Andorra and San Marino are to get expanded access to the EU's single market — but their important financial sectors are to be excluded for now.Once ratified, the "association agreement" will allow the two tiny nations a similar level...
4 months ago
Germany wants a Brexit mega deal
LONDON — Keir Starmer has said he wants a broad new security agreement with the EU. It could end up being very broad indeed.Berlin wants to turn the British prime minister’s proposed security pact into a veritable Brexit mega deal: encompassing everything...
2 months ago
‘Blood minerals’: EU accused of fueling conflict with Rwanda deal
Europe’s hunger for minerals for its electric cars and microchips is sparking accusations that it is inflaming conflict in eastern Congo, one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises that has killed 6 million people over recent decades.The outrage was pro...
2 months ago
Hungary quietly takes €1B loan from Chinese banks
Hungary borrowed €1 billion — the largest loan ever taken out by Budapest — from three Chinese banks this spring, data from the government's debt agency website revealed. The loan, provided by the China Development Bank, the Export-Import Bank of China an...
2 months ago
Italy’s Meloni vows to ‘relaunch’ relations with China
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to “relaunch” relations with China during her first visit to Beijing since taking office, announcing that she has signed a three-year plan to deepen cooperation.After meeting Chinese premier Li Qiang on Sunday,...
2 months ago
Macedonian ministry employee arrested for mass-producing fake €2 coins
A government official from North Macedonia was arrested for allegedly mass-producing millions of fake €2 coins, the European Union’s law enforcement agency announced Tuesday.A months-long investigation by Macedonian and Kosovar authorities, conducted with...
2 months ago
UK’s Starmer wants to ‘turn a corner on Brexit’
BERLIN — Keir Starmer wants Europe to know Britain is back. The new U.K. prime minister is pledging to “turn a corner on Brexit” while on a diplomatic mission to Berlin and Paris.The Labour leader sees meetings with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Frenc...
1 month ago