TAG: Diplomacy
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
Yemen: West ignored our warnings about Houthis to court Iran for nuclear deal
BRUSSELS — The U.S. and EU were so determined to court Iran for a nuclear deal over recent years tha...
8 months ago
Scholz and Macron to hold secret dinner in Paris ahead of Xi’s visit
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday night in Paris for a dinner to discuss European Union and China policy.The clandestine meeting of two heavyweight EU leaders, which comes just days ahead of a vi...
5 months ago
When the water runs dry: Why France is freaking out over a tiny Swiss dam
GENEVA — At the western edge of Lake Geneva, where the mighty Rhône river squeezes through a narrow dam, a blunder of French diplomacy is carved into stone for all to see. The inscription, mounted on the walls of an old industrial building, commemorates t...
4 months ago
It’s Christmas in July (for Commissioners)! Von der Leyen hands out policy gifts ahead of key vote.
In her bid to win support for a second term, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday handed out a wide range of policy gifts to the political groups in the European Parliament — while presenting herself as a beacon of stability amid...
2 months ago
Czech crisis manager set to become EU’s top global dealmaker
BRUSSELS — If there’s one experience both Ursula von der Leyen and Jozef Síkela have in common, it’s being thrown in the deep end.In her first three years as European Commission president starting in 2019, von der Leyen steered the EU through a pandemic a...
3 weeks ago
‘Real risk’ that climate aid talks will fail, key COP29 negotiator warns
LUXEMBOURG — Global talks on how to fund climate action are so tricky that countries may not reach a deal at next month’s United Nations summit, a key negotiator said on Monday.Irish Environment Minister Eamon Ryan, who last week was appointed to co-lead...
1 day ago