TAG: Human rights
UN expert ‘alarmed’ by UK politicians’ attacks on green protesters
LONDON — British politicians are putting environmentalists at risk of “threats, abuse and even physi...
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
UK considers probe of Chinese EV subsidies
LONDON — Britain is considering whether to investigate Chinese state subsidies for electric vehicle (EV) makers, two people familiar with the nascent plans told POLITICO.A U.K. investigation would follow the launch of a similar probe by the EU last Octobe...
6 months ago
The EU’s controversial business supply chain oversight rules live on — at a cost
A landmark piece of Brussels’ ambition to put a greener and more human face on international business cleared a major hurdle on Friday — but not without taking major hits along the road. Overcoming weeks of pushback from national capitals, European Union...
6 months ago
EU steps up bid to curb China’s green tech market lead
BRUSSELS — On paper, the EU sees China as a partner in the fight against climate change.But the trade reality tells a different story. As Beijing responds to weak domestic demand with heavy state subsidies, it’s a perfect recipe for overcapacity — from el...
6 months ago
Britain’s begging tech giants to list in London. Good luck with that.
LONDON ― The U.K. wants to save its once-mighty stock exchange from irrelevance. But it's fast running out of levers to pull.Once a symbol of Britain's global might, the London Stock Exchange’s waning strength is now a worrying emblem of decline for the C...
4 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
Labour’s top policy priorities
LONDON — Keir Starmer has arrived in Downing Street with his new Cabinet. So what are their first priorities?Big-ticket items include decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2030, building 1.5 million homes over five years, hitting long-missed health servic...
2 months ago
EU condemns Azerbaijan crackdown after peace activist charged with ‘treason’
The EU has called on Azerbaijan to respect the rights of a prominent scholar jailed after publicly criticizing the government, amid a wave of arrests that has seen journalists and academics put behind bars. Speaking to POLITICO, Peter Stano, the EU's fore...
1 month ago
Sorry not sorry, says Mongolia after failure to arrest Putin
Apologies everyone, our hands are kinda tied. That's the message from Mongolia's government after it failed on Monday to execute an international arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin as he landed in the country for an official visit.In...
1 month ago
Europe is betting everything on getting richer
BRUSSELS ― It looks a lot like a continental midlife crisis.Politicians are searching for answers and they're finding a Europe that is grayer, less dynamic and less innovative than ever before. They're betting everything on turning the economy around, eve...
3 weeks ago
Von der Leyen’s first 100 days: What she’s promised, what it means and what she’ll really deliver
Ever since U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt referred to his “first 100 days” as a key milestone way back in 1933, global leaders have referenced the occasion to promise electrifying changes to their electorate.Now it’s Ursula von der Leyen’s turn....
3 weeks ago
European lawmakers condemn atrocities at French energy giant’s African fortress
European lawmakers, human rights organizations and lawyers reacted with outrage to POLITICO’s investigation into the massacre of civilians at a gas plant in Mozambique owned by TotalEnergies.The report, published Thursday, details the abduction, rape and...
2 weeks ago
Just Stop Oil protesters jailed for throwing soup at van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
LONDON — Two Just Stop Oil climate protesters who threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" were sentenced to prison Friday, the latest in a series of hefty punishments for activists in the U.K.On October 14, 2022, Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland th...
2 weeks ago