TAG: U.S. elections
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
Western allies split over how to make Putin pay
BRUSSELS — America and Europe can’t agree over how far they should go in forcing Russia to pay to rebuild Ukraine. One suggestion, not so long ago dismissed on both sides of the Atlantic as pie in the sky, is now gaining serious momentum — and causing ser...
6 months ago
Euro plunges, eyes parity with dollar after Lagarde’s go-it-alone pledge
The euro slumped to its lowest level this year on Friday, in a delayed reaction to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde's signaling on Thursday that the bank is willing to cut interest rates before her U.S. counterparts. By Friday afternoon i...
6 months ago
US political uncertainty crashes central bank retreat in Portugal
SINTRA, Portugal — When Europe’s most powerful technocrats gathered this week at a secluded mountain resort near Lisbon to discuss their deepest concerns, you'd have expected them to focus on the election in nearby France. But instead their gaze was fixed...
2 months ago
The Hungarian presidency: Let the games begin
This article is part of the Hungarian presidency of the EU special report.You have to feel sorry for Hungarian officials.Despite Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s track record as the EU's provocateur-in-chief, diplomats have been working overtime to stress th...
2 months ago
Wary of Trump, Azerbaijan, businesses shun COP climate talks
The once ever-accelerating corporate roadshow at the annual United Nations climate talks is finally slowing down — at least for this year. Businesses of all stripes are planning to either skip or send smaller delegations to this year’s global COP29 climat...
2 months ago
How the West’s $50B Ukraine loan could be undermined by Kamala Harris’ brat summer
BRUSSELS ― The rising popularity of U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris has thrown an unexpected diplomatic wrench into efforts by Europe and Washington to give Ukraine a $50 billion loan.Before President Joe Biden pulled out of the race for the Whi...
1 month ago
EU’s three biggest countries push for bank deregulation
The EU should slash planned rules for its banking sector to boost the bloc’s ability to compete internationally, France, Germany and Italy said. The heads of the treasuries of the three countries — the EU's biggest economies — made the request in a lette...
1 week ago