“Diplomats say the commission has considerable sway on such trade proposals as it would take a weighted majority of member states to block its plan in a vote.”
EU capitals push to water down retaliation against Trump tariffs
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Turkish police arrest dozens for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan and his family
China revealed that it has developed a compact deep-sea cable cutting device that is powerful enough to severe communication lines, the South China Morning Post reported.
It is reported that the tool is able to operate at a depth of up to 4,000 meters and⤵️
Is Donald Trump leaving his favorite European leader in the lurch?
Donald Trump once keen to showcase his alignment with Hungary’s populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, but now seems to sideline him.
🇷🇺 Putin signed a decree forcing Ukrainian passport holders to leave Russia by Sept 10. The goal: pressure residents of occupied territories to take Russian citizenship and put Ukrainians in Russia under tighter control—pushing them into mobilization or forced contracts.
Trump is doing more damage to the American arms industry than any woke activist. Weird.
In less than 48 hours, Germany seismically shifted its domestic budget policy and pushed to rewrite the EU’s fiscal rules.
Now Berlin is dealing with a level of blowback it ever expected. 👉 ow.ly/j9Bp50Vm2cQ
🇪🇺 Europe’s new approach: Hungary’s veto on Ukraine decisions is no longer a roadblock. Diplomats confirm that the EU will move forward with decisions supported by 26 countries, sidelining Orbán if necessary. Hungary’s objections are now being swiftly ignored.
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Your (Putin) wish is my (Trump) command. European officials say the Trump administration has scaled back its involvement in enforcing Russia sanctions, particularly in working groups aimed at stopping sanction circumvention.
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Locked out of the real action between Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy, EU leaders find themselves struggling to make progress on helping Ukraine. 👉 ow.ly/qtCf50Vm2Ni
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas had a plan to mobilize as much as €40 billion in military aid to Ukraine.
But her plan hasn't survived impact with the reality of an EU where interest in making sacrifices for Kyiv varies from country to country. 👉 ow.ly/AnaA50Vm2Tv
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman joins to discuss historical lessons plus new thinking on international trade, worry over geographically concentrated production, industrial policy, AI, the Draghi Report, as well as tariffs under President Trump.
🎧 Listen 🎧: tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/206-...
💬 The idea that Trump could deactivate allies' weapons systems is no longer impossible, warns @opinion.bloomberg.com, quoting @gspataf95.bsky.social's commentary on the risks of the EU's operational and economic dependency on the US defence industry. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Defence White Paper "will need to address the new reality of transatlantic relations" warns @gspataf95.bsky.social. While Europe can't cut its dependencies on the US overnight, it can mitigate risks by investing in strategic enablers.
How ➡️ www.iss.europa.eu/publications...
EU sanctions on Russia extended for another six months - a few names dropped, reportedly at behest of Orban - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen snapped back at Donald Trump’s recent comments suggesting that Greenland’s latest election results are “good” for United States interests.
White smoke in Berlin: The new coalition seems to have agreed with the Greens on a massive debt brake change for defense, infrastructure and climate investments and the states. Structural space will more than triple from ~0,9 to 3+, exact number depending on how much defense spending will increase.
Hungary threatens to cancel sanctions on 2,000 Russians unless EU exempts Mikhail Fridman
Lawyers are increasingly becoming targets of harassment, intimidation and attacks.
The Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer requires states to protect them in various ways.
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🚨🚨Significant legal development: @coe.int has has adopted the first-ever international treaty aiming to protect the profession of lawyer. 🧵 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
Des fonctionnaires américains à Moscou, Poutine booste les troupes à Koursk
Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wines and spirits: The US president threatened the measures if EU tariffs on US whiskey are not withdrawn.
🚨🚨 @europarl.europa.eu has accused the Trump administration of “blackmailing” Ukraine’s leadership into capitulating to Russia with a forced ceasefire, and denounced Washington's decision to leave the European Union out of negotiations. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe was largely spared from significant Trump tariffs during his first term. The world now seems to be different.
Lessons from how the EU negotiated with Trump last time, as well as how the EU's new 'anti-coercion instrument' may be put to the test.
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Beggar thy neighbour *and thyself*
🚨🚨Powerful response by the EU team by @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu on Trump's drastic decision to pause their military aid commitment to Ukraine. Her press statement is worth reading in full. 🧵 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Russian state TV on the new world order: "Now everything is being decided inside a big triangle: Russia, China & the US. Within this, the new construction of the world will come to fruition. The EU as a united political force no longer exists..." ['News of the Week', Russia-1]
