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Witkoff’s back-channel push on Ukraine alarms allies https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/19/witkoff-back-channel-push-ukraine-alarms-allies-00660247?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Economicsanctions #Communications #Negotiations #WarinUkraine #Department #Companies #Diplomacy #Conflict #Military #Security #Defense #Kremlin #Weapons #Defense #Drones #Oil #War
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Britain tries to reform global trade — without alienating Trump https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-ambassador-kumar-iyer-world-trade-organization-reform-global-trade-donald-trump/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #DisputeSettlement #EUCommission #Negotiations #Agriculture #e-commerce #Buildings #TradeUK #Courts #CPTPP #Trade #Trade
Britain tries to reform global trade — without alienating Trump

U.K. Ambassador Kumar Iyer’s vision for WTO reform centers on shaking up the way the 30-year-old U.N. body handles disputes.

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UK and EU hit impasse in defense deal talks https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-and-eu-hit-impasse-in-defense-deal-talks/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Strategicautonomy #Negotiations #Procurement #EUBudget #Defense #Defense #TradeUK
UK and EU hit impasse in defense deal talks

The EU wants London to pay between €4.5 billion and €6.5 billion to take part in SAFE, while the U.K. has offered €200 million to €300 million. 

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Nordic countries paying most for Ukraine ‘not sustainable,’ Swedish foreign minister says https://www.politico.eu/article/nordic-countries-ukraine-aid-sweden-foreign-minister-maria-malmer-stenergard/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Negotiations #Companies #Sanctions #Military #Politics #Baltics #Budget #Energy #Tanks #War
Nordic countries paying most for Ukraine ‘not sustainable,’ Swedish foreign minister says

The EU must seize Russia’s frozen assets, Maria Malmer Stenergård believes, because any other solution would be unfair to Ukraine’s biggest backers.

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Von der Leyen drifts right with new digital deregulation plans

Privacy reforms face opposition from center and left groups but is welcomed by the right.

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300 days of Trump: A foreign policy tally https://www.politico.eu/article/300-days-of-trump-a-foreign-policy-tally/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Transatlanticrelations #FromAcrossthePond #U.S.foreignpolicy #TradeAgreements #Defensebudgets #Foreignpolicy #Negotiations #WarinUkraine #DonaldTrump #Investment #Commentary #Tradewar #Defense #Tariffs #Trade #Gaza #NATO
300 days of Trump: A foreign policy tally

Abandoning the global order without considering what will take its place is the height of folly.

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The altar boys who grew up together — and tried to keep Europe’s center from crumbing https://www.politico.eu/article/daniel-caspary-rene-repasi-european-parliament-centrism/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Transition/implementationperiod #DemocraticParty #Negotiations #Cooperation #Parliament #Elections #Migration #Stability #Catholic #Farright #Populism #Politics #Cycling #career #Mayors #Rights #Skills #Roads #Trams #Youth #MEPs
The altar boys who grew up together — and tried to keep Europe’s center from crumbing

The lives of Daniel Caspary and René Repasi often overlapped as they grew up. In the European Parliament, they became political rivals — but were also united in common cause.

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Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe quits as Irish finance minister https://www.politico.eu/article/eurogroup-paschal-donohoe-quits-as-irish-finance-minister-take-senior-role-world-bank/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #FinancialServicesUK #FinancialServices #CentralBanker #Negotiations #Elections #Finance #Tax
Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe quits as Irish finance minister

Donohoe will become managing director and chief knowledge officer at the World Bank.

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Macron unhappy with some budget concessions but ‘compromise is indispensable’

“Today, because the French have decided so, the political situation has changed and we must work differently,” Macron said.

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EU Parliament must be willing to use its veto power https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-multi-annual-financial-framework-budget/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Regions/Cohesion #EuropeanDefense #EUgovernance #Negotiations #Agriculture #Enlargement #EUtreaties #Parliament #Democracy #EUBudget #EUreform #Security #Opinion #Budget
EU Parliament must be willing to use its veto power

If it is to play an equal role in shaping the bloc’s strategic future, the Parliament must link its consent on the multi-annual budget to broader issues.

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