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in EuropeLiberals mustn’t give up Elon Musk’s X, main US lawmaker says
“I believe that all the things he has mentioned publicly is he believes in free and open speech, and we have to have extra platforms. Now, I don’t assume X must be the one platform,” Khanna instructed Anne McElvoy for POLITICO’s Power Play podcast. “Not solely do I keep, I take advantage of it on a […] More
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in EuropeElon Musk blasts ‘undemocratic’ EU in ongoing feud
On Wednesday, Parliament authorized the set of 26 commissioners, with 370 MEPs voting in favor, 282 voting towards and 36 abstaining. Their affirmation marked the top of a monthslong transition course of, which started with June’s European election and noticed weeks of political infighting between the bloc’s left- and right-wing teams. Commissioners — one from […] More
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in EuropeWhat the ‘present me the cash’ local weather summit tells us concerning the new Trump period
The U.S., in the meantime, declined to affix a coalition together with the European Union, Canada, Mexico, the U.Okay. and Norway that promised throughout the convention to embrace “formidable” new local weather plans by early subsequent 12 months. U.S. officers didn’t clarify their absence from the trouble, though the Biden administration had helped orchestrate the pledge. Broadly, nations […] More
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in EuropeArgentina’s president presents Giorgia Meloni chainsaw-wielding figurine of himself
The two joined the U.S. in recognizing opposition chief Edmundo González as Venezuela’s president-elect. Venezuelan incumbent ruler Nicolás Maduro, who gained a disputed election in July that triggered protests and a lethal crackdown, is supported by Russia. Milei credit himself because the inspiration behind U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s deliberate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a […] More
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in EuropeItaly’s president censures Trump appointee Musk after autocracy remarks
After a courtroom in Rome on Tuesday refused to detain seven migrants in Albania and referred the matter to the European Court of Justice, Musk wrote on X that the Italian judges “must go.” Mattarella, who additionally heads the physique governing Italy’s judiciary, defended the judges and chided Musk for his statements, particularly given his […] More
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in EuropeTrump’s tariff warfare is imminent, Macron and Draghi warn Europe
The Trump administration “will proceed to guard [its interests] on the threat of dismantling worth chains between Europeans and Americans,” Macron warned, whereas urging Brussels to take motion with a extra aggressive commerce coverage of its personal, constructing on the instance of latest EU tariffs on Chinese electrical autos. “Trump’s election is a second of […] More
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in EuropeThe Guardian quits ‘poisonous’ X over Elon Musk utilizing it to affect politics
The paper mentioned it has been contemplating dropping X for a while due to the “typically disturbing content material promoted or discovered on the platform, together with far-right conspiracy theories and racism.” It additionally singled out Musk, saying that the current U.S. election underlined its view that X is a “poisonous” platform and that Musk […] More
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in Europe5 issues to find out about EU tech safety chief Henna Virkkunen’s listening to
Virkkunen on Tuesday took a quintessential Brussels method to the difficulty, sticking to her script and spelling out the identical, legalistic reply all night: Any firm working in Europe should abide by its guidelines. She mentioned she needed to hurry up the investigations beneath the DSA, however the work wanted to be “evidence-based.” She stopped […] More
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in EuropeTrump victory boosts the ‘case for area’ in Europe, says European Space Agency chief
While it stays unclear how Trump will outline NASA’s mission plan and incorporate Musk’s industrial pursuits by SpaceX, his return to the White House will come simply as European policymakers contemplate how one can calibrate their very own long-term funding. The EU and ESA are already funding their very own model of Musk’s Starlink web […] More
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in EuropeGermany could maintain election ahead of deliberate, Scholz says
He additionally stated his Social Democratic Party (SPD) has a “good likelihood” of profitable a brand new election. The SPD at present trails the CDU by 17 factors within the polls, based on BILD. To drive Scholz from workplace, somewhat than ready for the chancellor to seal his personal destiny with a confidence vote he […] More
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in EuropeWorld’s cartoonists on this week’s occasions
First revealed in De Volkskrant, Netherlands, October 31, 2024 | By Schot First revealed on PoliticalCartoons.com, Costa Rica, November 3, 2024 | By Arcadio Esquivel First revealed in De Volkskrant, Netherlands, November 1, 2024 | By Schot First revealed on PoliticalCartoons.com, Bulgaria, November 6, 2024 | By Christo Komarnitski First revealed on PoliticalCartoons.com, The Netherlands, […] More
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in EuropeMusk joined Trump’s warfare name with Zelenskyy
Musk’s involvement within the dialog, which befell as Russia maintains its all-out assault on Ukraine, was first reported by Axios on Friday. While a current Wall Street Journal report said that Musk has been in common contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has publicly opposed assist to Ukraine whereas spreading pro-Kremlin narratives about Ukraine […] More
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