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Miliband’s fighting words
Apr24

Miliband’s fighting words

Ed Miliband has set out his stall on foreign policy – and it faces Europe and away from America. Speaking at London’s grand old establishment think-tank Chatham House Friday, the Labour leader tried to mark out himself up as different – not a little-Englander isolationist like sitting Prime Minister David Cameron, in his telling, or a...

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Apr24

Most read this week

EU aviation strategy will look to tackle all major policy issues – 20 April 2015 …read more Source: The Parliament...

[Ticker] Germany wants ‘flexibility’ on EU-Ukraine trade treaty
Apr24

[Ticker] Germany wants ‘flexibility’ on EU-Ukraine trade treaty

EU sources told EUobserver Friday that German FM Steinmeier wrote to EU commission head Juncker on 2 April urging “maximum flexibility” on the implementation of the EU-Ukraine free trade treaty in order to accommodate Russian “concerns”. The letter, leaked to RFE/RFL, indicates a softening of the German position on Russia....

[Ticker] Poland to deny entry to Putinist biker club
Apr24

[Ticker] Poland to deny entry to Putinist biker club

The Polish foreign ministry has told Russia’s Warsaw embassy the Night Wolves, a motorcycle club, whose leader is a friend of Russian president Putin and who championed Russia’s Crimea annexation, face “denial of entry” to Poland. The club had planned to ride through Poland to Berlin for a WWII memorial. …read more...

Italian right lends a hand to pro-Russian separatists
Apr24

Italian right lends a hand to pro-Russian separatists

In a small gesture with much larger political symbolism, an NGO with close ties to the right-wing, northern Italian separatist party Lega Nord is planning on sending a modest delivery of aid to Russian-allied separatists in war-torn eastern Ukraine this week, POLITICO has learned. While humanitarian in nature, the shipment is consistent with the...

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Apr24

Most read this week

EU aviation strategy will look to tackle all major policy issues – 20 April 2015 …read more Source: The Parliament...

No, Prime Minister
Apr24

No, Prime Minister

Last week I took part in a wonderful conference on Jews and the Opera, hosted by the Flemish Opera and the University of Antwerp. We discussed, among much else, the mutual inspiration of synagogue songs and some of Europe’s greatest musical compositions. It was a gentle and civilized debate, except for two dissonant notes: the ghost of...

EU remains hostage to national interests | La Stampa – Italy
Apr24

EU remains hostage to national interests | La Stampa – Italy

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World war Obama
Apr24

World war Obama

President Barack Obama’s expression of remorse on Thursday for the death of two hostages in a U.S. drone strike underscored one of the great frustrations of his presidency: His dream of extricating the U.S. from messy foreign conflicts remains just that. Obama pledged in his 2013 inaugural address that “a decade of war is now ending,” but...

POLITICO Brussels Playbook — Greek heat — Migration omnishambles — European Divides — Schulz readies to replace Merkel
Apr24

POLITICO Brussels Playbook — Greek heat — Migration omnishambles — European Divides — Schulz readies to replace Merkel

by Ryan Heath @PoliticoRyan | [email protected] MISSED THE POLITICO PRINT EDITION? HERE’S THE 32-PAGE PDF: http://bit.ly/1d3nWxh DRIVING THE DAY >>> WILL WE EVER SEE PROGRESS ON GREECE? WHY DOES TODAY MATTER? BEGINNING OF THE LAST CHANCE SALOON: The new left-wing Greek government was supposed to present detailed reform plans today...