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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Tim Ross |Clea Caulcutt |Dan Bloom |Nette Nöstlinger
LONDON — Who can stop the Iran war? With Donald Trump poised to order a bombing raid on Iran’s subterranean nuclear facilities — and Israel urging him on — it seems unlikely that the answer could be three European ministers and an Estonian politician with the title of EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Dan Bloom
PARIS — Plans for a United Nations conference on reviving the two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian people appear to be on ice after Israel’s strikes against Iran, POLITICO was informed. One European diplomat, who, like others quoted in this story, was granted anonymity to discuss the matter, said the meeting had become “collateral damage” of the Israeli bombardment.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Nicolas Barré
PARIS — Acclaimed novelist Boualem Sansal is caught in the middle of a diplomatic standoff between France and Algeria. Sansal, a dual national of both countries and a vocal critic of the Algerian regime, was arrested shortly after stepping off a plane in Algiers in November on charges of undermining national unity. An Algerian court has since convicted and sentenced him to five years in prison.
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3 weeks ago | 
politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Victor Goury-Laffont
PARIS — French prosecutors are investigating whether French-Israeli activists are complicit in genocide and responsible for crimes against humanity after they were accused of trying to block aid trucks from entering Gaza. France’s National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement to POLITICO Friday that the probes were triggered after two nongovernmental organizations lodged complaints in November.
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3 weeks ago | 
politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Nicholas Vinocur |Nicolas Barré
PARIS — The European Union’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is accusing his former boss Ursula von der Leyen of overseeing an “authoritarian drift” during her tenure leading the European Commission.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Sarah Paillou |Elisa Bertholomey
PARIS — A visibly angry Emmanuel Macron blasted his ministers during a defense cabinet meeting Wednesday after a botched release of a report into the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in France, according to a high-ranking government official. A second official, who, like others quoted here, was granted anonymity to speak candidly, said the French president accused his ministers generally for not coming up with adequate solutions to counter the threat posed by the Islamist group.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Victor Goury-Laffont |Sarah Paillou
PARIS — A bombshell report from the French authorities alleges that organizations with links to the Muslim Brotherhood have been attempting to influence European Union institutions through “significant lobbying activities.” A version of the document seen by POLITICO before its official publication says the Islamist group’s supposed ideological allies sought to push Brussels to criminalize blasphemy and promote a “singular” vision of religious freedom that clashes with France’s strict model of...
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Koen Verhelst
TIRANA, Albania — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday that the European Union is working on a major package of new sanctions against the Kremlin with talks between Russia and Ukraine looking unlikely to yield progress. "We want peace and we have to apply pressure," she told reporters as she arrived at a summit of the European Political Community in the Albanian capital of Tirana.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Nicholas Vinocur
TIRANA, Albania — Ukraine’s European backers are gearing up to impose further sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin after his no-show at much-anticipated talks in Turkey between Kyiv and Moscow. Britain’s Keir Starmer, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Friedrich Merz, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are meeting in the Albanian capital Friday to discuss how to stop the fighting in Ukraine.
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1 month ago | 
wiadomosci.onet.pl | Marion Solletty |Giovanna Faggionato |Clea Caulcutt |Jon Stone
Francuzi od dawna mają w zwyczaju irytować Brytyjczyków. W ostatnim czasie mocno naciskają ich w kwestii ustępstw. Chcą, aby premier Keir Starmer zaakceptował je w zamian za reset z UE. Paryż odgrywał złego policjanta podczas negocjacji w sprawie brexitu i późniejszej umowy handlowej w latach 2016-2020. Teraz powtarza tę rolę, gdy Brytyjczycy chcą ponownie zbliżyć się do UE, a przełomowy szczyt w Londynie ma odbyć się za niecałe dwa tygodnie.
