Gabriel Gavin

1 week ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin |Una Hajdari |Nicholas Vinocur

Meanwhile, the conservative Democratic Party of Albania, the largest opposition group standing against Rama's government, has hired former Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita in February to lead its political strategy. The party has led protests claiming that the vote would be neither free nor fair because of Rama's influence on the country's institutions, while video platform TikTok has been banned by the government ahead of the poll.

1 week ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin |Nicholas Vinocur

While not all governments are expected to sign up to the idea, if several key countries followed through it would limit the impact of any future Hungarian veto. Only a handful of frontline nations bordering Russia have so far introduced unilateral sanctions, but diplomats confirmed that a broader range of capitals were now thinking of implementing their own measures. Orbán has repeatedly threatened to use his veto, thereby holding unrelated EU initiatives hostage.

1 week ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin

BRUSSELS — The European Union will revive its offer to buy more American gas, betting that United States President Donald Trump is more open to negotiating after pausing his economy-shaking tariffs. The bloc plans to reopen talks about boosting U.S. liquefied natural gas purchases and will offer specific proposals to address Trump’s anger about transatlantic trade, three European officials briefed on the talks told POLITICO, granted anonymity to speak about the closed-door discussions.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin |Victor Jack

Sept pays — la France, l’Allemagne, l’Italie, l’Autriche, la Hongrie, la Slovaquie et les Pays-Bas — ont mené la charge pour réduire les objectifs d’achat de gaz, en préconisant d’abaisser la cible de 90% de la capacité de stockage à 80% dans certaines circonstances. Ils estiment que l’objectif actuel contraint l’UE à acheter d’énormes volumes de gaz, dont une grande partie en provenance des Etats-Unis, à un moment où il est le plus cher.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin |Victor Jack

BRUSSELS — The European Union is planning to slash natural gas purchase targets — even as U.S. President Donald Trump insists that buying more gas is the only way to end his trade war. On Tuesday, EU countries advanced plans to loosen mandatory goals for refilling storage facilities ahead of winter — a bid to pay less for supplies, four diplomats told POLITICO.