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21 hours ago | 
politico.eu | Noah Keate
Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through. What they sparred about: The economy, mostly. Tory Leader Kemi Badenoch picked Keir Starmer’s brains on the U.K.’s grim economic outlook — and got an unwelcome reminder of the Liz Truss era in reply.
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1 day ago | 
politico.eu | Noah Keate
LONDON — Mark Carney made clear his fellow Canadians “weren’t impressed” when Britain offered Donald Trump a historic second state visit. The Canadian prime minister, whose Liberal Party won the country’s federal election last month after a race shaped by anger at the U.S. president, told Sky News the offer from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer was grating. “To be frank, they [Canadians] weren’t impressed by that gesture … given the circumstance,” Carney told Sky News.
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1 day ago | 
politico.eu | Anne Mcelvoy |Sam Coates
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McEvoy serve up their essential guide to the day in British politics. There might be PMQs and an announcement about moving civil servants out of London but this episode also looks at the day in the backrooms of Westminster. There’s more to nail down ahead of Monday’s EU summit – the announcement of a state visit for the Macrons might be a clue on where talks on things like fisheries are at. So what...
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1 day ago | 
politico.eu | Rasmus Buchsteiner
Präsentiert von CEFACD Von RASMUS BUCHSTEINER Mit RIXA FÜRSEN PRÄSENTIERT VON Guten Morgen! Hier meldet sich Rasmus Buchsteiner aus dem Berliner Regierungsviertel.
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1 day ago | 
politico.eu | Victor Goury-Laffont
VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France — On a brisk evening in March, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau kicked off a campaign event with some politically incorrect jokes comparing his own rail-thin physique with that of the burly Senate president, Gérard Larcher, who seemed to take the ribbing in good humor.
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1 day ago | 
politico.eu | Gregorio Sorgi |Jacopo Barigazzi
BRUSSELS — The EU should maintain strong defense ties with the U.S. despite its deteriorating relationship with President Donald Trump, Lithuania’s finance minister told POLITICO in an interview. Rimantas Šadžius cautioned against the EU shutting the door on U.S. defense companies when it comes to joint public procurement in response to growing tensions with Washington on issues as diverse as trade and freedom of speech.
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1 day ago | 
politico.eu | Pieter Haeck |Laurens Cerulus
The United States should see the United Nations as something it can benefit from, rather than charity, the body's tech envoy said Tuesday. The U.S. withdrew from several U.N. bodies, including its Human Rights Council. Asked about the United Nations' reaction, the U.N. Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology Amandeep Singh Gill said the U.N. is critical for peace and security, upholding human rights and advancing sustainable development.
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1 day ago | 
politico.eu | Pieter Haeck |Laurens Cerulus
The United Nations’ technology envoy Amandeep Singh Gill today warned that using autonomous weapons can lead to mounting losses in wars and conflicts. “Putting some distance between humans and [the] taking of life on the battlefield” can make certain countries and armed groups “more trigger-happy,” Gill said during a video interview at POLITICO’s AI and Tech Summit in Brussels. “The threshold of conflict can be lower,” he said.
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1 day ago | 
politico.eu | Noah Keate
LONDON — Conservative MP Patrick Spencer has been charged with two counts of sexual assault which are alleged to have taken place at London’s elite Groucho Club. Spencer, who has represented Central Suffolk and North Ipswich for the Conservatives since July’s general election, was charged by the Metropolitan Police Service in connection with two sexual assaults at the private members’ venue in central London. They are alleged to have occurred in Aug.
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1 day ago | 
politico.eu | Gregorio Sorgi
BRUSSELS ― The United Kingdom is pushing to transfer almost €200 billion in Russian immobilized assets held in Belgium into a separate investment fund, officials told POLITICO. Supporters say the move could become a stepping stone toward seizing the sovereign assets and handing them to Ukraine ― an idea that is supported by Britain but opposed by large EU countries including Germany and Italy.