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POLITICO’s Guide to the Czech EU Presidency
The key players and most contentious policy issues facing the Czech Republic ahead of its six-month stint at the helm of the EU.
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France
Germany
Scholz adviser turns heads with appeal to consider future Russian relationship
German chancellor’s foreign policy adviser urges Europe not to forget about its long-term relations with Moscow and to tread carefully toward China.
Berlin accuses Moscow of playing gas games as pipeline flows fall
Outages at two major suppliers are squeezing the bloc and imperiling energy security.
Olaf Scholz gets lost in communication over war in Ukraine
The German chancellor is struggling to explain his foreign policy goals to allies and citizens.
Washington
Brussels
EU Parliament’s climate champion role in doubt after key vote
MEPs’ compromise to break deadlock is out of step with the reality of climate change, critics say.
EU moves toward Russian lobbyist ban
Russian representatives will be suspended from the transparency register, as Council of EU takes action.
Commission staff get pay raise — against its own advice
The EU executive has long opposed the so-called automatic indexation of wages to inflation.
The Continent
Britain
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Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser caved to the inevitable
Westminster-watchers see Christopher Geidt’s exit as an honorable move — but one that’s been a long time coming.
Boris Johnson rages at the European Court of Human Rights. But will he act?
A timely row with Strasbourg plays well with some Conservative MPs — but others are urging caution.
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