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Less talk, more action from the G7 on climate change
Leaders meeting starting Sunday in Bavaria turn to carrots rather than sticks to push global climate efforts.
G7 mulls call for ‘necessary’ public gas investments
Climate goals and energy security are in tension ahead of a meeting of leaders Sunday.
Ukraine: Not just a country, an EU candidate country
Despite Putin’s denial of Ukraine’s right to exist, the EU grants Kyiv candidate status.
The EU races to free itself from Russia’s gas noose
Failing to secure gas supplies would have serious consequences for Europe — but also Ukraine.
US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortion
The decision upends nearly five decades of court rulings.
The most dangerous place on earth
In a showdown between Russia and NATO, the ‘Suwałki Gap’ would likely be the first point of contact.
Who’s in and who’s out in Macronia — and what it means for the EU
Who’s set to make waves, and whose raft has capsized? Here are the names you need to know in the new French National Assembly.
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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
The EU is delaying an inevitable debate: Will it rewrite its biggest rules?
Leaders avoided the question this week, but the EU will ultimately have to decide whether to change how it makes key decisions.
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.
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Britain
The secret election that holds Boris Johnson’s fate in the balance
Brexit rebel Steve Baker is set to stand to be vice-chair of the 1922 Committee at upcoming elections.
Boris Johnson swimming against the tide as voters deliver damning verdict
Heavy by-election defeats at opposite ends of England spell trouble for the British prime minister
British politicos swoon over union chief Mick Lynch
It’s not just Piers Morgan the RMT boss is riling up — but both Labour and the Tories are warned they can’t just copy his no-nonsense style.
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