What is the future of NATO?
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How will NATO increase the number of troops on high readiness by more than seven times the current amount?
Some members of the alliance don't even know.
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Nearly half of Northern Ireland voters trust the EU to represent their post-Brexit interests fairly.
And almost none of them trusts Boris Johnson's government to do so.
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France has rejected Italy’s request to extradite 10 far-left terrorists, including some ex-Red Brigades members, who were convicted in Italy for violent crimes committed more than 40 years ago.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is taking the fight for Scottish independence to the UK Supreme Court. If it fails, she still has a “Plan B” up her sleeve.
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“Ukraine can count on us — for as long as it takes.”
At a news conference announcing the adoption of a new “Strategic Concept”, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO had committed to continue supporting Ukraine in the war.
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Brussels' Manneken Pis has been taking the piss for centuries now.
Will it be allowed to do so in a “Hong Kong costume” this Friday?
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Opposition to abortion isn’t anything new in Europe. And whether EU leaders like it or not, it is here to stay.
Could their efforts to sway public policy pay off as it did for anti-abortion activists in the US?
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“It is evident that I regret the deaths of the migrants.”
After 23 people died trying to cross a wire fence on the Spanish border, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez seems to be distancing himself from his original remarks praising the Moroccan police.
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NATO leaders have approved their “Strategic Concept,” a once-in-a-decade strategy blueprint.
Russia is woven throughout the 16 pages.
Head to our live blog for a breakdown of what's in it:
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OPINION: Would you feel safe knowing that the innocent picture you take of your baby in the bath and send to their grandparents could end up in a law enforcement database?
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The morning after Sweden and neighboring Finland reached a historic deal to join NATO, Russia's response has been... "rather mild," Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson said.
But her country is ready if Moscow does retaliate, she added.
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What's behind Turkey's move to unblock the NATO accession process for Sweden and Finland?
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Powerless to stop Russia’s war, stem spiralling inflation and stop the Zugspitze glacier from melting, a key outcome of the G7 summit was that the world’s most powerful leaders seem to be failing on all fronts.
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Analysts had expected inflation to accelerate further in Germany, but the unexpected drop will be welcome news to the European Central Bank, as it battles against surging prices in the EU.
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The technocratic Nicola Sturgeon — a qualified solicitor turned Scottish first minister — prefers a cautious and strictly legal path to independence.
So she's taking her fight to court.
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🇧🇪 Brussels' iconic Manneken Pis statue may be about to, well, piss off China.
City officials are deciding whether this bronze statuette will be allowed to wear a costume this Friday marking 25 years since Hong Kong’s handover to Beijing.
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The UK is worried about China's remarks on NATO, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said during a panel at the NATO summit today.
"This is why it’s so important for NATO to respond with our strategic concept that specifically references China," she said: politi.co/3QUUiy4
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"If Vladimir Putin had been hoping he'd be getting less NATO on his western front ... he's been proved completely wrong," UK PM Boris Johnson said, hailing the expected admission of Sweden and Finland into the alliance today.
More on our live blog: politi.co/3QZQGe7
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COMMENT: Buffeted by serial crises and economic shocks, voters across Europe are increasingly scornful of incumbent governments. So, the Continent's cohort of populist nationalist leaders have started making their moves.
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OPINION: The premise of the European Commission's new proposal to combat child sexual abuse material is fundamentally flawed.
If passed, it will essentially create a mass surveillance regime across the EU.
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One of the most important tasks for the Czech EU Presidency when it comes to the health sector will be “to build on what was done in the area of purchasing the right treatments … [and] the supply of vaccinations," says Jakub Dvořáček, Czech Republic deputy minister of health.
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Russia's war in Ukraine has put technology front and center of armed conflict.
Now, NATO leaders want to set out a plan to win the war for tech supremacy and cyber defenses in the long run.
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On his epic foreign tour that kicked off last week, Boris Johnson is desperately trying to keep the focus off his dire domestic troubles
It has been met with varying degrees of success.
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The US will enhance its force posture in Europe, including by establishing “permanent headquarters” in Poland, President Joe Biden said this morning at the NATO summit in Madrid.
More on our live blog: politi.co/3a1fIJi
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Delete-gate | The European Commission says its search for purported text messages between President Ursula von der Leyen and a Pfizer executive "has not yielded any result.”
It added: “Short-lived" documents like text messages are generally "not kept."
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For the first time, China will feature in NATO's “Strategic Concept,” a once-a-decade blueprint outlining the alliance's mission.
“I expect allies will agree that China ... is a challenge to to our security,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said: politi.co/3nnzEJx
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🏴�?��?��?��?��?��?� Nicola Sturgeon is taking the fight for Scottish independence to court.
And she’s already preparing for failure.
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NATO leaders notched an early win last night, reaching a deal that paves the way for Sweden and Finland to join the alliance.
Now, they'll turn to fleshing out the details of a historic reshaping of their eastern flank defenses.
We're covering it live:
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When news broke that the US Supreme Court had overturned decades of precedent protecting the right to abortion, European pro-life groups had one reaction: We can do it too.
Meet the activists taking inspiration — and money — from US anti-abortion groups:
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Boris Johnson has rolled into the NATO summit with Trump-esque demands for fellow members to contribute more to the alliance — but a dispute among UK ministers about defense spending threatens to overshadow his big NATO gambit.
More in London Playbook: politi.co/3bBVRRt
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G7 heads insist a price cap on Russian oil will punish Moscow for invading its neighbor.
But could the plan backfire like previous Western sanctions and have the perverse effect of increasing Russia's energy profits?
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NATO leaders already have a historic deliverable in sight, as Turkey on Tuesday agreed to lift its veto on the accession of Sweden and Finland, paving the way for them to officially join the alliance.
More in Brussels Playbook: politi.co/3nI771z
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After seventeen hours of negotiations, EU governments have backed key efforts to slash emissions — even as they left the Continent’s climate masterplan riddled with exemptions.
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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg caught the public’s attention when he declared the military alliance would soon place 300,000 troops on high readiness.
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During this week's NATO meeting in Madrid, the UK PM Boris Johnson is anticipated to make an announcement about a boost in military expenditure and encourage other allies to do the same.
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