Germany and France put aside their bad blood of the past weeks to issue a statement pushing for tougher industrial policies such as subsidies.
Their goal: To safeguard European industries from discriminatory trade measures from Washington and also Beijing
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After years of searching for more doctors, the small French town of Le Vigan is at risk of becoming the country’s latest medical desert as the Europe stares down the barrel of a health care staffing shortage crisis.
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NEW: In a crisis repeated across Europe, a French town could lose its medical center because it can't recruit new staff to replace its doctors when they retire.
They've been looking for five years.
My latest on Europe's emergency: doctor shortages.
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Poland’s distrust of Russia prompted it to let go of the view seen across much of Europe that conventional warfare is a thing of the past.
Instead, it has been building what is now arguably Europe’s best army.
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With only six weeks to avoid a transatlantic trade showdown over green industries, the Germans are frustrated that Washington isn't offering a peace deal.
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"In aftermath of collapse of FTX, authorities should resist urge to create a legal and regulatory framework for crypto. It is far better to do nothing, and just let crypto burn." Cecchetti and Kim Schoenholtz PRECISELY the line I took on Onesandtooze
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Martin Wolf: Jeremy Hunt offers no jam today and none tomorrow
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SCOOP: The pandemic treaty is the playbook for the next pandemic, committing countries to promises on equitable access, R&D, & benefits sharing. It's meant to ensure mistakes of COVID-19 aren't repeated — but will it be watered down in the months ahead?
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SCOOP: The draft pandemic treaty would tie countries into big new promises. The text, seen by POLITICO, shakes up conditions for granting R&D $, including conditions around disclosure of contractual terms for pandemic products & calls for transfer of tech🧵
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For China, Europe is best treated individually, not collectively.
This approach, perfectly demonstrated by Xi during his first personal engagement with the West in nearly 3 years, is especially crucial when Russia is up against a united West.
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I think that economic consequences of the war is far worse for Russia long-term: foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa. Like 1990s, yet with private armies instead of common criminals. More experienced, better armed.
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Tout à l'heure, j'ai posé au Premier ministre une question sur le #lobby de Big Pharma contre la levée des brevets sur les vaccins contre le covid-19 💉📃🔏💶.
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We are looking at a potential humanitarian catastrophe
“Many people in Kherson have no heat, power or running water. Food and medicine are in short supply. 🇺🇦 military officials said the city was not yet safe for a large-scale humanitarian relief effort.”
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on the ground in liberated Kherson! piercing dispatch by and the Wash Post's Ukraine team (led as always by the tireless, unstoppable .)
Kherson residents celebrate liberation and describe trauma of occupation
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Elon Musk Has No Idea What He’s Doing at Twitter
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BREAKING: it was never about the people or the safety and effectiveness of the alleged anti-COVID injections, but about money, power and influence. How Big Pharma used money, heavy lobbying and blackmail to force states into submission!
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The European Commission has come up with a rescue plan to address the global fertilizer crisis.
It ... won’t be remembered as the brightest moment in its history.
Maybe the 💩tiest?
My latest for 👇
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This is probably one of the most important pieces on the #TRIPSwaiver (a proposal to lift patents & other IP rights in the pandemic )
& clearly did extensive research.
A thread on some important findings & my comments.
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Was a real joy working with , , and the rest of the team on this investigation.
If you have 15 mins free today, please give it a read, on either website (it's also on )
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NEW: Who killed the COVID vaccine waiver? That’s what POLITICO & the Bureau of Investigative Journalism set out to find. The whodunit exposes how lobbying, threats & the need to protect industry gutted the TRIPS waiver. w/ @SamuelHorti, @SarahAnneAarup
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NEW: Who killed the COVID vaccine waiver? That’s what POLITICO & the Bureau of Investigative Journalism set out to find. The whodunit exposes how lobbying, threats & the need to protect industry gutted the TRIPS waiver. w/ , 🧵1/
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Rzecz publikujemy jednocześnie po polsku na oraz po niemiecku na . Serdeczne podziękowania dla współautorów oraz i , którzy otoczyli nas merytoryczną opieką
Oryginał: politi.co/3hpd7ML
Polska wersja:
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Drodzy, z urlopowym opóźnieniem serdecznie polecam mój współdebiut na ! Razem z , oraz opisujemy europejską sieć pomocy dla kobiet potrzebujących bezpiecznej aborcji i zastanawiamy się jak na nią wpłynie proces Justyny Wydrzyńskiej
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Extraordinary stat from FT: "Over the past year, one in six UK adults has had a pressing need for medical examination or treatment and been unable to get access...This is the highest figure out of 36 European countries and almost triple the EU average."
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Enormous U-turn from Russia, good news for Ukraine, diplomatic coup for Turkey, cautious relief for hungry countries around the world...
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“We're Heading for a Stagflationary Crisis Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen”. My @TIME magazine 4 page long summary of some of the themes of my new book Megathreats was the #1 Most Read article over the weekend.
littlebrown.com/titles/nouriel time.com/6221771/stagfl
A network of activists is helping women terminate pregnancies in countries where the procedure is banned. Our investigation for published this weekend (with , , & ):
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So, clearly, even though U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai traveled more than 4,000 miles to soothe the transatlantic tensions, her EU counterparts signaled that they would be a tough crowd to win round.
Read more below, with the fabulous
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Read this fantastic deep dive into the network of underground activists making medical abortion possible in Europe, by in (in German)
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Was sie tun, wird mancherorts von Staatsanwaltschaften und Polizei verfolgt, auch Todesdrohungen sind Alltag vieler: Aktivistinnen, die Schwangeren per Post Abtreibungspillen schicken. Ein Blick in ihr Netzwerk. @welt
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Was sie tun, wird mancherorts von Staatsanwaltschaften und Polizei verfolgt, auch Todesdrohungen sind Alltag vieler: Aktivistinnen, die Schwangeren per Post Abtreibungspillen schicken. Ein Blick in ihr Netzwerk.
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How does looting actually work? For weeks we have investigated the grain trade out of occupied Ukraine - finding a rare trove of documents, and a complex shadow operation by private companies and arms of the Russian state itself.
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A major step backwards for global hunger, coming after weeks of Russian threats to terminate the deal | Report by
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"If you want to get an abortion in Poland, Kinga Jelinska is happy to help."
A network of activists is helping women terminate pregnancies in countries where the procedure is banned.
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This is as good as everybody says, really feels like the single most essential reading on today's big news.
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