Climate adaptation: Report by the European Environment Agency on social fairness in preparing for climate change. To the reportDefense: SWP analysis on strengthening European Security with partners beyond the United States. To the analysisFundamental rights: Report on the state of fundamental rights in the European Union and key developments and trends in 2024. To the […]
After decades of fossil fuel-driven industrialization, the costs of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent in both the Global South and the Global North. In Germany, floods in 2021 claimed 190 lives, forced 40,000 people to leave their homes, and caused USD 40 billion in property damage. In Brazil, the flooding of the Rio Grande […]
From July 1, France will ban smoking in public areas such as beaches, parks and gardens, around schools, bus stops and sports facilities. Smoking will be banned by decree in order to protect children, announced Health Minister Catherine Vautrin in an interview with the newspaper Ouest France. Anyone who violates the new smoking ban will […]
The Commission has sharply criticized the doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminium announced by US President Donald Trump. “This decision creates further uncertainty in the global economy and increases costs for consumers and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic,” said a spokesperson. The EU Commission is currently finalizing talks on extended countermeasures. But, […]
Kyiv has agreed to a Russian proposal for another round of direct talks to end the war in Ukraine. “On Monday, our delegation will be led by (Defense Minister) Rustem Umyerev,” wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Platform X. Like the first round two weeks ago, the meeting is to take place in Istanbul, Turkey. […]
Many Chinese and international economists have long agreed that China’s growth model, driven by high investment and exports, is outdated. It yields diminishing returns on investment, rising public debt, especially for local governments, industrial overcapacity of companies and makes the overall Chinese economy dependent on the global economy. Apparently, however, it took Donald Trump’s aggressive […]
The race for president in Romania will not be decided until a run-off vote in two weeks. In the first round of voting on Sunday, the Eurosceptic George Simion was ahead with 40.9 percent, according to data from the electoral commission. Former senator Crin Antonescu and the equally moderate pro-European mayor of the capital Bucharest, […]
Spain wants to reach NATO’s two percent target for defense spending this year. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced in Madrid on Tuesday that an additional EUR 10.5 billion would be spent to meet the target. The head of the left-wing minority government assured that parliamentary approval would not be necessary.Madrid had previously aimed to meet […]
Trump’s tariff war against the world this week has sealed nothing less than the end of globalization. China is not only hit by 34 percent additional tariffs on all exports to the USA. Rather, American isolationism is also undermining the global economic order in which China has risen to become a trading power since 2001.China’s […]
US President Donald Trump has raised the specter of economic and geopolitical turmoil in Asia. While individual countries have few options for pushing back against Trump’s transactional diplomacy, protectionist trade policies, and erratic decision-making, a unified region has a fighting chance.The challenges are formidable. Trump’s crude, bullying approach to long-term allies is casting serious doubt […]
