As the feud deepens, carmakers are expected to turn even more sharply toward Musk’s Tesla as they race to meet the U.K.’s ambitious net-zero climate targets. As one of Britain’s key green policies, the zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate forces carmakers to transition away from petrol and diesel vehicles faster than in any European Union … Read more
“We are not ashamed of negotiating,” Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure told lawmakers on Thursday before the vote. “We are and will remain in the opposition … but we’ve showed our openness to compromise.” The Socialists had previously signaled they might support Thursday’s no-confidence motion if they weren’t given assurances that the pensions debate would … Read more
Another no-confidence vote The real test is further down the line when the 2025 budget bill returns to parliament, which could lead to another vote of no-confidence in late January. It’s likely then that the far right will vote against the government, so Bayrou needs to pick off enough left-wing MPs to survive without alienating … Read more
Under the terms of the power-sharing agreement, reached after five weeks of closed-door negotiations, Harris — the current caretaker Taoiseach — would become deputy prime minister and would likely succeed Martin as foreign minister. Harris would regain the premiership again in late 2027, replicating a novel arrangement from 2020 that saw the Taoiseach position “rotate” … Read more
Yet that doesn’t mean only European providers can offer sovereign cloud solutions. American providers might also be able to protect customer data from United States government access through technical measures such as client-side encryption, encryption with third-party key management or confidential computing. If securely implemented, the American provider can then only disclose data in its … Read more
Zuckerberg complained that the EU had forced U.S. tech companies operating in Europe to pay “more than $30 billion” in penalties for legal violations over the past two decades. Last November, the tech chief’s Meta conglomerate, which operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other social media and communications platforms, was fined €797 million for breaching EU … Read more
Delegates are also poised to give final approval to the AfD’s campaign manifesto. The draft version of the text advocates tougher immigration policies and Germany’s exit from the euro. The AfD is currently polling in second place, with around 20 percent of voters projected to back the policy. Weidel this week received the endorsement of … Read more
However, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen organized a meeting with party leaders on Thursday to discuss the issue, while Rasmussen backpedaled on his initial nonchalant reaction. “We are taking this very seriously, but we don’t have any ambition to escalate a war of words with a president that is on the way into the White … Read more
After years of tension with the previous Conservative government over human rights and security concerns, Reeves has political space to take a different, more business-like approach to Beijing and try and tap China’s vast market for economic benefits. “Everything the Tories did on foreign policy was about backbench management,” said a U.K. government official, who, like … Read more
But Murphy built a reputation for even-handedness and attention to detail during his previous career at Stormont, where he served as Mo Mowlam’s deputy as Northern Ireland secretary during the 1997-98 negotiation of the Good Friday deal. While the outspoken and eccentric Mowlam garnered the headlines, Murphy spent months away from the spotlight leading the … Read more
