While Germany started colonizing other countries comparatively late — at the end of the 19th century, hundreds of years after other European nations — its colonial empire in Africa and Asia was considered the third biggest by 1914. Germany was forced to give up its colonies after World War I, and to this day, it … Read more
LONDON — Former U.S. President Barack Obama has called in for a surprise tea time visit with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at No. 10 Downing Street. Obama, who served as president between 2009 and 2017, walked up the famous street shortly after 3 p.m, waving to the press as he entered No. 10. He … Read more
Given these power dynamics, the protests resulted in two key concessions: First, the EU put its trade talks with Mercosur nations Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay on hold. Second, it carved out a rule that would have forced farmers to leave part of their land untouched, resting the soil and hopefully allowing biodiversity to flourish. … Read more
The earlier target represents a loss for the German Greens who, ahead of a three-day party congress in Lyon this weekend, had pushed for the climate neutrality target to be delayed to 2045, according to amendments seen by POLITICO. The election manifesto, which was adopted by a large majority of national delegations, warned that meeting … Read more
From Wednesday, EU businesses sending agricultural produce to the U.K. will need to comply with onerous new paperwork requirements — with some warning they will give up exporting across the Channel as a result. The extra bureaucracy will be compounded by new physical checks on consignments from April, and yet more layers of paperwork from … Read more
This story was originally published in German by WELT, a sister publication of POLITICO in the Axel Springer Group. Nate Lin wants to be prepared for war. On a Saturday morning in November, Lin, a 35-year-old Taiwanese man, practices how to apply a tourniquet to his right arm. In this fictive scenario, he’s been shot and … Read more
BERLIN — The German government U-turned on its policy of blocking the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia over the Gulf kingdom’s human rights record — but it still has qualms about its shift. A spokesperson for the German economy ministry said Monday that the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia “does … Read more
