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Frankreich erwägt Freigabe von Öl- und Dieselreserven nach US-Druck

Deutschland und Frankreich verfügen laut offiziellen EU-Statistiken über die größten Reserven an Öl und Erdölprodukten in Europa. „Frankreich ist sehr daran interessiert, sich zu beteiligen und der Bitte nachzukommen ……

Digested week: My heart sank at seeing Labour’s ‘Hope Again’ conference slogan. But then came Andy Burnham | John Crace

Last week, Sky broadcast The War Game , a reality show for superannuated politicians and former senior civil servants and military officers. The setup was that the Russians had engineered an attack on a British warship…

Feijóo: In Ceuta, it’s up to Europe to clean up the Spanish government’s mess

We are not witnessing a conventional migration crisis, but rather the consequences of an invasion originating from Morocco, which must therefore be held responsible for having condoned or instigated it. Normality has…

Tories warn Burnham’s EU ‘pandering’ will shred post-Brexit trade deals

This would be a “huge diminution of the U.K.'s influence in the world to align or take the EU's customs tariff,” Hands added. Moreover, by signing up to a customs union, the U.K. would also lose its ability to erect its…

Diesel : sous la pression des Etats-Unis, l’exécutif envisage de libérer une part importante de ses réserves

Lors de l’échange ce vendredi matin, le gouvernement allemand s’est montré réticent à débloquer le moindre baril, selon ces sources. “L'Allemagne et d'autres pays ne veulent pas servir de pions ; ils souhaitent ne…

Arthur Reynolds: There are better ways to save money in Whitehall than Kruger’s crude and costly cuts

When all eyes were trained on Labour’s Liverpool spendathon, a recent FT interview with Reform’s Head of Preparing for Government, Danny Kruger, received little attention. For watchers of Whitehall, however, it made…

Process announced for appointing next Co-Operative Party General Secretary

This comes following the outgoing General Secretary Joe Fortune being appointed as the new General Secretary of the Labour Party. Fortune gave his first speech in this new role at Labour Party Conference this week. READ…

Spain’s Sánchez weighs calling snap election after housing vote defeat

In an interview with Cadena SER, Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz said she had spoken with Sánchez and declined to rule out an early vote. Spain’s current legislative term is due to end next summer , and speculation…

France floats major oil and diesel reserve release in response to US pressure

"Germany and others don't want to be used; they wish to release stocks only for real security of supply reasons," one of them told POLITICO, speaking on condition of anonymity to speak candidly, as with others in this…

Here we go again

Well, it’s all kicking off. Andy Burnham has set the horses running with his comments about the need to reconsider UK-EU relations. An honest conversation would be welcome, albeit unlikely, not least in the context of…