BRASILIA – The commerce deal between South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union that capped a quarter-century of talks affords some solace at a time when unilateral strikes have dominated the geopolitical panorama, Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin mentioned. He was one of the key negotiators of the settlement reached in late 2024 that…
Von der Leyen’s remarks generated headlines in Turkey, a longtime EU candidate nation and key NATO ally. A Commission spokesperson later told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency that the Commission president had meant to acknowledge the nation’s “geopolitical clout, size and ambition.” That clarification didn’t go muster with Michel, who on Wednesday took to X to…
As the disagreement continued, Ukraine’s Sybiha stated Hungary and Slovakia ought to “send their concerns to the Kremlin.” Russian oil accounted for 92 p.c of Budapest’s vitality imports final yr, in accordance to the Center for the Study of Democracy, a European coverage institute. Orbán has ceaselessly argued his nation has no viable options to…