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Radical left Mélenchon courts Greens as presidential bid gains steam
CHÂTEAUNEUF-SUR-ISÈRE, France — Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s strong start to his presidential campaign has put pressure on the French Greens to consider whether sitting out next year’s election and supporting
AI boom reopens Australia’s nuclear debate as tech giants circle
If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter, you can sign up free here. I’m watching how foreign tech money and AI demand are nudging Canberra back toward nuclear, and I’m not convinced the usual alarmis
Présidentielle : huit temps forts des candidats face au Medef, selon la rentrée patronale
PARIS — L’orage qui a grondé jeudi sur Roland-Garros n’a pas eu raison du débat, qui a duré trois heures, entre sept des candidats à l’élection présidentielle. Interrogés par cinq chefs d’entreprise à
4 takeaways from France’s first presidential debate
PARIS — No clear winner emerged as seven French presidential contenders sparred in their first debate ahead of next year’s election on the main court at Roland-Garros, home of the French Open.
Nucléaire : la gauche recule sur la fermeture rapide des centrales
PARIS — Alors que les programmes se peaufinent dans les différentes formations présidentielles, la gauche modère ses positions sur le nucléaire. Longtemps hostile à l’atome, La France insoumise et les
Poland refuses to host allied nuclear weapons amid Western fears of Russia
BRUSSELS — Poland “does not want” allied nuclear weapons stationed on its territory, Deputy Defense Minister Paweł Zalewski said Thursday, even as some in the West raise alarms about a possible Russia
EU budget must fund genuine European independence, von der Leyen urges
PARIS — I welcome talk of European independence, but Ursula von der Leyen’s pitch for a near-€2 trillion seven-year budget raises questions about priorities and prudence as six countries led by German
Lobbyists gripe about soaring conference fees — then stump up to court Britain’s new power brokers
LONDON — Britain’s party conference circuit is unmissable this year, with a new prime minister in No. 10 Downing Street and several parties jockeying to shape the next political landscape.
