Trump and Putin gang up on European centrists in Romania’s election crisis
Elon Musk slams Romanian authorities for banning far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu. It’s another win for the Kremlin.
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Good morning. Keir Starmer’s ministers are out plugging their domestic agenda — as Westminster keeps one eye on Ukraine. Here’s what you need to know:
- Deputy PM Angela Rayner and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband sell planning reforms boosting renewable energy construction.
- It comes ahead of interventions on welfare and growth later this week — and amid grumbling over both. Starmer addresses Labour MPs tonight.
- Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Saudia Arabia ahead of peace talks. It comes after Starmer’s National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell advised Ukrainian officials over the weekend.
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Europe is sticking with Washington despite more “transactional” relations, European Commission chief says.
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Law championed by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would lower the protection status of Europe’s wolves.
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The European Commission pushes back on U.S. criticism of its Digital Markets Act that targets Big Tech.
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