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The Foreign Ministry in Beijing summoned the German ambassador Patricia Flor on Thursday to discuss an espionage affair. German security services have arrested four suspects on allegations of spying for China, including an aide to a prominent politician in the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Maximilian Krah. The German Foreign Office said in a statement that the Chinese chargé d'affaires had already been summoned to a meeting on the matter in Berlin on Tuesday. "The Federal Government's clear position on the ongoing investigations into alleged Chinese espionage activities was ma...
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French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe to take steps towards greater independence, economic strength and dealing with its own security. In the face of military threats, industrial competition from the United States and China and a questioning of democracy, Europe must expand its sovereignty, defend its values and protect its interests and markets, Macron said in a speech in Paris on Thursday. "We must realize today that our Europe is mortal, it can die," Macron told an audience at the Sorbonne University. "It depends solely on our choices, but these choices must be made now." In...
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French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe to take steps towards greater independence, economic strength and dealing with its own security. In the face of military threats, industrial competition from the United States and China and a questioning of democracy, Europe must expand its sovereignty, defend its values and protect its interests and markets, Macron said in a speech in Paris on Thursday. "We must realize today that our Europe is mortal, it can die," Macron told an audience at the Sorbonne University. "It depends solely on our choices, but these choices must be made now." In...
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The European Parliament plans to take decisive action against possible attempts at interference from the Kremlin in June's election and elsewhere in the European Union. In a resolution passed in Strasbourg on Thursday, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) reacted to MEP Maximilian Krah of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party being questioned by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over suspicions he received money from Kremlin agents. MEPs also demanded the German far-right party "publicly declares without delay its financial relations, especially with the Kremlin," an EU Parli...
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The European Parliament voted in Strasbourg on Thursday to set up a new body for ethical standards to combat corruption in European Union institutions and monitor rules on lobbying and corruption. The agreement was reached between the eight main EU institutions, each of which has still to sign it. To date they have monitored their own affairs internally Parliament was prompted to act by the December 2022 Qatar corruption scandal that saw Belgian prosecutors investigating Greek politician Eva Kaili, who had served as one of the parliament's 14 vice presidents since the start of that year, along...
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French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe to take steps towards greater independence, economic strength and dealing with its own security. In the face of military threats, industrial competition from the United States and China and a questioning of democracy, Europe must expand its sovereignty, defend its values and protect its interests and markets, Macron said in a speech in Paris on Thursday. "We must realize today that our Europe is mortal, it can die," Macron told an audience at the Sorbonne University. "It depends solely on our choices, but these choices must be made now." In...
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda met in Vilnius on Thursday the preparatory brigade of the German Armed Froces, or Bundeswehr, which is to be stationed in the Baltic EU and NATO country by 2027. "I am pleased that everything is going as planned so far," he said, according to Lithuanian media reports after the meeting with the troops led by Colonel André Hastenrath. The pre-deployment team of around 20 soldiers arrived in Lithuania on April 8. It consists of specialists from various areas and is set to grow to a deployment team of around 150 men and women by the fourth quarter of 2024. Germ...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he supports in principle the measures proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron to create an economically stronger and more secure Europe. The common goal of France and Germany is "that Europe remains strong," Scholz said on Thursday in response to Macron's keynote speech earlier in the day in Paris. "Your speech contains good ideas on how we can achieve this,” Scholz added in the post to the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Macron warned in his speech at the Sorbonne University that Europe currently faces great risks and "a turning point" in the...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he supports in principle the measures proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron to create an economically stronger and more secure Europe. The common goal of France and Germany is "that Europe remains strong," Scholz said on Thursday in response to Macron's keynote speech earlier in the day in Paris. "Your speech contains good ideas on how we can achieve this,” Scholz added in the post to the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Macron warned in his speech at the Sorbonne University that Europe currently faces great risks and "a turning point" in the...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he supports in principle the measures proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron to create an economically stronger and more secure Europe. The common goal of France and Germany is "that Europe remains strong," Scholz said on Thursday in response to Macron's keynote speech earlier in the day in Paris. "Your speech contains good ideas on how we can achieve this,” Scholz added in the post to the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Macron warned in his speech at the Sorbonne University that Europe currently faces great risks and "a turning point" in the...
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