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Chancellor Merz: Europe at a Crossroads Economy

Chancellor Merz: Europe at a Crossroads

A year after Friedrich Merz's victory in the German federal elections, the Franco-German partnership remains weakened by tensions over the FCAS and nu...

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2025 German Federal Election: CDU Wins, AfD Reaches Record High Economy

2025 German Federal Election: CDU Wins, AfD Reaches Record High

The CDU/CSU won the federal election on February 23, 2025, with 28.5 percent; the AfD doubled its result to 20.8 percent and became the second-stronge...

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Trump Imposes 15% Global Tariff After Supreme Court Defeat Economy

Trump Imposes 15% Global Tariff After Supreme Court Defeat

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Trump's IEEPA tariffs in a 6-3 ruling, prompting the president to immediately pivot to a 15% universal import duty...

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Merz Wins German Election as AfD Hits Historic High Economy

Merz Wins German Election as AfD Hits Historic High

Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU bloc won Germany's federal election with 28.5% of the vote, while the far-right AfD posted its strongest-ever result at 20.8%...

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German Federal Election: Union and AfD Neck and Neck Economy

German Federal Election: Union and AfD Neck and Neck

On the eve of the German federal election, the CDU/CSU and AfD are locked in a historically tight race in the polls — and the question of a coalition...

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Conflicting Polls: Fidesz vs. Tisza Ahead of April 12 Vote Economy

Conflicting Polls: Fidesz vs. Tisza Ahead of April 12 Vote

Ahead of the 2026 Hungarian elections, contradictory public opinion polls – with some institutes showing a Tisza lead and others a Fidesz advantage –...

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Colombia: Bloodiest Election Campaign in Decades Economy

Colombia: Bloodiest Election Campaign in Decades

With at least 61 political leaders assassinated, the first presidential candidate killed in three decades, and a third of the country unable to campai...

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Colombia's Deadliest Election Campaign in Decades Economy

Colombia's Deadliest Election Campaign in Decades

With 61 politicians killed and a third of municipalities deemed unsafe for campaigning, Colombia is heading into its most violent electoral season in...

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Trump Raises Global Tariffs to 15% After Court Defeat Economy

Trump Raises Global Tariffs to 15% After Court Defeat

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his IEEPA tariffs in a 6-3 ruling, President Trump unveiled new 10% global tariffs under a 1974 trade l...

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Spain to Legalize 500,000 Immigrants in Landmark Move Economy

Spain to Legalize 500,000 Immigrants in Landmark Move

The government of Pedro Sánchez approves a Royal Decree to grant legal residency to over half a million undocumented individuals already living in Spa...

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Poland Withdraws from Ottawa Treaty, Prepares Mines for the East Economy

Poland Withdraws from Ottawa Treaty, Prepares Mines for the East

On February 20, 2026, Poland officially withdrew from the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines. Prime Minister Tusk announced readiness to mine...

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Orbán Blocks €90 Billion EU Loan to Ukraine Economy

Orbán Blocks €90 Billion EU Loan to Ukraine

Hungary will not approve the disbursement of the EU's €90 billion loan to Ukraine until Kyiv resumes oil supplies via the Druzhba (Friendship) pipelin...

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