Category: 3. Business

In dieser Extra-Ausgabe besprechen Gordon Repinski und Michael Bröcker, Chefredakteur der Table Briefings, die zurückliegende Woche der Verhandlungen zwischen Union und SPD um eine neue Regierung und des Streits um milliardenschwere Sondervermögen.   Sie sprechen über… Continue Reading

Crucial elements of the new EU policy include favoring weapons production within the bloc and “like-minded third-country companies,” encouraging joint purchases of arms, making it easier to finance defense projects, focusing on key areas where the bloc has a capacity shortfall like air… Continue Reading

VW and Rheinmetall are heading in different directions. The arms-maker is benefiting from the surge in European defense spending as the bloc rearms to deter Russia, support Ukraine and ensure its security amid fears that Trump will back away from the continent, while Volkswagen battles… Continue Reading

(For the record: Declassified is a passionate TV-royalist, which means supporting any royal family, as long as they sacrifice their eldest child to appear on a trashy reality show at least once a decade. Check out Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia winning Italy’s “Dancing with the Stars” in… Continue Reading

LONDON — Keir Starmer has enjoyed mixed fortunes since becoming prime minister. But on matters of war and peace he may have just picked a winner. When Starmer chose Jonathan Powell as the latest U.K. national security adviser — effectively the PM’s top lieutenant on foreign policy — his… Continue Reading

Metsola “has failed to take the necessary measures to break away from the opacity that enables such practices” that underpinned Qatargate and are at play in the new Huawei bribery allegations, said Manon Aubry, co-chair of The Left group. Loránt Vincze, the EPP’s chief lawmaker in… Continue Reading

100 days in, Europe’s top leaders are facing a reality check.  Ursula von der Leyen talks about a new sense of urgency — but is she leading, or just firefighting? António Costa wants to unify the bloc — but can he keep Europe together on defense? Kaja Kallas vowed to… Continue Reading