Brexit opponents used IRA fears to ‘trap UK in EU’, Boris Johnson book claims

New memoir Unleashed admits Vote Leave £350m figure was wrong and criticises David Cameron’s ‘flouncerama’UK politics live – latest updatesThe risk to peace in Northern Ireland from Brexit was exaggerated and was used by opponents “to trap the UK in th…

Le jeu d’équilibriste de Michel Barnier face aux défis énergétiques

Plus de moyens ou plus taxé, le secteur de l’énergie espère savoir à quelle sauce il sera mangé après la déclaration de politique générale du Premier ministre.

World’s quandary on climate change: ‘Who the hell leads’ if Trump wins?

The potential reelection of the former Republican president is causing anxiety in the global climate community.

Kamala Harris hat ein Industrie-Problem

US-Politik für Sie entschlüsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhören von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN — HARRIS UND DIE INDUSTRIE: Die Demokratin könnte in Swing States, die stark industrialisiert sind, Wähler verlieren, befürchten ihre Parteifreunde.  — NEUE UMFRAGEN: Trump führt in Georgia, Harris in Pennsylvania. — […]

How Europe should react to the US presidential elections

Regardless of the race’s outcome, the bloc’s interests don’t fully align with those of Washington, and it’s time to finally recognize this.

Republican fight over green subsidies heads toward a boiling point

The party’s leaders may soon have to decide whether to preserve at least parts of the Democrats’ climate law.

Trump embraces Musk and his electric vehicles — but not Biden’s rules

Trump’s recent change in tone reflects a softening in rhetoric about EVs on the campaign trail.

Trump vs. Biden’s historic climate agenda

President Joe Biden may no longer be on the 2024 ballot — but his legacy is. And former President Donald Trump would have multiple tools to thwart his ambitions on energy, infrastructure and climate change.

Washington’s most powerful interests don’t know whether to cheer Harris — or dread her

Would she bring continuity with Joe Biden’s policies? A more centrist vibe? A sharper progressive bite? Industries including tech, energy and pharma want to know.

Sinn Féin dominates Northern Ireland with unionists in post-Brexit shambles

Irish republican party completes hat trick of first-place elections finishes.

‘People need a bit of hope’: cost of living crisis challenges unionism as key election issue in Belfast East

In Northern Ireland’s capital, the election is being fought between unionists and ‘neithers’ – with poverty, crumbling public services and crime at the forefrontUK election live – latest updatesEast Belfast’s streetscape resembles a historical tapestry…

Why Washington Is Waiting on ‘Super Mario’

The former Italian prime minister is preparing to issue a sweeping report on economic competitiveness that sets up Europe to take on China — and America.

Ireland is dreaming of a UK Labour landslide

Irish eyes are smiling at the prospect of Keir Starmer in Downing Street surrounded by Irish-savvy aides.

Inside UK Labour’s push for a special relationship — even with Trump

Keir Starmer could finally get his handshake with Joe Biden if he becomes prime minister, five days after taking the job.

On an island still tormented by the Troubles, Britain’s Legacy Act is making things worse | Fintan O’Toole

Keir Starmer has promised to revisit this contentious law. When that happens, he needs to do three thingsFifty years ago, on 17 May 1974, my father, a bus conductor, was out on strike. That day, the Troubles arrived with a vengeance in my home town of …

Biden’s biggest challenge: How do you even spend $1.6 trillion?

Congress gave Biden a historic sum to green the economy, revive manufacturing and fix crumbling infrastructure. But most of it is unspent.

In the Land of Saints and Sinners review – Liam Neeson finds cowboy spirit in Donegal

Kerry Condon plays a potty-mouthed IRA gang leader and Neeson is the quiet antihero in this action thriller set at the height of the TroublesProducer-director and veteran Clint Eastwood collaborator Robert Lorenz is now saddling up for this “Donegal we…

The west defends Israel’s skies. Not doing the same for Ukraine is a deadly mistake | Nathalie Tocci

In Kyiv, I saw life under Russian aerial attack. If Europe doesn’t share its air defence systems now, Putin’s threat will only spreadThe value of an effective air defence system and of unwavering international support was crystal clear the night of Ira…

The EU’s economic destiny, according to the Letta report

In today’s episode of Today in the EU, we decrypt the 147-page long report by former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta that all EU institutions have been waiting for. Letta’s analysis of the EU’s single market was commissioned by the European Council…

Capital Markets Union best route to rival US IRA, Michel says as Letta outlines sweeping financial sector plan

“I am absolutely convinced for my part that the Capital Markets Union is the best European IRA that we can develop, since it is trillions of euros of resources that can be mobilised, which are not [mobilised] today, to stimulate, support, to develop in…

Letta to call for US-IRA-style funding, pan-European state aid contribution scheme

Europe must urgently enact measures to push a “competitive industrial strategy” rivalling the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including through an EU-wide state aid contribution mechanism, Enrico Letta will tell the 27 EU leaders in a special report …

After Jeffrey Donaldson’s bombshell exit, what next for Northern Ireland’s DUP?

As party reels, new leader Gavin Robinson faces a U.K. election that could cost him his seat.

Meet Simon Harris, Ireland’s first TikTok prime minister

New PM built his base on a novel mix of high-energy effort and social media savvy.

Baltimore review – vivid, intense biopic of heiress turned terrorist Rose Dugdale

Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy tell a cool, low-key drama about the wealthy debutante who joined the IRA, abetted an art heist and bombed a police stationFilm-makers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy have a restless creativity and alertness to ideas whi…

Rose Dugdale, English heiress turned IRA bomb maker, dies aged 83

Sinn Féin members pay tribute to Dugdale, who was also involved in 1974 art heist and police station attack using hijacked helicopterRose Dugdale, an English heiress turned IRA militant and bomb maker, has died in a Dublin nursing home aged 83.Dugdale …

10 ways a second Trump term could be more extreme than the first

From nationwide abortion bans to classroom culture wars, assaults on climate science and political weaponization of the military, his return to the White House could make Trump 1.0 seem tame.

EU finalizes green tech bill, responding to US effort

The Net-Zero Industry Act won’t match the US subsidy splurge, but it will offer incentives to local green tech manufacturers.

30 Things Joe Biden Did as President You Might Have Missed

Drone armies, expanded overtime pay and over-the-counter birth control pills are just some of the new things Biden has ushered in as president that you might not have heard about.

Michelle O’Neill: Sinn Féin leader from IRA family who has vowed to respect royals

She’s pledged to be first minister ‘for all’ and her ability to navigate political tensions will shape her Stormont tenureWhen Michelle O’Neill is sworn in as Northern Ireland’s first minister, it will be a moment of personal triumph steeped in irony.A…

With Sinn Féin in first minister post, has the republicans’ day come at last?

Michelle O’Neill has taken the top job but Irish unity is unlikely to be ‘within touching distance’The elevation of Michelle O’Neill as Northern Ireland’s first minister is a historic moment that breathes new life into the republican slogan “tiocfaidh …

Threats won’t keep me from Northern Ireland deal, DUP chief declares

Jeffrey Donaldson wins rare cross-party praise for speech – but it could be his last in post if key lieutenants reject compromise.

Ireland to sue UK over law blocking probes into Northern Irish violence

Foreign minister says Ireland has no choice but to take U.K. to the European Court of Human Rights over its Legacy Act.

Meet the moment: Don’t set back the clock on patients

A wave of concerning policies around the globe that are currently being implemented or are under discussion will, if the trend continues, have a profoundly negative impact on patients.

Northern Ireland gangs still cast shadow of terror amid Stormont’s Brexit power vacuum

Expert panel slates lack of local government for sustaining influence of illegal paramilitary groups a quarter-century after Good Friday peace accord.

UK energy chief reveals Cabinet split over Bidenomics

Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho says increased US green subsidies are a ‘welcome thing’ for the UK, just months after colleagues slammed the plans as ‘protectionist.’

Trump looms over EU-Canada summit

In St. John’s, leaders will be able to reaffirm their bilateral relationship.

Sorry, Biden: Ireland’s Sinn Féin embraces Palestinians and shuns Israel

Mary Lou McDonald, whose Irish republican party is favored to win the next election, dumps her more nuanced stance on Israel in the face of grassroots anger over Gaza.

Viktor Orbán brings culture war to Brussels

Hungary backs media outlets that wage war on woke and bring a Euroskeptic take to the EU capital.

Ireland’s embrace of Zombie song at Rugby World Cup stirs debate over lyrics

Fans seen singing the Cranberries’ hit in stadiums but some Irish republicans are unhappy at revivalTwenty years after a lethal IRA bomb inspired its stark, chilling lyrics, the Cranberries’ song Zombie has experienced an unlikely rebirth as a Rugby Wo…

Specter of Russian interference hangs over Slovak election, EU warns

Europe on high alert as disinformation surges across popular social media sites.

EU policy ‘superior’ to US Inflation Reduction Act, say European economists

The European approach to building climate-friendly industries is “superior” to the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), German and French economists have argued in a new paper, calling for less panic in the response to the US subsidies.

This year’s COP could be the most important yet

Accelerating the end of coal-fired power, dramatically reducing deforestation and stopping methane leaks are as urgent as they are achievable.