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Articles by Stephan Faris
Scysja między USA a Watykanem. Donald Trump zajadle atakuje Leona XIV. "Nie chcę takiego papieża"
Prezydent USA Donald Trump ostro skrytykował papieża Leona XIV. W poście opublikowanym na Truth Social zarzucił mu "słabość w walce z przestępczością" oraz "katastrofalną politykę zagraniczną". To podkreśla pogłębiającą się przepaść między Białym Domem a Watykanem. Długi na 334 słowa wpis Trumpa był odpowiedzią na niedawne uwagi papieża Leona XIV potępiające wojnę Izraela i USA w Iranie. Groźby Trumpa dotyczące uderzenia w irańską infrastrukturę cywilną nazwał czymś "naprawdę nie do przyjęcia".
‘Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons’: Trump attacks Pope Leo
U.S. President Donald Trump blasted Pope Leo XIV on Monday, accusing the pontiff of being “WEAK on Crime” and “terrible for Foreign Policy” in a Truth Social post that underscores a widening rift between the White House and the Vatican. Trump’s 334-word screed followed recent remarks by Leo condemning the Israeli-U.S. war in Iran, including describing a threat by Trump to strike Iranian civilian infrastructure as “truly unacceptable.” “God does not bless any conflict,” Leo wrote on X Friday.
Hungary’s election campaign is about to get even dirtier
BUDAPEST — When will the sex tape drop? Talk to voters here about an election shaping up to be the most consequential for Hungary in decades, and it isn’t long before the conversation turns to the alleged secretly recorded intimate footage of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s challenger, Péter Magyar. In mid-February, journalists began receiving messages containing a still photo of a bedroom with the caption “coming soon.” The image has circulated widely on social media, but no video has surfaced.
W Europie rośnie zmęczenie wojną. Niemcy i Francuzi coraz częściej mówią "dość" dalszej pomocy dla Ukrainy. Po drugiej stronie Atlantyku nastroje zupełnie inne
We Francji i Niemczech, dwóch największych gospodarkach UE, więcej respondentów chce, aby ich rządy ograniczyły pomoc finansową dla Kijowa, niż aby ją zwiększyły lub utrzymały na dotychczasowym poziomie. Tymczasem w Stanach Zjednoczonych, Kanadzie i Wielkiej Brytanii respondenci opowiadają się za utrzymaniem wsparcia materialnego, wynika z sondażu POLITICO, w którym na początku tego miesiąca wzięło udział ponad 10 tys. osób z pięciu krajów.
French and Germans lean toward dialing back Ukraine support, new POLITICO poll shows
BRUSSELS — When it comes to support for Ukraine, a split has emerged between the European Union and its English-speaking allies. In France and Germany, the EU’s two biggest democracies, new polling shows that more respondents want their governments to scale back financial aid to Kyiv than to increase it or keep it the same.
Why is British politics so unfailingly funny?
The British prime minister had just launched into one of the most important speeches of his career when it started to rain. Like a deadpan comic refusing to break, Rishi Sunak kept his eyes fixed on the camera as the drops accumulated. By the time he got to the meat of his message — he was calling an election on July 4 — his jacket glistened with water. And then the music kicked in.
Why is British politics so unfailingly funny?
Brits warned they could be fined over simple airport meal deal sandwich The airport meal deal is a ritual millions of us go through every year as we jet off to our holiday destinations of choice. But it is one that could …
Europe’s Trump moment has arrived
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The far-right politician Oliver Kirchner offered his party’s supporters an unexpected hot tip on the next big trend: “Invest in diapers.” His logic? The rise of his far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) had so shocked the “old parties,” he explained, that the establishment was now soiling its pants. Ditching the puerile humor, Kirchner, one of the AfD’s state representatives, then hardened his tone at a Q&A session with the party faithful in the eastern city of Magdeburg last month.
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Polish president vows to veto spending bill in massive clash with new government
Press play to listen to this article Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Saturday he would veto the government’s amended 2024 spending bill and propose his own, in a challenge to new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Silvio Berlusconi: The man who seduced an entire country
In the mid-1990s, Silvio Berlusconi started planning for the afterlife. On the grounds of his €7 billion villa in Arcore, near Milan, he began building a giant underground mausoleum where he planned to be laid surrounded by more than 30 other tombs made ready for close friends, family members and romantic partners. The project was typically Berlusconi — lavish, flamboyant, treading the line between the imperious and the absurd.
How we chose the Class of 2023
By Stephan Faris and Jamil Anderlini This time last year the biggest question facing Europe seemed to be: Who, if anyone, would step into former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shoes as the most powerful person on the Continent. Fast forward 12 months and what is being asked of Europe and its leaders is far more pressing.
Lumumba’s tooth: Belgium’s unfinished reckoning with its colonial past
The tooth’s journey begins in the Belgian Congo in the 1930s. In the Katako-Kombe region, not far from the colony’s geographic center, it pushes through the gum and into the mouth of a young, precocious boy. For the first part of its history, the tooth does what teeth do. It plays its part in eating and speaking — helping to enunciate Catholic prayers, amateur poetry, declarations of love and anger, the daily patter of everyday life.
International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes in Ukraine
The International Criminal Court will “immediately proceed” with an investigation into possible war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide in Ukraine, the court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan announced in a statement Wednesday. The move comes after 39 countries — including France, Italy, Poland, Canada and the United Kingdom — referred the case to the court. “Our work in the collection of evidence has now commenced,” Khan said in his statement.
The case against Vladimir Putin
ON FEBRUARY 24, THE FIRST DAY OF RUSSIA’S INVASION of Ukraine, a Russian missile loaded with a cluster bomb landed just outside a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Vuhledar, killing four civilians and wounding 10 others. The next day, a similarly equipped missile hit a preschool in the town of Okhtyrka, killing three civilians, including a child.
The curse of the POLITICO 28
Stephan Faris is POLITICO’s Enterprise editor and the editor of the POLITICO 28 ranking of the most powerful people in Europe. Mario Draghi better watch his back. As with so many other venerable franchises, a place on POLITICO’s annual list of the most powerful people in Europe comes with considerable risk. Athletes featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated are famously vulnerable to injury. Politicians awarded the Nobel Peace Prize almost invariably disappoint.
Why China’s Xi Jinping is the world’s most dangerous man
9/13/20, 4:02 AM CEST Europe’s wolf warriors Experts and policymakers calling for the EU to push back against Beijing.
Extinction Rebellion’s hometown pushes the radical into the mainstream
9/4/20, 8:45 AM CEST Beating cancer after COVID-19 Europe must move fast and invest in precision cancer care to prevent a crisis that will cost lives and overburden health care systems 9/4/20, 4:46 AM CEST Donald Trump’s war on soup US president enlightens us on why a ‘big bag of soup’ is a more effective weapon than a brick.
How a Swedish pop star took on China’s censors
9/22/20, 11:23 PM CEST How UK coronavirus guidance has changed Boris Johnson’s government has instructed Brits to work from home, not to work from home, to eat out and stay in, all within a few weeks.
In Belarus, fighting for democracy - and LGBTQ rights
8/15/20, 3:35 PM CEST US, Poland sign defense cooperation deal Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak sign deal that paves the way for redeployment of American troops from Germany to Poland. 8/14/20, 9:04 PM CEST Italy’s 5Stars drop two-term limit Movement’s leaders say it is a ‘recognition of a factual reality,’ but others say it has deserted its founding anti-elitist principles.
The old transatlantic relationship ain’t coming back
8/11/20, 2:43 PM CEST Brexit Britain’s migration battle UK hopes leaving the EU will bring it greater freedom to return asylum seekers to the bloc, but European capitals may have other plans. 8/7/20, 4:42 AM CEST Fake exile and bad Latin You have to feel sorry for the former king of Spain, who’s believed to be at a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic.
Digital tax: A cautionary tale
8/7/20, 4:42 AM CEST Fake exile and bad Latin You have to feel sorry for the former king of Spain, who’s believed to be at a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic. 7/31/20, 1:30 AM CEST Coronavirus’ lost generation For young people who grew up amid financial crisis, the pandemic is dashing hopes of job security and a comfortable future.
What EU leaders really decided on rule of law
7/20/20, 8:45 AM CEST Europe risks a huge loss It is time for Europe to make its own decisions — Huawei can help it to become a leader in the digital era
Macron needs an economic miracle to save his presidency
7/12/20, 11:32 AM CEST Trump wears mask in public for first time It was a noteworthy evolution for the president, who has balked at wearing protective face coverings as a deadly pandemic surged across portions of the U.S.
Hong Kong asylum seekers test EU-China relations
7/23/20, 2:59 PM CEST Kanye quits Trump’s reality show Kanye West took off his MAGA cap to create his own display — and some conservatives tired of Trump say it’s particularly suited to this moment. 7/22/20, 7:21 PM CEST No triumph for Conte in Rome A winner in Brussels, Italy’s premier faces accusations of ‘surrender’ from opposition at home. 7/22/20, 1:30 AM CEST Russia’s corona euphoria While the country celebrates lifting of lockdowns, the Kremlin is cracking down on critics.
Spain’s Casado bets on confrontational approach for election win
Press play to listen to this article MADRID – In his two years at the helm of the conservative Popular Party (PP), Pablo Casado’s hard-line approach has polarized Spain’s politics but failed to reap electoral dividends.
In defense of Belgium’s coronavirus response
Press play to listen to this article Maggie De Block is Belgium’s minister of public health. The international press has got it wrong about Belgium and the coronavirus. Since the peak of the crisis in April, commentators from around the world have pointed to our country’s per capita death toll as evidence that we mishandled the public health response.
Italy’s ‘mother of all reforms’ will remain childless
7/2/20, 4:00 AM CEST Lukashenko’s coronavirus election Belarusians are increasingly disillusioned with strongman’s rule, as government flails in its pandemic response.
Poland’s election matters, and not just for Poland
Press play to listen to this article Zselyke Csaky is research director for Europe and Eurasia at Freedom House. Poland’s presidential election on Sunday will be pivotal for the country’s democracy. But it will also have Europe-wide implications. The choice between the incumbent, Andrzej Duda, and his challenger, Rafał Trzaskowski, is a choice between increasingly entrenched authoritarianism and a return to openness, tolerance and democratic legitimacy.
The strange case of Ursula von der Leyen’s Croatian kerfuffle
7/2/20, 4:00 AM CEST Lukashenko’s coronavirus election Belarusians are increasingly disillusioned with strongman’s rule, as government flails in its pandemic response. 6/30/20, 5:28 PM CEST Boris Johnson’s (not so) new deal British prime minister dusts down old plans and leaves a lot of detail for the future as he outlines his coronavirus recovery plan.
Merkel’s Dr. No gets his toughest mission yet
6/26/20, 12:31 PM CEST Merkel’s Germany will outlast her The Germany that takes over the presidency of the European Union on July 1 has fundamentally shifted its attitude toward integration, solidarity and spending. 6/25/20, 4:01 AM CEST What Merkel wants The coronavirus has forced Berlin to acknowledge that the EU won’t survive without German leadership.
Macron considers appointing a new prime minister - himself
7/2/20, 4:00 AM CEST Lukashenko’s coronavirus election Belarusians are increasingly disillusioned with strongman’s rule, as government flails in its pandemic response. 6/30/20, 5:28 PM CEST Boris Johnson’s (not so) new deal British prime minister dusts down old plans and leaves a lot of detail for the future as he outlines his coronavirus recovery plan.
Europe’s climate goal: Revolution
6/12/20, 2:53 PM CEST Boris Johnson’s week from hell Dire economic data, rebellious allies and sustained criticism made for a week the British prime minister will want to forget.
Recovery fund: Everything depends on what happens next
5/26/20, 4:32 AM CEST The unequal epidemic In wealthy Western countries, COVID-19 is killing people of color at much higher rates.
This isn’t Europe’s Hamilton moment
5/19/20, 7:14 PM CEST Merkel’s milestone moment German chancellor writes herself into EU history by embracing common borrowing and European solidarity. 5/17/20, 11:05 AM CEST Obama jabs US response to coronavirus ‘This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,’ the former president said.
Bistro to bust: Brussels’ restaurants fear (sanitized) ‘new normal’
5/19/20, 7:14 PM CEST Merkel’s milestone moment German chancellor writes herself into EU history by embracing common borrowing and European solidarity. 5/17/20, 11:05 AM CEST Obama jabs US response to coronavirus ‘This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,’ the former president said.
China flexes its trade muscles
5/19/20, 7:14 PM CEST Merkel’s milestone moment German chancellor writes herself into EU history by embracing common borrowing and European solidarity. 5/17/20, 11:05 AM CEST Obama jabs US response to coronavirus ‘This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,’ the former president said.
Italy’s beaches face coronavirus chill
5/19/20, 7:14 PM CEST Merkel’s milestone moment German chancellor writes herself into EU history by embracing common borrowing and European solidarity. 5/17/20, 11:05 AM CEST Obama jabs US response to coronavirus ‘This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,’ the former president said.
Scandinavia seeks to launder its dirty-money image
5/10/20, 2:30 AM CEST Social etiquette for the new normal Plans to lift lockdown rules and allow people to mingle in small groups will mean tough calls on who’s in and who’s out. 5/8/20, 8:00 AM CEST The spirit of Schuman can still guide Europe Seventy years ago, Europe lay in ruins. Families had been torn apart. Millions had lost their lives, and their livelihoods. Governments were struggling with insurmountable debt.
The epidemic Russia doesn’t want to talk about
5/10/20, 2:30 AM CEST Social etiquette for the new normal Plans to lift lockdown rules and allow people to mingle in small groups will mean tough calls on who’s in and who’s out. 5/8/20, 8:00 AM CEST The spirit of Schuman can still guide Europe Seventy years ago, Europe lay in ruins. Families had been torn apart. Millions had lost their lives, and their livelihoods. Governments were struggling with insurmountable debt.
The eurozone’s problem country: Germany
4/23/20, 4:05 AM CEST Why Italy should ❤︎ the ESM The country needs an emergency response to the crisis, not money to spend on pet projects. 4/22/20, 4:36 AM CEST Conte’s gamble The Italian prime minister is caught between frugal EU leaders and a frightened, furious public. 4/18/20, 4:49 PM CEST Portuguese PM looks toward lockdown exit ‘We all have to realize that for the next year or 18 months we are not going to be living like we were before February,’ cautions António Costa.
Why Italy should ❤︎ the ESM
4/23/20, 4:05 AM CEST Why Italy should ❤︎ the ESM The country needs an emergency response to the crisis, not money to spend on pet projects. 4/22/20, 4:36 AM CEST Conte’s gamble The Italian prime minister is caught between frugal EU leaders and a frightened, furious public. 4/18/20, 4:49 PM CEST Portuguese PM looks toward lockdown exit ‘We all have to realize that for the next year or 18 months we are not going to be living like we were before February,’ cautions António Costa.
Moscow’s coronavirus offensive
4/22/20, 4:36 AM CEST Conte’s gamble The Italian prime minister is caught between frugal EU leaders and a frightened, furious public. 4/18/20, 4:49 PM CEST Portuguese PM looks toward lockdown exit ‘We all have to realize that for the next year or 18 months we are not going to be living like we were before February,’ cautions António Costa.
Don’t worry about another debt crisis
4/12/20, 2:47 PM CEST Boris Johnson discharged from hospital Downing Street spokesperson said the British prime minister will not immediately return to work and will recover at his country residence, Chequers.
As corona casualties mount, Putin keeps a low profile
4/12/20, 2:47 PM CEST Boris Johnson discharged from hospital Downing Street spokesperson said the British prime minister will not immediately return to work and will recover at his country residence, Chequers.
Coronavirus crisis: How to win the second half
4/12/20, 2:47 PM CEST Boris Johnson discharged from hospital Downing Street spokesperson said the British prime minister will not immediately return to work and will recover at his country residence, Chequers.
Prime of their lives: Downing Street in sickness and in health
4/6/20, 1:19 PM CEST Britain’s ‘woke’ queen Queen Elizabeth urges Brits to look to the future in a rare address to the nation. 4/4/20, 1:30 AM CEST Meet Macron’s Mr. NATO Hubert Védrine is in tune with the French president’s vision of a new relationship with Russia. 4/2/20, 4:02 AM CEST Italy’s future is in German hands If Southern Europe is going to get help recovering from the coronavirus crisis, it will need to convince Germans that their own prosperity is at stake.
With Boris Johnson ill, Britain faces critical test
4/6/20, 1:19 PM CEST Britain’s ‘woke’ queen Queen Elizabeth urges Brits to look to the future in a rare address to the nation. 4/4/20, 1:30 AM CEST Meet Macron’s Mr. NATO Hubert Védrine is in tune with the French president’s vision of a new relationship with Russia. 4/2/20, 4:02 AM CEST Italy’s future is in German hands If Southern Europe is going to get help recovering from the coronavirus crisis, it will need to convince Germans that their own prosperity is at stake.
Why are so many of the world’s top jobs still held by grumpy old men?
4/4/20, 1:30 AM CEST Meet Macron’s Mr. NATO Hubert Védrine is in tune with the French president’s vision of a new relationship with Russia. 4/2/20, 4:02 AM CEST Italy’s future is in German hands If Southern Europe is going to get help recovering from the coronavirus crisis, it will need to convince Germans that their own prosperity is at stake. 4/2/20, 1:00 AM CEST The accidental prime minister Sophie Wilmès was only meant to be a caretaker leader.
Labour Party’s reality-show election
4/2/20, 4:02 AM CEST Italy’s future is in German hands If Southern Europe is going to get help recovering from the coronavirus crisis, it will need to convince Germans that their own prosperity is at stake. 4/2/20, 1:00 AM CEST The accidental prime minister Sophie Wilmès was only meant to be a caretaker leader. Instead, she’s calmly leading Belgium through its worst crisis since World War II.
Italy’s future is in German hands
4/2/20, 4:02 AM CEST Italy’s future is in German hands If Southern Europe is going to get help recovering from the coronavirus crisis, it will need to convince Germans that their own prosperity is at stake. 4/2/20, 1:00 AM CEST The accidental prime minister Sophie Wilmès was only meant to be a caretaker leader. Instead, she’s calmly leading Belgium through its worst crisis since World War II.
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