Xi to Putin: “Change Is Coming, and Together We Are Driving It”
Implicit in the Chinese leader’s departing words, as his three-day state visit concluded, was the promise the world order would experience a shakeup not seen in a century.
Implicit in the Chinese leader’s departing words, as his three-day state visit concluded, was the promise the world order would experience a shakeup not seen in a century.
Russian dissatisfaction with the deal—which allows Ukraine to ship grain through Russia’s blockade—casts a shadow over its future.
If Ukraine fails, “we will have no choice but to enter the conflict,” Polish Ambassador Jan Rościszewski told LCI in the latest interview.
“Very relevant consequences” could follow, the head of the European Parliament’s China delegation said in response. “Beijing has been warned.”
For Viktor Orbán, this meeting has a strong symbolic dimension: despite his positions, which are contrary to the majority of his European colleagues, he maintains dialogue with the West.
Prime Minister Orbán’s meeting with the leader of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) may have been intended as a message to the ruling Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP).
With Poland ramping up its border security with Belarus, some speculate that a ‘new Iron Curtain’ is coming down, as the war in Ukraine divides the East and West.
The plant closure adds to fears of deindustrialisation as Berlin announced a reduction in energy tariffs.
In contrast to Bern’s apparent reluctance to allow arms exports to Ukraine, a recent poll showed that half the country supported more flexible rules regarding neutrality.
Another €2 billion was pledged under EU Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell’s three-step plan to solve the ammunition problem, involving significant production overhaul.