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From the European Parliament MEPs the first reaction was, that Von der Leyen’s blunder contradicts signals for closer cooperation with Turkey in the field of security and defense.

Von der Leyen puts NATO member and EU candidate country Turkey in line with Russia and China

According to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, you can put Russia, Turkey and China in line.

The reforms strategy stems from hard-hitting analyses by two former Italian prime ministers, Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, of the EU Single Market’s fragmented nature 35 years after its ‘completion’ in 1992. Both have repeatedly voiced concerns that progress is far too slow.

The oh-so-slow Draghi/Letta plan to ’save Europe’

Giles Merritt looks back at the fate of earlier Single Market initiatives, and complains of déjà vu and lessons unlearned.

The case for a more muscular posture in Lebanon is self-evident. This would neither be a mandate against Israel nor against the Shia Lebanese. It would be a mandate in favor of international law, and in support of an imperfect and flawed democracy that, in the region, most embodies European values of plurality, liberty, and freedom of speech.

France, Italy, and Spain Should Use Force in Lebanon

Europe has been standing by while its Southern neighborhood is being redrawn by force. To establish a path to peace between Israel and Lebanon, it’s time for Europeans to get involved with hard power.

Many airlines around the world have had to take emergency measures to counter the rising cost of fuel, which typically makes up 20-40% of their operating costs.

Europe has ’maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left’, energy boss warns

Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left", the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.

Romania’s IT services exports have grown at rates that consistently outpace GDP, Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca have established genuine technology ecosystems rather than just outsourcing hubs, and Romanian engineers are present in significant numbers at the upper levels of global technology firms.

Where Romania can build excellence: the sources of future competitiveness

Romania has been, for most of its recent history, a story of potential deferred. The standard account of Romanian competitiveness, to the extent one exists in international business literature, is a cost story: cheap labor, low corporate taxes, a large domestic market for Central and Eastern European standards.

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