Supporters say the legislation, which has bipartisan support, would address the agency’s financial woes while requiring it maintain a delivery standard of at least six days a week. The Postal Service has teetered on the brink of insolvency for years,…
Senator Mitch McConnell joined a chorus of Republicans distancing themselves from the committee’s action, describing the Capitol riot as “a violent insurrection.” Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader, is normally taciturn. WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority…
Major shadows loom over the summit in Brussels on 17-18 February (Photo: wonker) There is never a shortage of bombastic declarations, full of good intentions and commitments, at high-level events. According to French president Emmanuel Macron, the upcoming EU-Africa Union…
As Russia continues massing troops close to the Ukrainian border, fears are rising over a possible dramatic escalation in Vladimir Putin’s eight-year undeclared war against Ukraine. Amid this growing geopolitical tension, one potentially critical period to watch will be 24-26…
Germany’s dialogue-based, peace-driven approach to the European security architecture has yielded considerable economic and diplomatic successes in the past, but it is increasingly clear that the EU’s biggest country has to (re-)learn the language of power if it wants to…
France announced on Tuesday (8 February) that it has raised more than €3.5 billion to invest in the tech ecosystem, amongst plans to rely on European start-ups to regain the continent’s digital sovereignty. The second day of the conference on…
The balance of recent surveys suggests that the desire to return to normalcy has approached or even overtaken alarm about the coronavirus itself. Members of the House and Senate gathered on Monday for a moment of silence to remember the…
The complex dynamics among veterans’ groups reflect general exhaustion with war among American voters and shifting domestic politics. U.S. Army Soldiers deploy to NATO countries in Eastern Europe on Thursday. WASHINGTON — An antiwar alliance of veterans that emerged from the conflicts…
Three French presidential candidates carried out a large seduction operation over the weekend aimed at the working-class, the largest in numbers but least mobilised at the ballot box. EURACTIV France reports. On Saturday (5 February), the two far-right candidates, Rassemblement…
In an interview with EURACTIV, Professor Kalypso Nicolaïdis said that Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), stakeholders have done the best they can do, but to make it a permanent exercise within the EU, there needs to be room…