EU rethink in Sahel after deaths keep rising
ADDIS ABABA — The EU will change its strategy for providing humanitarian and military support in Africa’s Sahel region, a sprawling stretch of land south of the Sahara, after billions of euros spent...
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Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the Europe At Large column. His report “Crossing the Wilderness — Europe and the Sahel” will be published by Friends of Europe on May 12. PARIS —...
View ArticleEurope prepares late entry in vaccine diplomacy race
European capitals are finally getting ready to give away their coronavirus vaccines. But they want to make sure they get back as good as they give. Within a matter of months, supply of vaccines around...
View ArticleMacron: France will pull troops out if Mali slides into ‘radical islamism’
France will withdraw its troops from Mali if the African country, which recently saw its second military coup in nine months, veers toward radical Islamism, President Emmanuel Macron told the Le...
View ArticleMacron expected to announce troop pullout from Mali as he meets African leaders
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce the withdrawal of French troops from Mali and a rethink of his country’s military presence in the Sahel region ahead of an EU-Africa...
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PARIS — France alongside its European and international partners announced Thursday the end of its nine-year military counter-insurgency operation in Mali, amid growing tensions with the country’s...
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Ukraine’s front-line farmers battle to feed the world
On a 1,500 hectare plot of Europe’s breadbasket, Ukrainian farmer Grygorii Tkachenko is rebuilding his farm. Russian forces rained Grad missiles and bullets on his land in early March, wiping out...
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Spain lugs its political fights, scandals and protests into the NATO summit
MADRID — For three days, again and again, Spain’s political baggage kept getting pulled into the NATO arena, threatening to overshadow accomplishments the Spanish government wanted to tout as it...
View Article‘Frequent flyer’ UK MPs rack up £450,000 of foreign trips via backbench groups
LONDON — A small cluster of British MPs are making foreign visits collectively worth tens of thousands of pounds every year, paid for by private companies or overseas governments with dubious human...
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How Moscow chased France out of Africa
PARIS — The French flag was lowered for the last time in the Bila Zagré military camp in Burkina Faso on Sunday, marking the end of 13 years of a presence by French armed forces in the West African...
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Inside the European Parliament’s gift vault
BRUSSELS — Down a curving corridor on floor five and a half, there’s a dark alcove hiding an unmarked door. This is the final resting place for the European Parliament’s would-be bribes. The secret...
View ArticleParliament’s Qatargate debate: Build a wall or look inside
The European Parliament panel that is charged with responding to the Qatargate bribery scandal is divided over whether the real threat comes from without — or within. This split was laid bare Thursday...
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11 key Qatargate players — where are they now?
BRUSSELS — On a Friday morning last December, Belgian police swooped in on top political figures in a cash-for-influence scandal that would quickly be dubbed Qatargate, unveiling a murky underworld of...
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The EU’s reply to Qatargate: Nips, tucks and paperwork
STRASBOURG — The European Parliament’s response to Qatargate: Fight corruption with paperwork. When Belgian police made sweeping arrests and recovered €1.5 million from Parliament members in a...
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What happened to Qatargate’s forgotten country, Mauritania?
It’s not just Qatar-gate. While the super-rich Gulf kingdom has become a byword for the cash-for-influence scandal at the European Parliament, another rarely-mentioned country was also allegedly...
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Yevgeny Prigozhin — hot dog tycoon, warlord and mutineer — dead at 62
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s days seemed numbered the moment he had the audacity — some would say recklessness — to raise a mutiny two months ago and start his march on Moscow. The paramilitary boss’s demise...
View ArticleIslamic envoys in Brussels call for ‘immediate’ Gaza cease-fire
Islamic ambassadors in Brussels on Monday called for an “immediate, full and unconditional” cease-fire in Gaza, urging the EU to push Israel to halt its “barbaric military assaults” and quickly...
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The Qatargate Files: Inside the police interrogations
Denial, grief, acceptance:Inside the Qatargate police interrogations In the dramatic first few hours after they were arrested, the EU corruption suspects tried to explain themselves to police....
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The Qatargate Files: Hundreds of leaked documents reveal scale of EU...
The Qatargate Files:Hundreds of leaked documents reveal scale of EU corruption scandal Evidence from the European Parliament’s graft investigation provides a record of more than 300 alleged attempts...
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Explosives and Russian oil tankers: Qatargate suspect’s side hustle
Oil tankers, golf buddies and explosives: Qatargate suspect’s side hustle Even as he allegedly worked for Qatar and Morocco, Francesco Giorgi was looking for other options. By ELISA BRAUN, GIAN...
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