Two top German government ministers have defended last year's closure of the country's last nuclear power plants before parliament, rejecting new allegations levelled in a magazine piece that they'd suppressed internal concerns about the plan. In a piece published over the weekend, the magazine Cicero alleged that key government ministries sought to block the public release of internal reports raising concerns about the final shut-down of reactors and suggested that operations could be extended
The Government has promised to proactively promote a “positive vision” of electric cars to boost the market in response to a call from a House of Lords committee.
Nigel Farage‘s 60th birthday party at Boisdale’s Canary Wharf outpost on Wednesday – attended by former PM Liz Truss, comedian Jim Davidson and Gloria, Dowager Princess of Thurn and Taxis – was one for the ages.
We might be forgiven for assuming that the piteous paralysis of ministers, helplessly staring into the headlights of an oncoming general election, is unavoidable. It’s what happens when the runes – or opinion polls – have been read and the grim future confirmed.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has acknowledged some responsibility for the low approval ratings of his squabbling centre-left coalition government. "As chancellor, I am responsible for the government. Period. So it would be absurd to say that I have nothing to do with it," Scholz said in an interview with the weekly newspaper Die Zeit. "Unfortunately, it has too rarely been possible to take important decisions without lengthy public disputes. We have to accept the blame for that, and I could hav
Polish President Andrzej Duda wants to grant a second pardon to two former government ministers with the ousted right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party who were sentenced to two years in prison last month on corruption charges. Duda said on Thursday that he had submitted a pardon request to Justice Minister Adam Bodnar, marking a new twist in a political showdown dominating Warsaw. Duda, a PiS ally, met earlier with the wives of the two ex-minsters. The dispute between the new centre-lef