Tag: Negotiations

Kyiv says Jeddah participants back Ukraine territorial integrity in any peace deal – POLITICO

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KYIV ­— Representatives of some 40 countries that took part in Saudi-hosted Ukraine peace talks this weekend agreed that any peace treaty to end Russia’s war against Ukraine must be based on respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the U.N. Charter, the Ukrainian government said on Sunday.

Russia did not take part in the talks. But China, a longtime ally of Russia, attended the gathering in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

“China did not object, as it has never objected

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Chelsea make huge Moises Caicedo error as Brighton reap benefits of £25m negotiations | Football | Sport

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Chelsea may have made a significant mistake in their pursuit of Moises Caicedo when negotiating a separate deal to sign Robert Sanchez. The Blues have been locked in talks with Brighton for the majority of the summer transfer window but are yet to match the midfielder’s £100million valuation with the 2023/24 Premier League campaign under a week away.

Mauricio Pochettino identified Caicedo as his top target following his appointment at Stamford Bridge, with the Ecuador international seen as the ideal

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9 ways Dutch political paralysis hits the EU – POLITICO

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It’s hard to punch above your weight if you’re handcuffed. 

In Brussels, the Netherlands is known for its assertive positioning in EU legislation in a wide range of policy files. Despite its relatively small size, the Netherlands has a tendency to get involved, even on files that are not at the core of the Dutch domestic debate.

Its prime minister, Mark Rutte, is the second-longest serving European Union leader

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UAW-Detroit 3 negotiations: Union wants pact through May 1, 2028

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The UAW is seeking a four-year, eight-month contract with the Detroit 3 that would expire on May 1, 2028 — International Workers’ Day — according to people familiar with the union’s thinking.

The symbolic date, also known as May Day, celebrates the achievement of the international labor movement and would shift contract negotiations to the industry’s robust spring selling season. It would also change the dynamic of any potential strikes in northern states, taking away the risk of workers freezing

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Rishi Sunak could get mobbed (and bag a trade deal) when he heads to India – POLITICO

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LONDON — Rishi Sunak might struggle to set pulses racing at home. But Downing Street hopes for a different story when the U.K. prime minister visits India next month.

His ascent has already been hailed by the country’s press. “Indian son rises over the empire” read a headline by major broadcaster NDTV as Sunak entered Downing Street last year. The Times of India ran a piece on the shift

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Michel Barnier calls for post-Brexit UK-EU defense treaty – POLITICO

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LONDON — The time is right for London and Brussels to negotiate a new treaty on defense and foreign policy cooperation, Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, told POLITICO.

Speaking to the Ex Files newsletter for its 100th edition, Barnier — a former French presidential candidate and key player in Britain’s painstaking divorce from the EU — said it was now in both sides’ interest to collaborate

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Why Ukrainians see no sense in negotiating with Russia now – POLITICO

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Andreas Umland is an analyst at the Stockholm Center for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.

One can safely assert that the Ukrainian people and their leaders want a durable peace with Russia, more than the West and others around the world. So, then why is it that Kyiv is not at the forefront of exploring a compromise with Moscow?

The truth is that Russia’s

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No cease-fire while Ukraine is on the offensive, Putin says – POLITICO

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Vladimir Putin said he does not reject the idea of peace talks over Ukraine, but the Russian president added that there could be no cease-fire while Ukrainian forces are “on the offensive.”

Speaking after meeting with African leaders in St. Petersburg, Putin told a press conference that African and Chinese peace initiatives could serve as a basis for ending the war in Ukraine, but are “impossible to implement” at the moment.

“The Ukrainian army is on the offensive, they are

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Spain election repeat more likely after expat vote count – POLITICO

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Spain’s already complicated electoral landscape just got a lot more complex.

On Saturday, the count of the 233,688 ballots deposited by Spaniards living abroad — which are tallied five days after the in-person vote is held — led to the redistribution of seats in the Spanish parliament. As a result, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party lost one of the spots it was allocated in Madrid, which will now go to the center-right Popular Party.

The Popular Party is now

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Murdered Maltese journalist’s son blasts EU media freedom law – POLITICO

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When a car bomb killed Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017, Brussels promised action to better protect journalists. The European Commission last year forwarded a directive to combat strategic lawsuits against public participation (or SLAPPs), which are used to censor and silence public critics.

But in an interview with POLITICO’s EU Confidential podcast, Daphne Caruana Galizia’s son Andrew Caruana Galizia has lambasted the EU’s watershed anti-SLAPP law as insufficient. “In reality, the proposal as it stands would not

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