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European leaders gather chiefly to discuss defence but US president’s threat of trade war dominates agendaEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has just been addressing the media on her arrival in Brussels.She spoke about the need for Europe to “do more, together” in defence and look at how new initiatives can be funded.We were listening carefully to those words and of course we are preparing also on our side. What is clear, there are no winners in trade wars. If US starts a trade war, the one laughing on the side is China. We are very interlinked. We need America,

Sinn Féin politician to step down after being elected to Seanead, and aims to push reunification agendaThe economy minister for Northern Ireland is to step down from his role at Stormont after being elected to the Seanad in Dublin, the upper house of the Irish parliament.Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy secured one of the 60 seats in the Seanad, with the support of Sinn Féin TDs and councillors, in the early hours of Monday morning. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/03/conor-murphy-to-quit-as-northern-ireland-economy-minister-to-join-irish-parliament Author : Lisa O'Carroll Dublin Publish date : 2025-02-03 12:06:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Keir Starmer to attend European Council meeting in wake of US president’s tariff warfare threatsQ: Is it impossible to have a report card system for schools with enough detail to keep the unions happy, but enough simplicity to make it clear to parents?Phillipson replies:I think the system should and can do both. I think parents are more than able to process more information than is the case currently provided.I think it’s, frankly, deeply insulting to suggest that somehow parents either don’t want or can’t understand a wider range of areas that need further improvement, or where there is real strength