The battle for the top job in NATO:

Barely six weeks before the NATO summit in Vilnius, it is still unclear who will succeed Jens Stoltenberg as president. – It’s starting to get a little urgent. So it’s getting tighter and tighter, Nina Græger, professor of international politics

European politicians water down climate policy

Several European leaders are doing like Rishi Sunak and watering down climate policy. They fear that costly environmental measures will give wind in their sails to right-wing populists. The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, fears that aggressive climate