Colombian President Gustavo Petro Urged to Resign – 2024-03-09 01:11:03

Demonstrations urging Colombian President Gustavo Petro to resign(Joaquín SARMIENTO / AFP) Thousands of Colombians demonstrated to criticize President Gustavo Petro for the violence that continues to hit the South American country. “Back off, Petro!” that’s the writing on a banner carried by protesters in Bogota while waving the Colombian flag. “Insecurity is everywhere, in rural … Read more

Money, power and the peril of courting Chinese nationalism | Politics News

In January, a Chinese ultranationalist vlogger – video blogger – came across red circular stickers on the glass doors of a shopping mall in Nanjing featuring the words: “Happy 2024.” The vlogger claimed that what appeared to be innocent New Year decorations were, in fact, nationalistic Japanese motifs since the red circles resembled the rising … Read more

At home: Árpád Szakács, former press officer of NER, also complains about Rogán’s manual control

At home: Árpád Szakács, the former press officer of NER, also complains about Rogán’s manual control | hvg.hu Would you like to receive the most important news immediately? No please Please Click to turn on notifications “Please” button! The notification function is available in the following browsers:Chrome 61+, Firefox 57+, Safari 10.1+ Thank you for … Read more

Bad news for Europe: Trump is planning a trade war with the European Union

When Donald Trump was president for the first time, Brussels managed to avert the worst-case scenario in transatlantic trade relations – a trade war over cars. Washington lawmakers, especially the Republican ones, and the American business community (plus its lobbyists) then created a defensive wall to prevent this. This time, however, Brussels might not be … Read more

Live blog farmers’ protest – Flemish government reaches agreement with agricultural organizations after negotiation marathon

The Boerenbond reports that the agreement on the package of measures is not an end point of the negotiations, but the start of a process in which the Boerenbond will closely monitor the agreements made. “We will also act as a discussion partner for new initiatives,” said an initial response. “Have all Flemish problems for … Read more

Political scientist Dave Sinardet about the riot surrounding Tom Meeuws: “People will see patterns and that puts Vooruit in a difficult position”

It seems that N-VA has the kingdom to itself. “Open VLD has been meaningless since the dismissal of Alderman Marinower. And now Vooruit’s file grabber is also disappearing. Although at the end of the board period there are no more important files on the table.” “It may sound good to be the dominant factor, but … Read more

Tom Meeuws (Vooruit) will immediately stop working as alderman in Antwerp and leave politics: “I’m tired”

At Vooruit in Antwerp they regret Meeuws’ decision. “We can only respect his decision,” local chairman Sascha Luyckx told VRT NWS. “He has done his utmost to put social policy on the map in Antwerp. We thank him very much for that. We are sad to see him leave.” In the city of Antwerp, the … Read more

PVV leader Wilders wants Kim Putters as successor to informant Plasterk | Formation 2023

By our political editors Feb 14, 2024 at 11:40 AM Update: 9 hours ago PVV leader Geert Wilders wants Kim Putters (PvdA), chairman of the Social-Economic Council, as the new informant. “If the House agrees to this, then it should work,” he said in the House debate on Wednesday about the stalled formation. Follow the … Read more