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...A key moment came when James Cleverly — the new foreign minister with whom Šefčovič had struck up a rapport — said after several meetings, “now I believe that you don’t want to screw us”....
...New Zealand’s minister for climate change James Shaw hit out at oil- and gas-producing countries which had sought to protect the production of fossil fuels....
...On a visit to Washington in September, Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the European Commission, remained optimistic that the US would follow through with its pledges....
...Mr Timmermans has said the commission will propose a plan to tighten Europe’s 2030 emissions target by September despite the COP26 postponement....
...James Kynge, FT global China editor, and Jamie Smyth, the FT’s correspondent in Australia, discuss China's increasingly assertive foreign policy. (FT)...
...Coming up today Frans Timmermans, EU vice-president in charge of the green deal, takes part in a fireside chat as part of the FT’s Energy Transition Strategies summit from 15.00 (CET)....
...Commissioners Frans Timmermans, Kadri Simson and Virginijus Sinkevičius will all be in the press room. mehreen.khan@ft.com; @mehreenkhndavid.hindley@ft.com...
...The FT’s James Shotter reports on what some are calling the creation of a parallel legal system, after sweeping judicial reforms enacted by the ruling conservative government....
...Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s prime minister, alluded to the “material, spiritual, economic and financial” damage Poland had suffered as he appeared alongside the deputy head of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans...
...Mr Timmerman’s salvos came as he urged a revamp of bloc safeguards against creeping autocracy....
...(FT) James Murdoch attacks father’s news empire James Murdoch has criticised his father’s news outlets for promoting false scepticism about climate change as deadly bushfires tear across Australia, the...
...James Shotter reports....
...James Politi lists the five big challenges — from Argentina’s botched bailout to maintaining the IMF’s €1tn firepower — that Georgieva faces in office....
...However, Polish officials have dismissed the Brussels move as “political”, noting that Frans Timmermans — who has spearheaded the EU’s probe into whether Poland is undermining the rule of law — is running...
...The FT’s James Shotter reports. Road to east-west harmony Joschka Fischer sees the transformation of the car industry as one of the means to heal the political divisions across the European continent....
...Farmed out The FT's James Shotter looks at why Poland's ruling Law and Justice party seems to be falling out of favour with part of its rural base....
...Richard Timmerman, the protagonist of Feathered Glory, thinks of himself as a virtuous man....
...Up next week are the socialists’ Frans Timmermans and the European People’s party’s Manfred Weber....
...Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the European Commission, is expected in Warsaw on Monday for the latest talks on the dispute....
...needs to take further action to resolve the European Commission’s concerns about a series of judicial changes that sparked a furious spat between Warsaw and Brussels, the Commission’s vice-president, Frans Timmermans...
...Mr Timmermans will on Monday call on Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s prime minister, to pull back from the judicial changes....
...Mr Timmermans said the commission would wait to see actions before passing judgment on the latest proposals....
...However, the European Commission’s vice-president Frans Timmermans made clear last month that the changes were not enough....
...Earlier this week, Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the European Commission, visited Warsaw to meet Mr Morawiecki and other Polish officials....
...Frans Timmermans, commission vice-president, said two weeks ago that the amendments failed to address the commission’s main concerns....
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