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...Chart du jour: War footing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a sharp rise in global defence spending and a renewal of the age-old question, writes John Paul Rathbone: How do governments pay for wars...
...He is scheduled to deliver a speech on Tuesday evening to “make it clear that the United States will continue to stand with Ukraine . . . for as long as it takes”, said John Kirby, a spokesperson for the...
...Additional reporting by Barbara Erling in Warsaw, Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv and John Paul Rathbone in London...
...It was therefore startling this week to hear Polish president Andrzej Duda describe Ukraine in scathing terms as “like a drowning person clinging to anything available”....
...Jakob Kumoch, an adviser to Polish president Andrzej Duda, said Warsaw was prepared to provide “a dozen” of its German-built Leopard 2 tanks....
...We’ve been tracking this land war with the FT’s defence and security correspondent, John Paul Rathbone. He’s with us again today. Hi, JP. John Paul RathboneHi, Marc....
...He then met Andrzej Duda, Poland’s president....
...“At the direction of the president and following recommendations made by secretary [Lloyd] Austin, the United States has taken steps to heighten the readiness of its forces at home and abroad,” said John...
...Hours later, John Kirby, Pentagon spokesperson, said the plan was not “tenable”....
...For decades, the liberal and conservative traditions in the Polish Church were united under the influence of Pope John Paul II, who, as Karol Wojtyla, was Archbishop of Krakow....
...The PiS incumbent, President Andrzej Duda, leads the polls. But PiS worries that a poorly funded health service will crack and Mr Duda will pay the price....
...Poland might follow, if the incumbent Andrzej Duda wins the June 28 presidential election: Duda has campaigned on a “family charter” pledging to protect children from “LGBT ideology”....
...(FT, AP) Poland run-off A bitterly contested presidential run-off pits incumbent Andrzej Duda against Rafal Trzaskowski, Warsaw mayor, on Sunday....
...Andrzej Duda, the incumbent president and candidate of the ruling Law and Justice party, is favourite to win....
...(Le Monde) Greenwashing John Springford at the Centre for European Reform has done a handy green audit of the EU’s budget spending....
...The latest Ukraine-Russia skirmish is likely to increase the determination of Russia hawks to, at a minimum, keep the sanctions in place — and an adviser to Poland’s president Andrzej Duda said on Monday...
...Although Mr Duda referred the law to Poland’s constitutional tribunal for “clarification”, any changes will come after the law goes into effect....
...Beyond headline-catching initiatives, and the work of leaders such as the late Pope John Paul II and former Polish foreign minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, ordinary Poles also played an important role in...
...All three bills must now be signed by President Andrzej Duda, who was backed by PiS during his election campaign, in order to become law....
...As I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, the shadow of the wall and its misty vistas were a fact of cultural life, understood via John le Carré or the lives of the musical and sports prodigies absconding from...
...(WSJ, FT) Polish president steps in Poland’s president Andrzej Duda said he would veto two bills which would give politicians wide-ranging powers over the country’s judiciary....
...The US president arrives in Warsaw on Wednesday evening and the next day will meet President Andrzej Duda and take part in the Three Seas Summit, a forum that brings together 12 central and eastern European...
...Background briefing UK manufacturing activity dips in May Thursday Trump stops off in Poland Donald Trump will hold a bilateral meeting with Poland’s president Andrzej Duda during a whistle-stop visit...
...Donald Trump will meet Poland’s President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on Thursday in a whistle-stop visit before the G20 summit in Germany....
...Mr Duda did not respond to the comment....
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