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...Additional reporting by Laura Dubois in Brussels...
...past Over 130 armed police swooped on a house in Berlin just after dawn yesterday morning, firing shots and detaining several people in connection with the search of wanted far-left militants, writes Sam...
G7 allies are debating whether to spend Moscow’s frozen funds to support Ukraine
...Eastern front German defence minister Boris Pistorius yesterday hailed a “historic moment” as a vanguard of German troops boarded a military plane for deployment to Lithuania, writes Sam Jones....
G7 officials agree to explore EU proposals that could provide financial support for Ukraine
...(Un)friendly visit Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz today welcomes one of his best frenemies to Berlin: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, write Sam Jones and Adam Samson....
...But they will probably face an avalanche of legal issues, write Sam Jones and Giuliana Ricozzi....
...Chart du jour: Reckoning The crypto industry is regrouping after the collapse of the FTX exchange and fraud conviction of co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried....
...Meetings in Brussels and Luxembourg today will show whether this can help overcome the difficulties of bringing the plans to fruition and funnelling the cash to Ukraine, writes Sam Fleming....
...But first, Sam explains why a cosy group of EU leaders are huddling over breakfast today to talk seriously about enlargement....
...But Berlin is not alone in asking for stricter minimum standards in the overhaul of the Stability and Growth Pact, writes Sam Fleming....
...Rough welcome EU states may have agreed last week on new asylum rules, but the bloc’s capital still showcases the harsh realities of a malfunctioning asylum system, writes Laura Dubois....
...But that doesn’t mean it will be easy to land, write Sam Fleming and Andy Bounds. Context: EU members want to further tighten the noose around key sectors of the Russian economy....
Germany’s chancellor rejects Credit Suisse comparison as EU leaders seek to reassure markets after share slide
...A must-read piece for you today, or to enjoy over the weekend: Sam Fleming’s magisterial profile of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and the making of her more muscular European Union....
...You can reach her at laura.dubois@ft.com. Fresh broom Italy’s Giorgia Meloni made history last year as the country’s first female prime minister....
...Like Blanche DuBois and Frances Farmer.” A similar tension can be found in her photographs....
...“Moïse had a large number of enemies,” said Laurent Dubois, a Haiti expert at the University of Virginia. “One could speculate in many different directions....
...DuBois, “America’s one gift to beauty [and] slavery’s one redemption, distilled from the dross of its dung” gave Cooke the initial outlet for his precious instrument....
...Selznick’s earthbound angel; or Anna Sten, Sam Goldwyn’s “new Garbo”.)...
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