UK joins US in backing Rutte to lead NATO
Publicat:
Britain is ready to back Mark Rutte as the next leader of NATO, a UK official said Thursday, hours after Politico reported US President Joe Biden’s support for the outgoing Dutch premier. “The UK strongly backs Dutch PM Mark Rutte to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as NATO secretary-general,” a UK official told journalists. “Rutte is well-respected […] The post UK joins US in backing Rutte to lead NATO appeared first on Știri online, ultimele știri, presa online, ziar online - Sursazilei.ro .
Citeste articolul mai departe pe sursazilei.ro…
Sursa articol si foto: sursazilei.ro
Stiri pe aceeasi tema
Latvian foreign minister quits amid flight spending scandal
12:20, 29.03.2024 - Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins announced his resignation on Thursday, engulfed by a scandal on taking private jets to official meetings, according to Politico. His departure effectively eliminates him as a challenger to EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis, a party colleague from Latvia who…
US ambassador condemns Hungary’s ‘dangerously unhinged’ postures under Orban
11:11, 15.03.2024 - US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman criticized the country’s “dangerously unhinged anti-American messaging” and its “expanding relationship with Russia” on Thursday, according to Politico. In a fiery speech at the Central European University in Budapest on the 25th anniversary of Hungary’s accession…
Romanian President Iohannis to run for NATO leadership
10:46, 13.03.2024 - Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday he has decided to run for NATO‘s leadership, a position for which many member states support outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, according to Reuters. In February, the United States, Britain, France and Germany backed Rutte to succeed Jens Stoltenberg…
Sweden joins NATO as war in Ukraine prompts security rethink
13:15, 08.03.2024 - Sweden joined NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced it to rethink its national security policy and conclude that support for the alliance was the Scandinavian nation’s best guarantee of safety, according to Reuters. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson…
Dip in euro zone inflation bolsters case for ECB easing
16:21, 29.02.2024 - Euro zone inflation dipped further this month, strengthening the case for the European Central Bank to start easing interest rates from record highs later this year, data from some of the euro zone’s biggest economies showed on Thursday, according to Reuters. The ECB has kept interest rates at record…
Romania president seeks to challenge Rutte for top NATO job
11:16, 23.02.2024 - Romania notified allies on Thursday that President Klaus Iohannis was considering challenging frontrunner Mark Rutte for the NATO top job, according to Politico. Iohannis’ last-minute move comes as the biggest powers in the 31-strong alliance already declared support for Rutte over the last 24 hours,…
NATO chief says 18 countries meet 2% military spending target
13:35, 14.02.2024 - NATO‘s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that 18 out of 31 NATO countries will hit the target of 2% in defence spending of their gross domestic product in 2024, Reuters reports. “I expect 18 allies to spend 2% of their GDP on defence this year,” Jens Stoltenberg said at a news conference…
EU backs tough new migration rules, shifting right
09:25, 09.02.2024 - The EU approved on Thursday a migration deal that will see thousands of asylum-seekers — potentially including children — locked up, according to Politico. The Migration Pact, approved by EU ambassadors, is seen by NGOs and the political left of pandering to the far-right as it proposed the detention…
se inchide automat in 30 secunde
