Poland’s Morawiecki plays Europe’s anti-Macron in Washington

Poland’s Morawiecki plays Europe’s anti-Macron in Washington

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. There’s an Emmanuel Macron-shaped shadow hovering over this week’s U.S. visit by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. In contrast to the French president — who in an interview with POLITICO tried to put some distance between the U.S. and Europe in any future … Read more

Ukraine’s bumper grain exports rile allies in eastern EU

Ukraine’s bumper grain exports rile allies in eastern EU

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ukraine’s farmers played an iconic role in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion, towing away abandoned enemy tanks with their tractors. Now, though, their prodigious grain output is causing some of Ukraine’s staunchest allies to waver, as disrupted shipments are redirected onto neighboring … Read more

Fighter jets coming ASAP, Poland tells Ukraine

Fighter jets coming ASAP, Poland tells Ukraine

[ad_1] Poland will deliver four Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine “in the next few days,” President Andrzej Duda said Thursday. Poland is the first country to formally commit to sending combat planes to Ukraine, which Kyiv says it urgently needs to repel the Russian invasion, which has become a brutal war of attrition in … Read more

Pope John Paul II and pedophile priests becomes Poland’s top political issue

Pope John Paul II and pedophile priests becomes Poland’s top political issue

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. WARSAW — War? Inflation? Corruption? Nope, the big subject dominating Poland’s politics ahead of this fall’s parliamentary election is the legacy of John Paul II. Although the canonized Polish pontiff has been dead since 2005, he’s become the hottest subject in Poland following … Read more

Poland’s Duda: Sending fighter jets to Ukraine a ‘very serious decision’

Poland’s Duda: Sending fighter jets to Ukraine a ‘very serious decision’

[ad_1] Poland’s President Andrzej Duda signaled his country may not be able to deliver Western fighter jets to Ukraine to help it fend off Russia’s invasion. “A decision today to donate any kind of jets, any F-16, to donate them outside Poland is a very serious decision and it’s not an easy one for us … Read more

West struggles to deliver on Zelenskyy’s defense wish list

West struggles to deliver on Zelenskyy’s defense wish list

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — With Ukraine’s partners racing to send more weapons to Kyiv amid an emerging Russian offensive, fulfilling Ukrainian requests is becoming trickier. Ukraine is still waiting for promised deliveries of modern tanks. Combat jets, though much discussed, are mired in the throes of … Read more