AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoWorld Cup Final as EU politics show up in sport: Spain and Argentina meet at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, with US President Donald Trump attending and a Super Bowl-style halftime concert planned; the match is also shadowed by Canadian wildfire smoke over New Jersey and by US visa denials affecting Spanish World Cup winner Joan Capdevila. UK leadership and economic direction: Labour’s incoming PM Andy Burnham is framed around decentralising power from Whitehall and remaking Britain’s state, as he prepares to tackle growth, cost-of-living and public services. Germany domestic pressure: AfD co-leader Alice Weidel calls for the Merz government to resign over low approval, while also pushing for EU sovereignty reforms. EU foreign policy pressure points: Kosovo urges the EU to act over a Serbian minister’s ethnically cleansing remarks; the EU again calls on Israel to halt West Bank settlement expansion. EU aviation and sanctions follow-through: Iraq’s parliament plans to scrutinise efforts to lift the EU ban on Iraqi Airways, including alleged administrative and financial violations. Energy transition friction: Germany’s solar industry warns Economy Ministry plans to cut subsidies from 2027 could destabilise investment and jobs.
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