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German Chancellor Scholz to Ask Parliament to Clear Way for New Elections
Date: December 16, 2024
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany’s parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing early elections following his government’s collapse. The departure last month of the neoliberal Free Democrats from the three-way coalition left Scholz’s Social Democrats and...
Who Is Han Duck-Soo, South Korea’s Acting President After Yoon Impeachment?
Date: December 14, 2024
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became South Korea’s acting president after Saturday’s impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, is a career technocrat whose wide-ranging experience and reputation for rationality could serve him well in his latest role. With parliament’s impeachment vote against Yoon passed after his short-lived attempt to impose...
Greece Offers New Round of Power Bill Subsidies for Households
Date: December 13, 2024
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece announced a new round of power bill subsidies on Friday to help households grappling with rising electricity costs in December. Greece spent nearly 10 billion euros ($10.58 billion) in power bill subsidies for households and businesses in the 2021-23 period, the biggest amount an EU country has disbursed on such subsidies...
Macron, Defying Calls to Resign, Struggles on in Search for Stable French Government
Date: December 6, 2024
By Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron on Friday began his latest search for a new prime minister to lead France’s unruly parliament, after rejecting demands he quit to end a crisis he said was driven by the far right and extreme left’s “anti-republican front.” In a prime time address on Thursday,...
Moldova Sacks Energy Minister Over Failure to Tackle Crisis
Date: December 6, 2024
By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova’s president on Thursday sacked Energy Minister Victor Parlicov and the prime minister called for two other senior energy officials to resign for failing to tackle an energy crisis in the small former Soviet republic. Prime Minister Dorin Recean also said he would ask parliament to impose a state of...
UK Electric Vehicle Sales Surge 58% Yoy in Nov, Industry Data Shows
Date: December 5, 2024
(Reuters) -New battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales in UK rose 58% in November, marking the eleventh straight month of growth, industry data showed, driven by deep discounts to meet government-mandated levels. However, overall new car sales for the month fell 1.9% from a year ago to 153,610 units, due to waning demand among private buyers,...