Portugal faults France for energy grid delays after widespread blackout
Following a blackout last month, Portugal will ask the European Commission to put pressure on France on cross-border electrical ties, arguing that the Iberian peninsula is now at risk due to French delays on new connections. Long-standing disputes about connections for power trading with France have been rekindled by the disastrous outage, which started in […]
UK fears Macron will stall on Palestine recognition amid diplomatic tensions
British officials are skeptical that Emmanuel Macron plans to move on with France being the first G7 country to recognize a Palestinian state next month. This might delay the UK government from doing the same. Last month, the president of France hinted that Paris would join 148 other nations in recognizing Palestine, but he stated […]
