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Die Ukraine erwägt eine Abkehr vom US-Dollar und eine engere Anbindung ihrer Währung an den Euro, erklärte Nationalbankspräsident Andrij Pyschnyj gegenüber Reuters. Grund dafür sei die Fragmentierung des Welthandels und die wachsenden Beziehungen zu Europa.

Die Europäische Kommission will die Zusammenarbeit mit den Vereinigten Staaten im Bereich der Künstlichen Intelligenz deutlich ausbauen. Ziel ist es, Spannungen zu entschärfen und einen drohenden Handelskonflikt mit dem wichtigsten Handelspartner abzuwenden.

On 8 May eighty years ago, World War II came to an end in Europe with the surrender of Nazi Germany: an occasion to be remembered. Russia marks its victory in the 'Great Patriotic War' with an annual military parade on 9 May. Europe's commentators reflect in light of the current conflicts.

On Wednesday, the day after his election as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz flew to Paris. In a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron the two leaders reaffirmed the close ties between their countries, which had recently cooled, as well as their shared interests. Merz then flew directly to Warsaw to meet Prime Minister Donald Tusk and reassert the desire for close ties with Poland. Commentators take stock.

The German Bundestag elected Friedrich Merz as the country's new chancellor on Tuesday - but only in the second round of voting after the CDU leader failed to secure enough support from the ranks of the conservative-social democratic coalition in the first round and fell six votes short of the required majority. After the vote the cabinet members were also sworn in. Europe's media discuss the causes of the false start and its consequences.

India has attacked targets in neighbouring Pakistan and the Pakistan-controlled part of the disputed Kashmir region. Official sources in New Delhi stress that only "terrorist infrastructure" was targeted, but Islamabad says 31 civilians were killed and has vowed to retaliate. This latest escalation in the long-standing conflict was prompted by a terrorist attack on tourists in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.