The party and parliamentary group leader of the European Christian Democrats, Manfred Weber, calls on the European Union (EU) for a strong position in the trade dispute with US President Donald Trump. “The EU cannot be pushed around by Trump. The EU is ready for the deal, but at eye level,” Weber told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
April 2nd was a black day and a huge mistake by Trump, he added. Europe has the chance to become the lighthouse fair trade relationships. “But Europe has to deliver now,” emphasized Weber. Specifically, he called for a planned trade agreement with South America and to get a trade contract with India on the way: “These new trade agreements are anti-trump agreements.”
US President Donald Trump starts the weekend with an exclusive dinner: For a seat at the “Maga Inc. Candlelight Dinner” on Friday evening (local time) in his estate Mar-A-Lago in Florida, according to the CBS News broadcaster (around 913,000 euros). Further dates are already planned.
In the dispute over the accidental deportation of a man in a notorious prison in El Salvador, the US government has suffered a legal defeat. A federal judge in the state of Maryland ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who comes from El Salvador, had to be brought back to the USA by Monday at the latest. The Ministry of Justice immediately appealed. You can find the details of the case here.
The U.S. tax authority Internal Revenue Service (IRS) started extensive personnel loss on Friday. This was announced by the authorities on Friday (local time) in an email to the employees. “The IRS has started implementing personnel reduction, which will lead to personnel cuts in several offices and job categories,” said the personnel department’s email. The announcement also showed that 75 percent of the authority’s civil rights office, which used to be called diversity, equality and integration office, had to be deleted and the remaining employees had to move to a separate office. The mass layoffs would take place in several phases, it continued.
