Pope Francis, sensing he is close to death, moves to protect his legacy
The battle to succeed Pope Francis is likely to be highly politicized, particularly given the pontiff’s recent clash with Catholic U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
The battle to succeed Pope Francis is likely to be highly politicized, particularly given the pontiff’s recent clash with Catholic U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
Lawmakers claim right-wing coalition is using procedural tricks to “obstruct” implementation.
Ukraine doesn’t have to accept whatever peace plan Russia and the United States present, Scholz added.
Labour MPs โ and opposition lawmakers too โ are asking for a parliamentary say on any British escalation.
Lโoffensive antirรฉglementation du prรฉsident a semรฉ le doute sur son hรฉritage ร matiรจre dโรฉcologie et suscitรฉ la colรจre de nombreux membres de son propre parti.
The Polish PM is adamant that Europe must not break ties with the U.S.
The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.
Elon Muskโs X has challenged a German court decision that instructed the platform to share data with researchers, the court confirmed to POLITICO. In an urgent injunction, the Berlin Regional Court last Thursday instructed X to share real-time access to the data on the upcoming German elections via its online interface until Feb. 25.ย The [โฆ]
Prime minister heads to Washington to meet with US president as European capitals fret over Ukraine’s future.
A European Commission draft sets out ways for governments to subsidize and boost clean-tech investments.
Keith Kellogg will be in Ukraine for two days this week.
The Ukrainian leader said he will be in Turkey while Russia and the US speak in Riyadh.
The trip will take place in a show of solidarity as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the three-year mark, one EU official said.
Pausing hostilities, which U.S. President Trump has vowed to do, would free up Kremlin resources to threaten countries across the alliance, the report says.
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Signaling a pivot, Germany’s likely next chancellor suggested he’d consider governing with the center left โ but not the AfD or the liberals.
U.S. secretary of state lands in Saudi Arabia as EU leaders prepare for crisis summit in Paris.
Sky Newsโ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโs Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Although itโs recess, Sam and Anne explain why this week could be a major moment in British politics as they discuss whether the transatlantic alliance has collapsed. Anne shares her insider analysis from the Munich Security [โฆ]
Les difficultรฉs politiques et รฉconomiques de l’Allemagne sont une bonne occasion de marquer des points ร Bruxelles en matiรจre nuclรฉaire, estiment ses partisans.
With Germany embroiled in political and economic difficulties, nuclear advocates see an opportunity to score points in Brussels.
โ Erstmals Viererrunde vor der Wahl: Wie das Quadrell lief. โ Gipfel nach der Sicherheitskonferenz: Zu welchen Lรถsungen die EU-Regierungschefs heute in Paris kommen kรถnnten, damit die USA und Russland nicht ohne sie รผber die Ukraine verhandeln. โ Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Franziska Brantner. Die Co-Chefin der Grรผnen zu den europรคischen Perspektiven fรผr die Ukraine, deutschen Friedenstruppen [โฆ]
After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.
The Commission president is pushing a sweeping, rapid and centralized agenda to โsimplifyโ EU rules โ and not everyone in Brussels is thrilled.
The French president’s anti-regulation push has thrown his environmental legacy into doubt and angered many in his own party.
For the first time in a decade, the number of unemployed is closing in on 3 million โ and there’s more to come.
We call on the EUโs member countries and institutions to be the voice of human dignity globally, and to mobilize, defend and support the court.
At a time of intensifying great power competition, the EU has to choose between becoming a satrap of the U.S. or breaking free to steer its own course โ and it must decide quickly.
Ahead of a crunch meeting in Paris on Monday, the U.K. leader commits to putting British troops in harm’s way to secure lasting peace.
โOne phone call does not make peace,โ the secretary of State said.
The attack at the Clemenceau metro station is the latest in a series of violent incidents rocking the city.
The Ukrainian president says he wonโt accept a peace agreement if his country is iced out of talks.
Israeli leader declares “full cooperation and coordination” with Washington as Marco Rubio starts Mideast tour.
The Brits, French, and Germans all have their own ideas about how to defend the continent with Americaโs plans in flux.ย
โI do not know what it is,โ said Ukraineโs President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The “main European countries” will discuss the continent’s security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said the “main European countries” would meet on Monday to discuss European security.
โ Reaktionen auf JD Vance: Olaf Scholz setzt einen Kontrapunkt. โ Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Annalena Baerbock zu den notwendigen Weichenstellungen, um รผber der Zukunft fรผr die Ukraine mitsprechen und entscheiden zu kรถnnen. โ Talk mit dem Kanzleramtsminister: Wolfgang Schmidt im Gesprรคch mit Gordon Repinski im POLITICO Pub auf der Sicherheitskonferenz in Mรผnchen. Das Berlin Playbook als [โฆ]
Negotiators from Kyiv will be joining the talks that launch in the coming days.
Ideological purity and cultural disconnect cost the party the last election.
The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.
It was not immediately clear which European leaders would be invited to the emergency meeting.
The European Commission is trying to head off a transatlantic trade conflict.
The chancellor, who is trailing in the polls ahead of the Feb. 23 snap election, expressed confidence that Germany will have a parliamentary majority to loosen the debt brake.
“The U.S. is rightly asking for a rebalancing of that,” said Rutte. “It’s totally logical.”
Republican senator says US should continue to send weapons to Ukraine.
โ JD Vance: Auf der Bรผhne konfrontativ, in Hintergrundgesprรคchen diplomatisch. Was vom Auftritt des US-Vizeprรคsidenten am ersten Tag der Sicherheitskonferenz bleibt. โ Jens Spahn im POLITICO Pub im Gesprรคch, wie die deutsche und europรคische Politik der Regierung Trump gegenรผbertreten sollte und welche Mรถglichkeiten Friedrich Merz hat, sollte er wirklich Kanzler werden.ย Das Berlin Playbook als [โฆ]
Lawmakersโ reactions underscore the challenge Republicans face as they try to make sense of the administrationโs efforts to end the Ukraine war.
‘We will decide for ourselves what happens to our democracy,’ German chancellor tells the U.S.
U.S. officials told NBC that handing over half of its valuable minerals would be a way for Kyiv to reimburse the U.S. for the billions of dollars in weapons and support.
Despite talk of a peace agreement, Russia is continuing to wage war against Ukraine.
The grim prognosis comes as the conflict appears to be entering a new phase.
The hostages due to be freed are Alexander Troufanov, Yair Horn and Sagui Dekel-Chen. Israel will release 369 Palestinian prisoners.
What we see before us now is a dysfunctional and paralyzed colossus. And itโs time to reevaluate this institution, which is no longer fit for purpose.
โWeโve now got an alliance between a Russian president who wants to destroy Europe and an American president who also wants to destroy Europe,” one diplomat said.
Drawing the top stories around the globe.
The Hungarian leader repeated Kremlin talking points in an interview with Tucker Carlson.
The Italian prime minister stood by her presidentโs comparison of Russia to Nazi Germany.
The vice president met with the leaders of all four major German political parties โ including Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany.
He is the latest in a long string of U.S. citizens detained by Moscow on drug charges.
The U.S. vice president roasted the continent’s way of governing itself.
The U.S. vice president’s admonition of Europeโs policies splits American lawmakers.
“I donโt want to go [down] in history as [the] president who helped Putin to occupy my country,โ says Ukrainian leader.
Former prime minister โ who has lobbied Donald Trump to back Ukraine โ says European nations should ‘man up and step up’ by increasing defense spending.
Riga wants to reduce the risks of human rights violations of Latvian citizens in those countries, and prevent their recruitment as spies.
JD Vance stunned the audience with his broadside on the way Europe is run.
European Commission president announces plan at Munich Security Conference.
Boris Pistorius said it would have been better to talk about Kyivโs NATO membership and territory โat the negotiating table.โ
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has a “stark” message for European allies.
A suspected Islamist attack in Munich has ignited fierce political debate on security and migration just over a week before Germanyโs federal election.
After the U.S. VP blasted โhand-wringing about safety,โ Britainโs safety institute gets a new look. References to AI creating โunequal outcomesโ are out.
The next German government’s response could be political, legal, or possibly target Musk’s gigafactory near Berlin, center-right leader says in interview.
Ukrainian leader implores the West to “stop this crazy guy.”
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker is breaking with the line from the Trump White House.
Brussels has strengthened its trade defense arsenal since a skirmish in U.S. President Donald Trumpโs first term.
“That’s what we’ve been waiting for,” Hungarian prime minister says.
Europe needs a change of mindset on the economy and defense, Macron tells the Financial Times.
“Radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable,” says International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Die aktuellen Umfragen sprechen eine klare Sprache: Es kรถnnte eng werden fรผr Olaf Scholz. Wie blickt er selbst auf seine Zukunft als Kanzler? Was passiert, wenn Friedrich Merz und die Union stรคrkste Kraft werden? In diesem Gesprรคch gibt Scholz Einblicke in seine Strategie, spricht รผber die zerbrochene Koalition, die wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen und die zunehmende politische [โฆ]
A lโoccasion de la Saint-Valentin, POLITICO a listรฉ les couples les plus influents de lโannรฉe.
EU and British politicians warn America against caving to the Kremlin’s demands on Ukraine. ย
Love is in the air in the halls of power.
Brussels has strengthened its trade toolkit since Donald Trumpโs first term. But it would need the broad support of EU countries to strike back hard.
Moscow never would have invaded Ukraine if it still had a seat at the table, the president insisted.
The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.
โOur main counterpart in this process is Washington,โ Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
There is a “mix of fear and denial,” according to one European official who spoke to POLITICO.
โEverything is on the table,โ the Defense secretary said with no mention of concessions he demanded the day before.
Nasser al-Khelaรฏfi is under formal investigation again, but Paris denies that has affected Doha’s plans in France.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to be a โsteadfastโ backer of Ukraine. But Britain is cash-strapped and struggling to build links.
Berlin wants more robust military spending following a bombshell move by the Trump administration to negotiate a peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Le mรฉdiatique maire de Saint-Ouen rรชve dโun rรดle national, et peine ร sโen cacher.
The United States Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a 52-48 vote Thursday to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He will be sworn in later today.
โWe donโt need to see him, he wonโt be chancellor long,โ a former U.S. official said of Vance’s thinking.
New judgement sets a precedent for greater transparency in future cases
Based on talks with Trump, Scholz had expected Washington to continue its support for Kyiv, he told POLITICO
Bjoern Seibert visited Washington ahead of high-level contacts between the Commission president and J.D. Vance.