What Marielle Knows review โ€“ teenagerโ€™s telepathic powers reveal parentsโ€™ secrets and lies

In this fantasy-satire of bourgeois family life, a girl is suddenly able to see everything her messed-up parents are up toHere is a high-concept satire of bourgeois family life with all its secrets and lies from German film-maker Frรฉdรฉric Hambalek; it …

People (Ludzie) review โ€“ multi-thread epic offers raw tales from the Russia-Ukraine war

The brutalising reality of the battlefield connects five different stories in this anti-war dramaThis portmanteau film โ€“ produced by Warsaw Film School and released for the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine โ€“ is in the Come and See …

Intercepted review โ€“ phone taps are a chilling glimpse into Russian soldiersโ€™ minds in Ukraine

Recordings of fightersโ€™ wiretapped phone calls are juxtaposed with images of wartime destruction in Oksana Karpovychโ€™s compelling war documentaryVietnam saw the advent of the visible war, documented by TV cameras; but the Russia-Ukraine war perhaps rep…

A Picture to Remember review โ€“ memories of a Donetsk happy childhood before the war

Olga Chernykhโ€™s portrait of life in war-torn Ukraine, based on home videos, examines how bonds and memories persist through trauma, loss and distanceFormally inventive and emotionally resonant, Olga Chernykhโ€™s documentary feature debut highlights the p…

โ€˜They wanted to attack meโ€™: Aurore Clรฉment on violent premieres and smuggling bananas for Brando

As the film that caused havoc at its Paris premiere resurfaces, the great French actor looks back on an extraordinary career, from the furore of Meetings With Anna to the meltdown of Apocalypse Nowโ€˜People stood up and started to yell,โ€ says Aurore Clรฉm…

Die Quadrell-Analyse: Merz lรคchelt, Scholz wรผtet

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 [โ€ฆ]

How von der Leyen blindsided Brussels with her deregulation drive

The Commission president is pushing a sweeping, rapid and centralized agenda to โ€œsimplifyโ€ EU rules โ€” and not everyone in Brussels is thrilled.

Islands review โ€“ sexual tension and dangerously polite encounters

This intriguing noir mystery with a twist in its tale sees a couple befriend a tennis coach at a holiday resort with unnerving resultsGerman film-maker Jan-Ole Gerster has created an intriguing noir mystery starring Sam Riley and Stacy Martin. It has v…

EU should give Ukraine ‘very strong security guarantees’: Finland’s former president Niinistรถ

Europe is facing increasingly hybrid threats, and it lacks a shared culture of preparedness, according to our guest. Sauli Niinistรถ was the president of Finland from 201HJYYUU2 to 2024 and is now a special advisor to the head of the European Commissio…

JD Vance attacks Europe over migration, free speech

JD Vance stunned the audience with his broadside on the way Europe is run.

Ah, hereโ€™s Trumpโ€™s peace plan for Ukraine โ€“ or rather, a plan to leave it in pieces | Marina Hyde

And despite having ample time to prepare for this moment, why do Europe and Britainโ€™s leaders seem so surprised?In the wake of Donald Trumpโ€™s decision to instigate his Ukraine โ€œpeace planโ€, itโ€™s great to hear from US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, th…

Les 30 couples de pouvoir les plus influents en 2025

A lโ€™occasion de la Saint-Valentin, POLITICO a listรฉ les couples les plus influents de lโ€™annรฉe.

Ukraine just the latest Trump wheeze for Labour to try to defend and disown | John Crace

It was left to the poor junior defence minister Maria Eagle to walk that particular tightrope in the CommonsIn his ghostwritten 1987 bestseller, The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump delivers his own version of the American Dream. Get as much as you can fo…

Court says European Parliament must release confidential harassment reports

New judgement sets a precedent for greater transparency in future cases

Intelligence artificielle : Keep on rolling, rolling !

AU MENU โ€” Le jour dโ€™aprรจs, la petite musique de la dรฉrรฉgulation de lโ€™IA continue de monter. โ€” Un rapport parlementaire pointe les avantages de Starlink pour connecter les trains. โ€” Nouveau retard au dรฉcollage pour la PPLย anti-fast fashion. Bonjour ร  toutes et ร  tous, nous sommes jeudi 13 fรฉvrier, et vous lisez Tech Matin [โ€ฆ]

Rassismus-Vorwurf: Scholzโ€™ Stinkefinger-Moment

โ€“ ร„uรŸerung gegenรผber Joe Chialo: Ein unbeobachteter Moment holt den Kanzler wenige Tage vor dem Wahlsonntag ein und bringt ihn in eine Situation, wie sie zuletzt Peer Steinbrรผck hatte. โ€“ Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: FDP-Chef Christian Lindner erklรคrt, weshalb er nun eine Deutschland-Koalition aus CDU, SPD und FDP favorisiert. โ€“ Vor der Mรผnchner Sicherheitskonferenz: Trump kรผndigt Verhandlungen [โ€ฆ]

Patti Smith to perform Horses in full on 50th anniversary tour

Singer will visit US, UK and Europe later this year alongside members of the original band who recorded the classic punk textPatti Smith is to perform her classic album Horses in full on a tour to mark the albumโ€™s 50th anniversary.Playing gigs across t…

Weidel bei Orbรกn: Was will die AfD in der AuรŸenpolitik?

โ€“ Alice Weidel in Budapest: wie die AfD-Chefin und Ungarns Regierungschef den Schulterschluss รผben. โ€“ Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Gerold Otten, AfD-Abgeordneter und Mitglied im Verteidigungsausschuss zur Ukraine- und Sicherheitspolitik seiner Partei. โ€“ Trump und die Zรถlle: Wie Frankreich und Deutschland einander im drohenden Konflikt um Stahl- und Aluminium-Exporte in die USA einander beistehen. โ€“ Bรผrger und [โ€ฆ]

Paris follows a cut-price Olympics with a low-cost AI summit

France is hosting a global artificial intelligence summit that costs far less than the U.K.’s 2023 affair.

Les 9 personnalitรฉs ร  suivre au Sommet pour lโ€™IA ร  Paris

Les universitaires peuvent avoir autant dโ€™influence que les โ€œtech brosโ€ pour inciter les dirigeants politiques ร  investir dans cette technologie puissante et ร  en dรฉfinir les garde-fous.

AI phone scam targets Italian business leaders including Giorgio Armani

Cloned voice of defence minister, Guido Crosetto, used in some calls asking for money to free kidnapped journalistsEurope live โ€“ latest updatesSome of Italyโ€™s best-known business leaders, including the fashion designer Giorgio Armani and the Prada chai…

Trump, tariffs and Germany: Do populists rule the world?

Sky Newsโ€™ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโ€™s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Overnight, US President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports into America would come into affect โ€œsoonโ€. Sam and Anne discuss what this could mean for the UK which imports 10% of [โ€ฆ]

Rosinha and Other Wild Animals review โ€“ repudiation of Portugalโ€™s โ€˜gentleโ€™ colonialism

Documentary about the Portuguese colonial exhibition of 1934 aims to expose historical prejudice but inadvertently reinforces its racist gaze For a film that grapples with the legacy of colonialism, Marta Pessoaโ€™s documentary begins with a rather provo…

New ecodesign rules freeze out Europeโ€™s local space heaters

Proposed EU rules could see almost 100% of solid fuel local space heaters disappear from the European market, destroying European jobs, growth and competitiveness, warns CEFACD

Suggestions for U.S. success in the Middle East

An aide-mรฉmoire to Secretary of State Marco Rubio from a former adviser to Tony Blair.

Yrjรถ Kukkapuro, renowned Finnish chair designer, dies aged 91

โ€˜Almost every Finn has sat on a chair he designed,โ€™ his studio says, with his postmodern creations gracing galleries around the worldYrjรถ Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living r…

Money to Burn by Asta Olivia Nordenhof review โ€“ fire and energy in a new septology

This intense tale of lives connected to the Scandinavian Star ferry disaster in 1990 is hardly conventional, but undoubtedly excitingInto the narrow field of Scandinavian multi-decker novels โ€“ populated by Jon Fosse and Karl Ove Knausgรฅrd โ€“ strides a n…

‘Nicely done’: Macron promotes Paris AI summit with deepfakes of himself

French President Emmanuel Macron used artificial intelligence-generated videos of himself dancing, rapping and acting in a spy film to promote a technology summit opening in Paris on Monday. In a social media post, he highlighted AIโ€™s potential while …

The Future of Temporary Protection in Tรผrkiye: Return of Syrians after the Fall of Assad

 

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โ€˜Many teachers donโ€™t want to do this, but theyโ€™re trappedโ€™: film shows extent of Putin indoctrination in Russian schools

Two years after he started documenting the effect of the Ukraine war on his pupils, Pavel Talankin reveals how it led to accolade โ€“ and exile from homeAs Russian tanks advanced into Ukraine in February 2022, Vladimir Putin was waging a parallel battle …

Emilia Pรฉrez movie wins top Spanish film prize amid Karla Sofรญa Gascรณn furore

Best European film at Goya awards goes to movie at the centre of a storm over past social media posts written by its star, Karla Sofรญa GascรณnNarco-musical Emilia Pรฉrez has won best European film at Spainโ€™s equivalent of the Oscars amid the fallout from…

Matisseโ€™s muse: new exhibition dedicated to the illegitimate daughter he spent a lifetime painting

Marguerite, who survived diphtheria and torture by the Gestapo, is the focus of Musรฉe dโ€™Art Moderne showcaseThroughout his career, Henri Matisse would return repeatedly to paint his favourite model: his illegitimate daughter, Marguerite.In what is cons…

Rediscovered, a young English novelistโ€™s warning of the Nazi threat

Crooked Cross, Sally Carsonโ€™s โ€˜electrifying masterpieceโ€™ from 1934, to be republishedSally Carson was not an oracle or a prophet, just a young woman from Dorset, born in 1901. Yet she foresaw a dark and violent future for Europe and gave voice to those…

Fancy a stroll? Across Europe, young people like me are finding friends by walking our cities | Viola Di Grado

We are the post-pandemic flรขneurs: stepping out of social media silos to meet people and connect with the world around usWhen I moved back to London from Rome just before the second lockdown in 2020, I found a city that was hardly welcoming, with shops…

Der Schattenmann: Spaziergang mit Wolfgang Schmidt

In dieser Extra-Ausgabe spricht Gordon Repinski rund 45 Minuten mit dem Kanzleramtsminister รผber das Scheitern der Ampel, die Erfolge und Misserfolge der Koalition und unter anderem auch die Frage, ob die SPD tatsรคchlich Olaf Scholz รผberzeugen wollte auf eine weitere Kanzlerkandidatur zu verzichten.ย  AuรŸerdem geht es um Schmidts eigene Ambitionen, darauf in den Bundestag einzuziehen. [โ€ฆ]

How political is your pizza? The Mediterranean Diet and Europeโ€™s food battles

Pasta, pizza, and Parmigiano โ€” delicious? Absolutely. But in 2025, theyโ€™re also deeply political. This week on EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton digs into how food has become a battleground, with POLITICO agriculture reporter Alessandro Ford explaining how Italyโ€™s far-right โ€” and politicians across Europe โ€” are using the Mediterranean diet to push back against [โ€ฆ]

How to be a UK Ambassador to the US

Peter Mandelson, the new British ambassador to the United States, has finally taken up the daunting challenge of being the U.K.โ€™s Trump whisperer. And itโ€™s clear the man dubbed the prince of darkness will need to use every trick in his book to ensure the U.K. emerges unscathed โ€“ or even, perhaps, benefits โ€“ from [โ€ฆ]

How Peter Mandelson can survive Trumpโ€™s Washington

Top tips for Britainโ€™s new ambassador from people whoโ€™ve done the job and lived to tell the tale.

Putinโ€™s disinformation networks flood social media in bid to skew German election

A Kremlin-backed campaign is trying to influence voters ahead of Feb. 23 poll, according to government report obtained by POLITICO.

Serbian lithium mine European Parliament film screening fuels dispute

The European Union needs lithium for its energy transition and is eagerly eyeing huge reserves in northern Serbia, but twenty years after making the discovery in the Jadar valley, Rio Tintoโ€™s ambitions to mine the site remain stuck in a mire of environ…

โ€˜I was deeply upsetโ€™: Karla Sofรญa Gascรณn to miss Spanish โ€˜Oscarsโ€™ as storm over racist tweets continues

The actor was due to attend the Goya awards on Saturday but has pulled out and has also been dropped by publishersKarla Sofรญa Gascรณn will not attend this weekendโ€™s prestigious Goya awards as the fallout from the Spanish actorโ€™s racist and Islamophobic …

Serbiaโ€™s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana Zaharijeviฤ‡

An authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignationAdriana Zaharijeviฤ‡ is a philosopher at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of BelgradeWhen a building structure …

Britainโ€™s handover of the Chagos Islands is pleasing nobody

Labourโ€™s decision to grant the geopolitical archipelago to Mauritius has sparked criticism from all sides.

Merz und das Zittern vor den nรคchsten Umfragen

โ€“ Neue Zahlen: Was die wichtigen Umfrage-Institute fรผr Merzโ€™ Erfolg bzw. Misserfolg in der Diskussion um die Verschรคrfung der Migrationspolitik messen. โ€“ Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Heidi Reichinnek, Co-Vorsitzende der Linken-Gruppe im Bundestag und Spitzenkandidatin ihrer Partei รผber Migrations- und Wirtschaftspolitik. โ€“ Sorgenkinder: Zwei AfD-Kandidaten mit guten Chancen in den Bundestag einzuziehen, werden womรถglich gar nicht Teil [โ€ฆ]

Is Keir Starmer Trumpโ€™s new bestie?

Sky Newsโ€™ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโ€™s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Overnight, Donald Trump decided to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico but pressed ahead with imposing them on China. Theyโ€™ve retaliated by putting tariffs on American gas, coal, oil and farming equipment. But what will the [โ€ฆ]

Ukraine demands โ€˜impartialโ€™ inquiry into death of a citizen in Slovakia

Bratislava and Kyiv have been at loggerheads since the Slovak leadership cut off weapons flows to Ukraine and embraced Moscow talking points.

French filmmaker Ruggia found guilty of assaulting actress Adรจle Haenel

A French court on Monday found film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually assaulting actress Adรฉle Haenel when she was a child in what is seen as a landmark #MeToo trial in for the French cinema industry.ย Ruggia, who has denied any wrongdoing,…

Copenhagen and Berlin rub shoulder pads with the big four fashion weeks

Alternatives to London, Paris, Milan and New York champion independent and often outspoken designers In a former multistorey car park, models in elegant tailoring walk the catwalk soundtracked by Kate Bush. It looks and sounds like one of the four most…

French director found guilty of sexual assault but not jailed in #MeToo trial

Christophe Ruggia given two yearsโ€™ house arrest over incidents involving actor Adele Haenel in early 2000s when she was 12 to 15 years oldA French film director has been found guilty of sexually assaulting the actor Adรจle Haenel in the early 2000s, whe…

Macron turns to billionairesย to help pay for his legacy

After the rebuilding of the Notre-Dame cathedral, Macron has a new pet project: the Louvre.

German election: AfDโ€™s Weidel doubles down on Holocaust comments

โ€œI find it quite disturbing when the Holocaust is politically instrumentalized,โ€ far-right leader says.

Starmer dodges tariffsโ€ฆ but for how long?

Sky Newsโ€™ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโ€™s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Donald Trump has been speaking about Keir Starmer and tariffs overnight โ€“ announcing the UK would stay tariff-free โ€œfor nowโ€, hours before our PM heads to Brussels as the first UK leader to attend an EU [โ€ฆ]

Vista Mare review โ€“ fascinating look at invisible labour in Italian beach hotspot

Directing duo Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler subtly subvert the postcard-perfect ideals of the north Adriatic coast in this engrossingly odd documentaryAll the familiar pleasures of a beach getaway โ€“ seafood feasts, open-air concerts, lazy lounges…

Czech long sled dog race โ€“ in pictures

Around 700 dogs and more than 100 mushers are sledding through the Eagle Mountain range near the Czech border with Poland. Mushers from ten different countries are taking part in the four-day stage dog sled race, which is in its 27th year. The race inc…

Merz: All in โ€“ und alles verloren?

Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik โ€” kompakt, europรคisch, hintergrรผndig. Und fรผr alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die wichtigsten Themen und Einordnungen. Hier gibt es alle Informationen und das kostenlose Playbook-Abo. Mehr [โ€ฆ]

London snubs Brussels by putting Trump first on banking

Britain blindsided the European Union just before Trump took office by parking a host of banking reforms โ€” and directly pointing to uncertainty in the US.

Von der Leyen and Rutte rock casual sneakers look at EU retreat

They join politicians from Rishi Sunak to Emmanuel Macron in putting their best feet forward.

โ€˜Heartbreakingโ€™: Icelandโ€™s pioneering female fishing guides fear for wild salmon

First women working as fishing guides on Laxรก River, featured in new film, call for action after farmed fish escapeFor seven generations, Andrea ร“sk Hermรณรฐsdรณttirโ€™s family have been fishing on the Laxรก River in Aรฐaldalur. Iceland has a reputation as a …

Trump is wreaking havoc at USAID. Is the goal to shut it down?

The presidentโ€™s failure to name a USAID administrator and other steps seem to suggest that, at the very least, heโ€™ll fold USAID into the State Department.

Eine Autofahrt mit Sahra Wagenknecht

Gordon Repinski spricht in dieser Extra-Ausgabe mit der Grรผnderin und Namensgeberin des Bรผndnis Sahra Wagenknecht รผber das Scheitern von Friedrich Merz bei der Asylwende-Abstimmung am Freitag, die Abgrenzung des BSW zur AfD und schwรคchelnde Umfragewerte des Bรผndnisses vor dem Wahltag im Februar.ย  Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski [โ€ฆ]

Beethoven and Marie Curie compete with birds to appear on new euro notes

European Central Bank picks two themes for redesign submissions โ€“ โ€˜iconic personalitiesโ€™ or rivers and birdsHe was a master of notes โ€“ and now the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven could be one of the faces of the redesigned euro, the first time the…

Anger in Romania over theft of national treasures in heist at Dutch museum

Revered Helmet of Coศ›ofeneศ™ti among items from ancient Dacian civilisation stolen while on loan at Drents MuseumHours before the sun rose over the Netherlands, the group crowded around the large external door, appearing to pry it open. Seconds later, t…

Press release – Polish Presidency debriefs EP committees on priorities

Ministers are holding a series of meetings in parliamentary committees to present the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council.Committee on Constitutional AffairsCommittee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentCommittee on Culture and Education…

Merzโ€™ grรถรŸter Fehler? Streitgesprรคch mit Michael Brรถcker

In dieser Extra-Ausgabe spricht Gordon Repinski mit dem Chefredakteur von Table Briefings, Michael Brรถcker, รผber die zurรผckliegende Woche, die von den kontroversen Diskussionen um Friedrich Merzโ€™ Vorgehen in der Migrationspolitik geprรคgt war. Was hat Friedrich Merz โ€“ und was hat die Union โ€“ damit wirklich gewonnen? Wie sehr hat die Partei nicht nur der AfD [โ€ฆ]

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John Prescott and the pork pie

Sky Newsโ€™ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโ€™s Dan Bloom look at the day ahead in British politics. The Labour Party has descended on Hull for the funeral of John Prescott. Sky Newsโ€™ chief political correspondent Jon Craig had many a run-in with the former deputy prime minister and shares some of his best [โ€ฆ]

Blue Road: The Edna Oโ€™Brien Story review โ€“ engaging study of a life less ordinary

One of Irelandโ€™s most important novelists and a woman of fierce intelligence and bravery is celebrated in Sinรฉad Oโ€™Sheaโ€™s thoroughly enjoyable documentarySinรฉad Oโ€™Sheaโ€™s documentary portrait of the author Edna Oโ€™Brien is a reminder that most writers โ€“ …

Fรผnf Thesen: Welche Koalition holt uns aus der Krise?

โ€“ Schwarz-Grรผn, GroKo, Jamaika oder Deutschland? Welche Koalitionen noch wie zusammenfinden und die drรคngenden Probleme nach der Wahl lรถsen kรถnnten. โ€“ Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Armin Laschet รผber einen denkwรผrdigen Tag im Parlament und wie die Aufgeregtheit und Empรถrung zwischen den Parteien wieder zurรผckgedrรคngt werden kann. โ€“ Reaktionen aus Europa: Wie Deutschlands Nachbarn auf Merzโ€™ Vorhaben in [โ€ฆ]

Why DeepSeek has deepened the US-China AI rivalry

Donald Trump has made a blitz of announcements designed to boost the United Statesโ€™ tech industry. But then a new Chinese artificial intelligence model came along and caused a stir on Wall Street. Is this a new dawn or a fresh threat?ย  Host Anne McElvoy talks to one of Silicon Valleyโ€™s leading entrepreneurs, Reid Hoffman. [โ€ฆ]

Chasing the Don: How EU politicians are jockeying for position with Trump

From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.

Three arrested after ancient Romanian artefacts stolen from Dutch museum

2,500-year-old Helmet of Cotofenesti among objects taken after thieves used explosives to enter buildingDutch police have arrested three men in connection with the robbery of ancient Romanian artefacts from a museum in the north-east of the Netherlands…

Trumpโ€™s beef with the World Health Organization is personal

Heโ€™s said the UN bodyโ€™s head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic.

Is Rachel Reeves ignoring the North?

Sky Newsโ€™ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโ€™s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Todayโ€™s the day for Rachel Reeves, as she aims to get the economy growing with a big speech this morning. Thereโ€™s the heavily trailed backing of a third runway at Heathrow, as well as the news [โ€ฆ]

Merz, Migration und das Ringen um die Brandmauer

Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik โ€” kompakt, europรคisch, hintergrรผndig. Und fรผr alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die wichtigsten Themen und Einordnungen. Hier gibt es alle Informationen und das kostenlose Playbook-Abo. Mehr [โ€ฆ]

Britainโ€™s Rachel Reeves needs a growth miracle

A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellorโ€™s way are huge.

ECB set to cut rates as Europe eyes Trump tariffs

The central bank wants to find a ‘neutral’ level for rates. It just doesn’t know where that is.

Germanyโ€™s Scholz lashes out at Muskโ€™s โ€˜disgustingโ€™ interventions in Europe

German chancellor has finally had enough of the tech billionaire and Donald Trump adviser.

Louvreโ€™s decision to move Mona Lisa is a misguided act of snobbery

Crowds give life to the Paris museum and the painting is a silent, compelling mystery at the heart of the hubbubWhat a wonderful headache for a museum to have. The Louvre in Paris gets so many visitors it is taking drastic measures to cope, which inclu…

French PM jeopardizes budget deal with controversial migration โ€˜floodingโ€™ comment

Franรงois Bayrou sparked a wave of indignation with comment that France is suffering from “flooding” by immigrants.

Macron unveils plans to move โ€˜Mona Lisa,โ€™ build new Louvre entrance as billions in budget cuts loom

The French president said the project would be paid for by the museum’s own resources and private donors, not taxpayer money.

Mexicans make Emilia Pรฉrez parody poking fun at French stereotypes

Spoof fires back at supposed inauthenticity of Oscar-tipped screen musical with a song-and-dance tale of boulangeries at warThe war of words between Mexico and France over trans gangster musical Emilia Pรฉrez has heated up even more after the release of…

‘A source of French pride’? Louvre museum’s poor conditions prompt outcry

The director of the Louvre last week sent a memo to Franceโ€™s culture minister detailing the dilapidated state of the Paris museum, spurring President Emmanuel Macron to organise a visit on Tuesday. Union members say up until now their complaints about…

Questions over assisted dying

๐Ÿ‘‰Listen to Politics At Jack And Samโ€™s on your podcast app๐Ÿ‘ˆ Sky Newsโ€™ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโ€™s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. As Rachel Reeves puts the finishing touches to her big speech on boosting economic growth tomorrow, new pension rules mean โ€œtrapped surplus fundsโ€ can be [โ€ฆ]

Vorbild oder Horror? Scholz und die dรคnische MIgrationspolitik

Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik โ€” kompakt, europรคisch, hintergrรผndig. Und fรผr alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die wichtigsten Themen und Einordnungen. Hier gibt es alle Informationen und das kostenlose Playbook-Abo. Mehr [โ€ฆ]

โ€˜We wonโ€™t come againโ€™: dazed visitors fed up with overcrowded Louvre

Paris attraction in need of overhaul amid complaints of leaks, long waits, lack of signage โ€“ and too many peopleAs the crowds poured out of the Louvre, the look of dazed exhaustion on many faces confirmed what the museumโ€™s director had warned last week…

Trumpโ€™s war on tech taxes is a big problem for Britain

U.S. tech lobby groups plan to use trade negotiations to push back against the U.K.โ€™s Digital Services Tax.

Muskโ€™s โ€˜move onโ€™ from the Holocaust plea challenges enduring German taboo

“Acknowledgement of the dark past of the country” is vital, says the chair of Israel’s Holocaust remembrance center.

Dior reinvents Lewis Carrollโ€™s Alice for the Brat era at Paris fashion week

Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri borrows from Dorotea Tanningโ€™s surrealist paintings for her runway showThe new year has its first new muse: โ€œPunk Aliceโ€. At Diorโ€™s haute couture show in Paris, Lewis Carrollโ€™s feisty heroine got a 21st century makeover. Im…

Romanian government fumes after national treasures stolen in Dutch museum heist

Bucharest will send a “firm message” to the Dutch authorities, PM says.

Nick Winton, son of ‘Britain’s Schindler’: ‘For him, it wasn’t about recognition’

The son of the man often described as “Britain’s Schindler” has spoken of his pride at what his late father achieved. On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, we spoke to the son of Sir Nicholas Winton, w…