Europe is on the brink of another financial crisis, German frontrunner Merz warns
It’s “definitely coming,” he tells POLITICO ahead of the Feb. 23 election.
It’s “definitely coming,” he tells POLITICO ahead of the Feb. 23 election.
‘We will not sign just anything in order to be applauded,’ Ukrainian president insists; European leaders pressed on sending troops to enforce peace. What we know on day 1,091 The US is trying to “please” Vladimir Putin as it aims for a “quick win” by …
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
Labour MPs — and opposition lawmakers too — are asking for a parliamentary say on any British escalation.
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 “simplify” EU rules — 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.
We call on the EU’s member countries and institutions to be the voice of human dignity globally, and to mobilize, defend and support the court.
The attack at the Clemenceau metro station is the latest in a series of violent incidents rocking the city.
Austria’s Interior Minister Gerhard Karner on Sunday said that the stabbing attack in Villach, which killed a teenager and injured five others, was an “Islamist attack”. The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker, was reportedly radicalised onlin…
What we see before us now is a dysfunctional and paralyzed colossus. And it’s time to reevaluate this institution, which is no longer fit for purpose.
He is the latest in a long string of U.S. citizens detained by Moscow on drug charges.
US vice-president told litany of tales of Europe’s rights infringements in speech to leaders at defence gatheringJD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leadersIn JD Vance’s confrontational and pugnacious speech at the Munic…
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But it fails to address two of the most severe forms of gender violence: femicide and rape.
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.
Gabriele Tilmann says suspect’s online communications point to extremism but investigators have found no links to jihadist groupsGerman police and prosecutors have said the Afghan suspect in a car ramming in central Munich that injured at least 36 peop…
A suspected Islamist attack in Munich has ignited fierce political debate on security and migration just over a week before Germany’s federal election.
The Afghan suspect admits driving into a crowd, injuring 36 people including a two-year-old, police say.
Police say that at least 36 people, two critically, were injured after a car ploughed into a trade union demonstration.
Police say that at least 36 people, two critically, were injured after a car ploughed into a trade union demonstration.
Stricter requirements could lead to 60,000 people being refused permission to remain, report findsEurope live – latest updatesThe French government has been accused of making its new language tests for foreigners seeking residency or nationality so har…
Sources place Johannes Leijdekkers in west African country since at least December 2022One of Europe’s most-wanted drug lords has been living in Sierra Leone for at least two years, spending time at nightclubs and house parties, sources have told the G…
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker is breaking with the line from the Trump White House.
A superpower that once built alliances across the west is dramatically reorienting itself – and so too must its former alliesWrapped in a flag and clutching a beer, Marc Fogel looked understandably overwhelmed. The 63-year-old teacher from Pennsylvania…
The incident is likely to have an impact on Germany’s election in ten days, after it was revealed the suspect is an asylum seeker.
The driver, who was detained at the scene, was a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, police said.
Czechia proposes changes that will better define the role of patient organisations when informing patients about therapeutic procedures without violating advertising regulations.
The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.
Nasser al-Khelaïfi is under formal investigation again, but Paris denies that has affected Doha’s plans in France.
New judgement sets a precedent for greater transparency in future cases
The suspect, who has been taken into custody, is a 24-year-old Afghanistan-born asylum seeker, according to authorities.
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted human rights resolutions on Türkiye, Nicaragua and Nigeria.Subcommittee on Human Rights Source : © European Union, 2025 – EP
The vice president faces a perennially difficult task as he attempts to take the MAGA mantle.
The two ‘strongmen’ who claim to be putting an end to the war in Ukraine have begun to work together. But in their view, strength has replaced law, writes Le Monde columnist Sylvie Kauffmann.
Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globeA quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent – in the past decade, …
Germany’s election will be a gauge of how far the world’s third biggest economy has swung to the right.
The likelihood US President Donald Trump will see his Gaza plan through is slim, but does it have any standing from an international legal perspective?
Marc Fogel, 63, had been convicted of smuggling marijuana in to Russia and was sentenced to 14 years in prisonMarc Fogel, a Pennsylvania schoolteacher who has been held in Russia since 2021, has been released after a visit to Moscow by US special envoy…
Prosecutor confirms body of Dawn Searle was found semi-clothed outside with head injuries caused by several blowsFrench police say they are still investigating the deaths of a British couple whose bodies were found in their rural home in Aveyron in the…
More than 1,200 police officers carried out a series of dawn raids targeting the Cosa Nostra mafia in and around Sicily’s capital of Palermo.
An European arrest warrant for a 44-year-old Austrian woman identified as Mariana M was issued by Austrian police on Monday.
More than 1,200 officers involved in dawn raids in and around Palermo, reportedly biggest operation against Cosa Nostra since 1984Italian police have arrested almost 150 people in a significant operation against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, areas of …
Country’s role in Europe gets a surprise central focus in election campaign.
How should one handle the 47th U.S. president? Kiss the ring, resist, offer deals and wait for exhaustion to set in.
Britain used to lead the world on international development. But in the era of right-wing populists, its Labour government is now treading carefully.
The president’s allies want foreign aid repurposed to encourage more oil and gas development around the world.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has pursued a ‘zero refugee’ policy since coming to power in 2019.
Prime minister addresses nation to pay tribute to those ‘who wanted to contribute to a better society’Most of the people killed by a gunman in the Swedish city of Örebro last week had an immigrant background, police have said, after the prime minister …
Xavier Niel shared his brutally honest assessment of the tech icon during an interview Monday.
Policymaking is not accountancy: in the medium and long term, the EU will be better off keeping factories within its borders.
Google and Meta are leading the charge against a “code of practice” governing tools like Gemini, ChatGPT and Llama.
European countries are pushing for new powers to squeeze Moscow’s shadow fleet after a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea.
An aide-mémoire to Secretary of State Marco Rubio from a former adviser to Tony Blair.
His ruling party fell short of a majority and will need to find a coalition partner if it hopes to continue in power.
Center-right and center-left chancellor candidates clashed in a fiery debate, exposing deep divisions just weeks ahead of a national election.
With a cease-fire holding in Gaza, Israel shifts its war to the West Bank.
Three men taken to hospital, two with serious injuries, after incident in Stoneybatter neighbourhoodA man has been arrested after three people were injured in a suspected knife attack that has left a Dublin neighbourhood in “a state of shock”.Irish pol…
It represents another major effort to expand presidential authority.
Numerous federal district judges around the country have blocked major portions of Trump’s early agenda — but Supreme Court showdowns loom.
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Navi Pillay, head of UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, also said she would support a charge of apartheid against Israel at the ICC.
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Widowed parent’s allowance claims for those not married or in civil partnership can only be backdated from 30 August 2018Two bereaved parents have filed a case at the European court of human rights, claiming that the UK government’s treatment of them i…
The fresh restrictions come amid a political crisis over disputed elections and the government’s reversal on its EU membership bid.
Andrew Searle, retired fraud investigator, and wife, Dawn, found dead in their rural home in south-west FranceFrench police are investigating the deaths of a retired British couple who were found in their renovated rural home in Aveyron, south-west Fra…
Police confirm seven women and three men – aged between 28 and 68 – were killed in the country’s worst mass shooting.
Donald Tusk has once again criticised the Pact on Migration and Asylum and doubled down on his refusal to comply with the legislation.
A draft law, seen by Euractiv, that was due to be presented next week is now delayed.
‘We have to ensure that only the right people have guns in Sweden,’ says prime minister, Ulf KristerssonSweden’s government has announced plans to strengthen its gun laws, including by restricting access to semi-automatic weapons, after the country’s w…
The globalization of the illicit narcotics trade is hampering investigators — but Brussels needs to score some quick societal wins, says Belgium’s drug commissioner after wave of shootings.
In a first jab at the White House, Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa said the U.S. president’s move to target the International Criminal Court undermines global justice.
“The current game is maximum chaos,” one industry leader says of the current state of Canada-U.S. relations
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Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may well have been sounded.
POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever ― and what will happen next.
“Mafia” shootings with Kalashnikovs trigger alarm in the city as politicians convene an emergency meeting.
The EU’s digital competition law means users can now download a pornography video app in Europe.
It’s latest tit-for-tat move after Russia booted out a British diplomat late last year.
U.S. president claims no American soldiers will be needed for “one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth.”
Syrian embassy says its citizens were among 11 killed in attack by lone gunman in Örebro• Europe live – latest updatesPeople of several nationalities were among the 11 killed at a school in Sweden’s worst mass shooting, police have said.Anna Bergkvist,…
Police have provided information on the gunman who opened fire and killed 11 people at an adult education centre on Tuesday in the Swedish city of Örebro.
Swedish law enforcement officials said there were numerous nationalities among the victims of Tuesday’s shooting at an adult education centre in Orebro that left 11 people dead, including the suspected gunman, and dozens wounded. Police said the suspe…
Global drug trafficking could be “easily dismantled” if coke was “sold like wine,” according to the Latin American leader.
Survivor of Ceuta incident that ended with 14 deaths asks why use of anti-riot equipment was never investigatedA refugee who was almost blinded in one eye during a police operation that ended with the deaths of at least 14 people off the coast of Spain…
“South Africa is doing very bad things,” rants U.S. foreign policy chief.
Former German leader reiterates swipe at chancellor candidate from her own Christian Democratic Union ahead of Feb. 23 election.
An authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignationAdriana Zaharijević is a philosopher at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of BelgradeWhen a building structure …
Mzia Amaglobeli is accused of slapping a police chief but her detention has made her a symbol of resistance.
The Swedish king, Carl XVI Gustaf, and Queen Silvia have visited a memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at an educational facility in Örebro.The king told reporters that he and the queen were ‘extremely upset’ by what happened. He said: ‘We want …
Police say the motive of the shooter, who killed 10 people on Tuesday, remains unknown.
U.S. president is pressing countries to take in Palestinians by threatening to cut aid, but it’s too dangerous for Arab leaders to accept that blackmail.
Fine related to controversial Polish judicial reforms by previously ruling PiS party.
Two men wearing balaclavas exchanged fire outside the Clémenceau metro station in the Belgian capital early on Wednesday.
Palestinians, their allies and other nations reacted strongly to the American president. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said it would warrant ‘a serious violation of international law.’ France, Germany and the UK advocated for Palestinian sovereig…
Police do not currently believe there was a terrorist motive, but stress that they are still in the early stages of the investigation.
“We’ll speak to him at the appropriate time. I’m in no rush,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Joel Kaplan told a Brussels Meta event that the approach Brussels is taking to tech resembles “a tax or a tariff.”
Police have said ’10 or so’ people have been killed and at least five others wounded in a campus shooting in the southern Swedish city of Örebro, in what Sweden’s prime minister has described as a ‘very painful day’ for the country. Roberto Eid Forest,…