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Greenland heads to the polls amid Trump’s threats to take over

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Tuesday’s election is set to be one of the most consequential in the island’s history.

Nigel Farage is surging in Britain’s rust belt — and Labour is panicked

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The U.K.’s ruling Labour Party has a 103-year winning streak in Wales, but that could end next May. POLITICO talked to officials, politicians and disillusioned steelworkers to track the rapid rise of Farage’s Reform UK.

First high-end French fighter jets arrive in Ukraine

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The warplanes will help defend Ukraine against Russian attacks.

Greenland plans to ban foreign political funding over Trump-led election fears

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Bill to rule out interference from abroad expected to pass this week as country prepares for polls before 6 AprilGreenland plans to ban foreign political donations over fears about potential interference in its forthcoming elections after attracting Do…

Macron turns to billionaires to help pay for his legacy

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

Macron unveils plans to move ‘Mona Lisa,’ build new Louvre entrance as billions in budget cuts loom

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

Elon Musk to fund UK far-right ringleader Tommy Robinson’s legal fight, supporters claim

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Robinson’s representatives post ‘heartfelt gratitude’ to the X owner on Telegram.

‘Everyone’s trying to kiss the ring’: Trump’s inauguration devours corporate cash, smashing records

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Donations are flying in from some of the world’s biggest companies — and though many have contributed before, the checks this year are bigger.

Poland’s opposition PiS party faces financial squeeze

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The party says the failure to pay its electoral subsidies could land the finance minister in jail.

11 deadly trip wires for Keir Starmer as UK politics roars back

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MPs are returning to parliament afresh in 2025. But numerous dangers lurk for the British government.

Elon Musk faces UK backlash after boosting far-right activist Tommy Robinson

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X owner and Donald Trump ally accused of spreading “poison” after he backs jailed activist.

POLITICO London Playbook awards 2024

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From minister of the year to WTF moment, Westminster’s essential newsletter picks the winners of 2024.

Can the UK’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ really become its Trump whisperer?

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Some worry that Mandelson will see Trump 2.0 as something to be weathered rather than a revolution in U.S. politics that will have long-lasting ramifications.

UK election watchdog wants new donation laws to counter Elon Musk

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Controversial X owner reportedly considering a massive donation to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.

Elon Musk is ‘right behind us,’ boasts Farage

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Brexiteer says X owner was ‘very generous with his time’ in Mar-a-Lago meeting — and floats prospect of snaring some Musk cash.

Elon Musk hosts Nigel Farage at Mar-a-Lago

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Tech tycoon and arch-Brexiteer appear to be getting on well.

Trump to attend Notre Dame reopening as Macron weathers political storm

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US president-elect returns to world stage at high-profile celebration that belies growing crisis in French politicsThe restored Gothic spire of Notre Dame is to provide a dramatic backdrop for Donald Trump’s return to the geopolitical stage this weeken…

Nigel Farage denies he’s angling for Elon Musk cash

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Reform UK leader says he’s ‘never solicited a donation’ from X owner — but reckons he could put the cash to good use.

Macron to visit Notre Dame Cathedral before reopening after 2019 fire

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French president to give ‘republican and secular’ speech outside monument days before it reopens to publicAs firefighters doused the embers of the blaze that threatened to destroy Notre Dame Cathedral on 16 April 2019, Emmanuel Macron promised the chur…

Why Kamala Harris lost the election

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Harris refused to make a clean break from the last four years.

The king and Keir

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Two men, worlds apart, are Britain’s diplomatic double act in Samoa. But there’s more to connect Keir Starmer and King Charles III than meets the eye.

Former envoy says Americans in Canada ‘could determine’ next president

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The presidential race is so tight that Democrats are going door knocking in Windsor, Ontario, in search of American voters to tip the balance for Kamala Harris.

Ukraine’s army brigades commission ads to make enlisting ‘sexy’

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Ukraine, which allows its army brigades to recruit their soldiers directly, is increasingly short of manpower to fight the Russian invasion. As a result, military units compete for donations and troops via social media and advertising campaigns relyin…

CRINK: It’s the new ‘Axis of Evil’

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The alliance among China, Russia, Iran and North Korea is forcing NATO to tighten links with Indo-Pacific countries.

Labour didn’t disclose top civil servant’s party links on key transparency form

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Civil service watchdog wasn’t told of in-kind donations by Emily Middleton’s former employer to Labour frontbencher.

Crypto has quietly become one of the biggest electoral players. You wouldn’t know it from their ads.

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Super PACs funded by the crypto industry are pouring massive amounts into congressional races, and not a single ad actually mentions crypto.

UN aid workers feel forgotten and in peril as Gaza war drags on

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“We’re punished for doing our jobs,” said one foreign doctor who volunteered in Gaza.

Zelenskyy to meet Macron in Paris to talk weapons

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French president wants to showcase his support for Kyiv despite budgetary restraints.

Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be next leader of Britain’s Tories

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Party members will now cast their ballots after centrist James Cleverly’s surprise elimination.

Elon Musk amplifies hurricane disinformation while boosting Trump

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The billionaire is using the power of his social media platform to spread falsehoods that officials say are hampering recovery efforts.

James Cleverly leads Tory pack jostling for worst job in UK politics

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Surge in leadership contest backing for former home secretary comes as defeated party eyes route back to power.

Keir Starmer now more unpopular than Nigel Farage — poll

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Only 27 percent of Brits now have a positive view of the UK prime minister, his lowest rating since 2021.

International Plasma Awareness Week: Why it matters

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An opportunity for the EU and its member states to meet growing patient need for essential medicines

How Sue Gray blew up Downing Street inside 100 days

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The prime minister’s chief of staff was blamed for a disastrous start to Labour’s tenure in government.

Sue Gray resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

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Gray had become a lightning rod for internal criticism since Labour’s election victory in the summer.

Keir Starmer repays more than £6,000 in gifts, including cost of Taylor Swift tickets

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PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, October 3: The Israeli press urges caution as tensions heighten in the Middle East, whereas the Iranian press strikes a more bullish tone. Elsewhere, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer repays more than £6,000 in gifts after a…

7 wildest moments at Conservative Party conference 

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Freed from the burden of high office, the party went slightly mad during its annual get-together.

How the Trump-Vance platform could win or lose

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Donald Trump never stops talking about immigration, trade and the economy. Those policy areas have animated all three of the former president’s campaigns for the White House, and he often finds ways to morph other topics into border security, tariffs, taxes and inflation when he’s riffing on the campaign trail. And for years — amid […]

Keir Starmer’s Labour conference speech: 7 things we learned

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PM forgoes ‘easy answers that may move a crowd’ but bungles a statement on Gaza.

Keir Starmer’s victory party turns sour

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Britain’s new prime minister has suffered a turbulent start to his premiership.

Rachel Reeves’ 7 reasons to be cheerful

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Britain’s strait-laced chancellor was sent out to cheer up the nation — and insist there’s more to Labour than penny-pinching.

Kamala Harris is spending — and raising — way more than Trump

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The vice president raised more than she spent in August, while Trump’s campaign spent faster than it raised.

Thousands injured as Hezbollah pagers explode in Lebanon

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Lebanese hospitals have reportedly been overwhelmed with patients.

The brave four who think they can save Britain’s terminal Tory party

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Meet the leadership hopefuls vying to bring the U.K’s Conservatives back from the brink.

Keir Starmer blames the Tories for Labour’s own cronyism scandal

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The prime minister says the Tories “dragged our country down” as he denies any wrongdoing on civil service appointments.

UK Labour faces a scandal of its own making

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Keir Starmer promised to clean up Whitehall. He’s already engulfed in a cronyism scandal.

How Kamala Harris is winning back California tech donors

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As the Democratic nominee, the California tech world is returning to Kamala Harris’ side — if she can form a strong enough platform that speaks to their main concerns.

RFK Jr. endorses Trump as he suspends his campaign

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The independent candidate’s exit will add yet another twist to the already chaotic 2024 race.

Commission asks EU countries to pledge mpox vaccines for Africa by end of August

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The World Health Organization declared a new global health emergency on Aug. 14.

Trump has far less campaign money and infrastructure than Harris

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The former president’s campaign infrastructure is smaller than Harris’ — and his own from 2020.

UK sperm donations being exported to sidestep 10-family limit

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Exclusive: Legal loophole means there is no restriction on making sperm or eggs available for additional fertility treatments abroad‘You feel a bit mass-produced’: donor-conceived people on the export of UK spermSperm donated in the UK is being exporte…

UK Treasury failed to tell watchdog about senior official’s Labour donation

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Former banker Ian Corfield donated thousands to politicians including Chancellor Rachel Reeves before his appointment.

Humiliated, Scotland’s independence warriors lick their wounds

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The Tories may have been kicked out of government, but for the Scottish National Party, July’s U.K. election may prove terminal.

Trump’s courting of the crypto industry could spell trouble for Europe

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Trump’s about-turn on crypto-assets — and his pick of crypto-evangelist running mate JD Vance — resurfaces a nightmare scenario for EU policymakers.

Eluned Morgan set to become first minister of Wales

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Former youngest MEP to take office after Vaughan Gething’s resignation amid internal party divisions and donation controversies.

Washington’s most powerful interests don’t know whether to cheer Harris — or dread her

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Would she bring continuity with Joe Biden’s policies? A more centrist vibe? A sharper progressive bite? Industries including tech, energy and pharma want to know.

Hungary calls for new plan to increase organ donations, but there is a twist

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Hungary, currently holding the presidency of the Council of the EU, is pushing for the bloc to “overcome the barriers that currently prevent the full potential of organ transplantation from being realised in the EU” through a controversial proposal.

15 experts predict what Biden’s dropout means for the 2024 election

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Political analysts and historians weigh in on an unprecedented moment in American politics.

Putin fears crypto mining could cause energy shortages in Russia

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Russia has the world’s third-largest crypto mining capability. Cryptocurrencies are used to finance the war effort.

55 things to know about J.D. Vance, Trump’s VP pick

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Donald Trump’s pick for vice president made a 180-degree turn from fierce critic to bulldog surrogate for the former president.

6 things UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to fix in his first month

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Britain’s new leader already has an overflowing in-tray.

How the Tory election campaign melted down in six disastrous weeks

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Rishi Sunak played a bad hand appallingly — and paid a terrible price.

Jordan Bardella’s hometown won’t be voting for him

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Voters in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis — home to many immigrants and Muslims — fear the surging far right but also resent Macron’s presidency.

Biden’s biggest fundraisers watch their advantage vanish

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Joe Biden’s allies are bracing after Donald Trump erased the president’s financial edge.

Trump raised so much last month he erased Biden’s cash advantage

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Trump’s fundraising while he was on trial in New York, punctuated in the final days when he was convicted, was enough to surpass the incumbent Democrat when it comes to campaign cash.

Romania agrees to donate Patriot air defense system to Ukraine

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The Romanian government today promised to send a full Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to bolster its defenses — on the condition that the United States help cover the gap. “Considering the significant deterioration of the security situation in Ukraine … Council members decided to donate a PATRIOT system to Ukraine,” the Romanian president’s […]

Trump attacks ‘rigged’ trial in rambling post-verdict speech

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“It’s my honor to be doing this, but it’s a really unpleasant thing, to be honest,” Trump said.

Trump tries to spin guilty into gold

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The former president has proven adept at fundraising off his legal troubles.

Will Trump’s guilty verdict hurt him? Read this story (not the polls).

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Donald Trump is in uncharted territory. The full effect of the verdict won’t sink in overnight.

Labour’s election policy positions, tracked

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Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.

Political donations in France swerve to the right as Le Pen’s niece raises more than Macron

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Marion Maréchal’s Reconquête received nine times more donations than Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, analysis revealsPolitical funding in France has swerved to the right, with private donations to the small nationalist group backed by Marine Le Pen’s n…

Quarter of political donations in EU go to extremist and populist parties, data reveals

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Figures from 200 parties in 25 countries suggest hardline groups have had rise in donations in recent years, increasing war chests before European parliament electionsA quarter of all private money donated to political parties in the EU is going to far…

US Democrats in full-blown ‘freakout’ over Biden

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One adviser to major Democratic donors keeps a running list of reasons Biden could lose.

We’re on the Cusp of a Trump Verdict. Here’s What Our Insiders Think.

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POLITICO reporters inside the courtroom dissect the latest crucial moments before a verdict arrives.

Divided by migration, this tiny Italian community turned into a ghost town

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Now the mayor who was responsible for the ‘Global Village’ is plotting for political redemption in the upcoming European election.

Trump’s 2024 bid has spent more on fundraising and legal costs than campaigning

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A POLITICO analysis of campaign finance filings shows clear contrasts between Trump’s and Biden’s sprawling political operations.

Trump on going to jail over gag order: ‘I’ll do that sacrifice’

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The judge has threatened the former president with possible jail time, something Trump and his supporters think may bolster his campaign.

‘Blatantly illegal’: Zelenskyy administration under fire for denying services to Ukrainian men abroad

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Row escalates while Russia holds upper hand on the battlefield.

Open Strategic Autonomy for plasma therapies in the EU

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We can meet the needs of EU patients who rely on plasma therapies — and the EU’s goals for strategic autonomy — by ensuring a vibrant plasma-based biotech sector.

Slovaks crowd-fund ammo for Ukraine

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“We will help Ukraine despite our pro-Russian government,” says Slovak campaign.

UK warns universities China could steal secret tech

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Government advice follows report from cross-party intel watchdog urging a tougher line on IP theft and more.

British politics is hooked on Trump-style begging emails

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Threatening subject lines and big red donor buttons litter Britain’s inboxes — but could the pleas turn genuine supporters off?

Tony Blair seeks climate role at COP29 in Azerbaijan

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The former PM’s interest highlights the contradictions for the powerbrokers and consultants running U.N. climate talks.

Ukrainian porn star raises funds for war amputees

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The adult celebrity is a “patriot of her country,” said one of the amputees who took part in a flirty photo shoot.

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