Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 85, will not seek reelection
The former speakerโs announcement comes as she faces a tougher-than-expected group of primary challengers.
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Czechia to slash military aid to Ukraine, says likely next FM
A pivot away from Kyiv would be a “Christmas gift” to Putin, outgoing government said in response to the comments.
Donald Trump enters his lame duck era
Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they’ll be fending for themselves.
How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause
The birds are an unlikely example of how public health fights have shifted political dynamics in ways the U.S. is influencing and reckoning with.
Macron is Franceโs โworstโ president. Just ask his old mentor.
The French leader is a narcissist who is in denial of reality, argues Alain Minc.
Trump reverses course on attending Supreme Court arguments this week
The president previously said he had โan obligation to goโ to oral arguments in the tariff case at the high court Wednesday.
Zohran Mamdaniโs New York election win fires up the European left wing
“Hope won,” declares London Mayor Sadiq Khan after socialist candidate triumphs in America’s largest city.
Trump and Republicans admonish others for their Election Night losses
The president put himself at armโs length from losing GOP candidates. Rank-and-file Republicans are left casting blame.
7 US election takeaways โ from Trump the foil to post-cancellation politics
Heading into 2026, Democrats showed signs of rebuilding and shoring up their battled coalition.
EUโs green car push helps fuel political populists
Europe’s far-right parties are capitalizing on the public’s reluctance to change technologies.
Fear and loathing in Kyiv: Political nemesis hammers Zelenskyy on democratic devotion
Former President Petro Poroshenko urges Western partners to get tough with leadership in Kyiv over its commitment to reform.
Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race
The democratic socialist vanquished Andrew Cuomo in a contest being closely watched by national Democrats, Republicans and the White House.
George W. Bush remembers Dick Cheney: โA calm and steady presenceโ
Cheneyโs twilight in American politics was marked by his opposition to Trump, who has yet to weigh in on his death.
EU warns Ukraine over corruption as Brussels readies enlargement report card
The Commission praises Ukraine, Moldova, Albania and Montenegro’s efforts to join the bloc โ but notes concern about anti-corruption reforms in Kyiv.
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84
He was one of the most influential and most polarizing figures ever to hold the office.
Farageโs deputy calls for fresh debate over Bank of England remit
Deputy leader of poll-leading populist party wants debate over the make-up and role of the Monetary Policy Committee.
Zack Polanski wants to be the British leftโs Nigel Farage
The eco-populist aims to beat Reform UKโs charismatic leader at his own game.
For Trump, the entire Western hemisphere is Americaโsย
The U.S. president’s “Donroe Doctrine” represents a deep break from modern national security thinking.
Reform UKโs DOGE chief takes aim at โpatheticโ questions on council savings drive
Richard Tice advised POLITICO to โgrow upโ when asked if he had given up on seeking a data-sharing agreement with Kent County Council
Dutch centrist Jetten set to be youngest-ever PM after narrow election win
Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten on Monday clinched a razor-thin election win over far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders with a winning margin of 28,455 votes. The result puts the charismatic Jetten on track to become the countryโs youngest and first openl…
Czech billionaire Babiลก clinches coalition deal with the far right
The agriculture tycoon inches closer to becoming the new PM in Prague.
Dutch left-wing alliance elects successor to defeated Frans Timmermans
Former No. 2 Jesse Klaver steps up to take the top job.
Serbiaโs president offers to bring forward election after huge protests
Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ makes concession after year-long demonstrations against his regime
Zohran Mamdani gets help from Britainโs Jeremy Corbyn โ and riles up Andrew Cuomo
The former Labour leader’s get-out-the-vote operation triggers the ire of Mamdani’s opponents.
Trump reverses course on attending Supreme Court tariff arguments this week
The president previously said he had โan obligation to goโ to oral arguments in the tariff case at the high court Wednesday.
Europeโs left flocks to New York to take notes on Mamdaniโs meteoric rise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdaniโs campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching
It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.
Will Nigel Farage slay British politicsโ most sacred cow?
The Reform UK leader will try to convince voters Monday that he can be responsible and radical with the economy. Touching the pensions triple lock could make him both โ but it’s laced with danger.
Nigel Farage to promise business deregulation in economic policy speech
Reform UK leader to set out โpro-entrepreneurshipโ agenda while rowing back on tax cuts pledgeNigel Farage will promise a bonfire of business regulation as he spells out his partyโs economic policies in more detail than ever in an attempt to bolster it…
The Guardian view on the Dutch election: an uplifting victory for the politics of hope not hate | Editorial
Targeting the negativity of the far right, the big winner of last weekโs poll was able to cut through with votersOne of the tightest elections in Dutch history produced an outcome so close that first steps in negotiating a new coalition government have…
A welcome revival of the Dutch political centre
The liberal D66 are the big winners of the Netherlands election. So is Europe
Dutch voters have been seduced by positivity โ liberals elsewhere, take note | Simon van Teutem
By selling hope alongside progressive patriotism, the centrist D66 party widened its appeal and beat the far rightProgressives often treat patriotism as radioactive. Flags and anthems are left to the populist right. But the centrist D66 party, which al…
Nearly 42 million Americans lose their food stamp benefits
The lapse in benefits could be temporary if the Trump administration complies with a recent court order requiring them to use emergency money to fund SNAP.
Moldova installs pro-EU Munteanu as new prime minister
New PM will help lead the country’s push to become an EU member.
‘Populists can be beaten’: Dutch centrist Jetten claims election win
Centrist liberal leader Rob Jetten claimed victory in the Netherlands’ election this week, setting him on track to become the country’s youngest-ever leader.
Dutch centrist Rob Jetten claims victory in neck-and-neck election race
Jetten said his D66 liberal party had achieved a historic result after vote analysis indicated it could not be beaten.
Liberal-progressive party D66 wins election, Dutch media report
Party will take lead in first round of talks to form coalition government after securing majority of votesThe Dutch liberal-progressive party D66 won the most votes in Wednesdayโs general election, the news agency ANP has reported, putting its 38-year-…
Centrist D66 party ousts far right to win Netherlands election, local media reports
The Netherlands’ centrist D66 party has won the country’s elections, ousting far-right leader Geert Wilders, a local news agency reported on Friday. While postal votes are still being counted, the likely narrow victory for D66 would mean its leaderย Ro…
Centrist party wins Dutch election
Leader Rob Jetten is set to become the Netherlandsโ youngest-ever prime minister
Dutch centrist Rob Jetten claims victory in neck-and-neck election race
Jetten said his D66 liberal party had achieved a historic result after vote analysis indicated it could be beaten.
Centrist D66 wins Dutch election, national press agency announces
Rob Jetten is in pole position to become the new prime minister.
Santa Claus will be here before a new Dutch government, caretaker PM warns
The Netherlands faces “complicated” coalition talks after a tense election, says Dick Schoof, as the centrists and the far right fight for first place.
The dark side of Zelenskyyโs rule
Opposition lawmakers and civil society activists say Ukraineโs leadership is using lawfare to intimidate opponents and silence critics.
Historic tie in Dutch election leaves political landscape polarised
The historic tie finish in the Dutch election is expected to lead to delays in starting the process of forming a new coalition. The splintered political landscape means talks could take a long time, but it is likely a coalition will forme around the c…
D66 has shown the world populists can be beaten, says Jetten, as party is projected to win Dutch election โ Europe live
D66 leader celebrates โhistoric resultโ after Netherlands news agency analysis suggests party has most votes and Geert Wildersโ far-right PVV can no longer win The ANP news agency offered a bit more colour on how they reached their conclusion, via De T…
The week that AI deepfakes hit Europeโs elections
Dutch and Irish elections show voters now have to worry if the political content they consume is real.
How to lose a Dutch election โ and still ย win oneย ย
Is it enough to come first in an election? In the Netherlands, you hear that centrist Rob Jetten won big and Geert Wildersโ far right lost a lot โ even though either one could still turn out to be No. 1 when all the votes are counted. Eva Hartog breaks down the results of the [โฆ]
Netherlands nailbiter as far-right, centrists in election dead-heat
The Dutch election climaxed in an unprecedented cliffhanger Thursday, with only a few thousand votes separating the far-right party of firebrand Geert Wilders and a pro-European centrist party. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Nicholas Startin, Associate Profes…
How Frans Timmermansโ EU job destroyed his Dutch political career
Europe’s Social Democrats mourn the loss of their biggest hope for a comeback.
Farmersโ party holds on in Dutch election after brief spell in government
Being part of Geert Wildersโ short-lived government cost the right-wing farmersโ party seats, but not survival
Pro-European liberal Rob Jetten could become youngest and first openly gay Dutch prime minister
The Dutch election has ended in an unprecedented cliffhanger – with only a few thousand votes separating the far-right Freedom Party of Geert Wilders and the pro-European liberals of Rob Jetten. With nearly all ballots counted, both are projected to w…
Rob Jetten: anti-Wilders, โyes we canโ candidate poised to be next Dutch PM
As liberal-progressive D66 party makes huge gains in election, former junior athlete with โpositive storyโ and โvisionโ leads race for powerEurope live โ latest updatesRob Jetten, a former junior athlete, was pictured last month in a sports magazine ru…
Tough coalition talks ahead as Dutch centre left and far right tie in election
The centre-left party D66 and the far-right Party for Freedom are neck-and-neck in the Dutch snap election, but regardless of the winner there will have to be talks to build a coalition. Yet it is likely that the next prime minister will be D66 leader…
Selling the leftโs message in the digital age is an art โ Irelandโs new president mastered it | Una Mullally
From Mamdani-style visual branding to basketball clips, Catherine Connolly found her audience and spoke in a language they understoodLast weekend, Ireland elected as its next president a leftwing pacifist in the latest example of how Ireland has bucked…
Dutch election stuns in night full of surprises: What you need to know
Dutch election goes to the wire as progressive forces led by newcomer Rob Jetten make gains in blow to rightwing firebrand Geert Wilders.
Geert Wilders faces shutout as centrists hail huge gains in knife-edge Dutch election
Liberal Rob Jetten edges ahead of rightwing populist in race to form next government with 2% of votes still to count Geert Wilders is almost certain to be shut out of the next Dutch government after a knife-edge general election in which support for h…
Macronโs approval rating drops to historic low
The French president now shares an unwelcome record with the man who gave him his start in politics.
Dutch centrist D66 party wins big in election as far right loses support
In the Netherlands, the centrist D66 party looks on course to beat the far right in the national election. Exit polls have predicted Rob Jetten’s party will claim victory, which could lead him to become the country’s youngest ever prime minister. Dutc…
Dutch centrists D66 back in lead in election vote count, edging past far-right PVV โ as it happened
Rob Jettenโs party now leading by 15,122 votes, putting it back in the pole position to lead the talks on forming the next governmentIn terms of managing our expectations as to when the new Dutch government could be formed, Joost Eerdmans of the right-…
Dutch election 2025: The winners and losers
Liberal boss Rob Jetten had a big night, lefty leader Frans Timmermans had a disaster โ and what about far-right figurehead Geert Wilders?
Germanyโs far right is at war over its own defense policy
The AfDโs internal fights over defense policy show just how far it is from acting like a governing force.
Rob Jetten and D66 were the Dutch electionโs big surprise. Who are they?
Meet the progressive liberals who raced past other mainstream parties in the Netherlands.
Dutch election favorite Rob Jetten is the EUโs dream
But Geert Wilders isnโt finished yet.
The case for an Anglo-Irish defense union
Only a formal bilateral agreement with the U.K. can deliver the territorial security that Ireland โ and the EUโs western borders โ desperately needs.
Centrist D66 poised to defeat far right in Dutch election, exit polls show
Exit polls suggested on Wednesday that the centrist D66 party is set to win the most votes in the Dutch national election, opening the door for its leader, Rob Jetten, to become the youngest prime minister in the countryโs history. The result, if conf…
Dutch centrist liberals neck and neck with populist Wilders in tight election
Rob Jetten’s D66 party celebrates but with most of the votes counted the result is too close to call.
Centrist D66 party set to win most seats in Dutch election, exit poll suggests
Result would pave the way for the Netherlandsโ first out gay prime minister and end far-right populist Geert Wildersโ time in powerThe liberal-progressive D66 party was on track to become the largest in the Dutch parliament, according to an exit poll, …
Exit poll suggests centrists led by Rob Jetten win Dutch vote, beating far right
Dutch voters appeared to have shunned far-right leader Geert Wilders in favour of a centrist party, exit polls suggested Wednesday, after a snap election closely watched in Europe where extremists are gaining ground. FRANCE 24’s Fernande Van Tets repo…
Frans Timmermans quits as Dutch center-left boss after election debacle
The former EU climate chief exits as head of the GreenLeft-Labor alliance after a poor performance in the Netherlands’ critical vote.
Dutch election: Far right and centrists are neck-and-neck, exit polls show
Dutch voters initially appeared to have rejected far-right leader Geert Wilders in favor of centrist D66, exit polls suggested on Wednesday, though the result has grown less clear into Thursday.
Dutch election is too close to call, exit poll says
Geert Wilders’ far right and the liberals of D66 are fighting it out for top spot in a nail-biting vote.
Corruption in French politics is nothing new |. letter
It is the scale and egregiousness of Nicolas Sarkozyโs corruption that mark out his case most starkly, writes Dr David LeesYou are right to highlight the horrific abuse being levelled at Nathalie Gavarino, the judge who presided over the trial of Nicol…
Healthcare emerges as surprise battleground in Dutch election
Patients and pharma industry were left on edge as party leaders clashed on health expenditure
Election campaign topics in the Netherlands mirror broader European divide
The last Dutch government collapsed over a row on immigration. As the Dutch go back to the voting box, it has been a major topic in the snap election campaign, alongside the green transition. FRANCE 24’s Armen Georgian spoke to two Dutch MEPs to captu…
Voting under way in Netherlands parliamentary election โ Europe live
Polls suggest Geert Wildersโ far-right Freedom party (PVV) could finish first in vote triggered when he pulled out of rightwing coalition in JuneThe Anne Frank House is not the only unusual place where voters can cast their votes today.The Dutch Vogue …
Geert Wilders set to win election but unlikely to become PM again
Snap elections are underway in the Netherlands, where the far-right is expected to come out first, without getting a majority. Unlike last time, it is unlikely for Geert Wilders to become Prime Minister again as other parties have ruled out working wi…
Dutch election dark horse Rob Jetten wants the Netherlands to get closer to the EU
The underdog-turned-front-runner tells POLITICO the Netherlands must embrace a more central role in Europe.
PMQs: Badenoch ducks immigration chaos by tackling Starmer on sluggish economy
The Tory leader asked the PM to confirm income tax, national insurance and VAT wouldn’t be increased next month. He refused to answer.
Dutch voters head to polls in election focused on housing and Wilders
Voters cast their ballots at polling stations across the Netherlands on October 29 in a close-run snap election called after anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders brought down the last four-party coalition. FRANCE 24’s Philip Turle tells us more on what t…
How Rachel Reeves might fill ยฃ30bn budget black hole
The chancellor has been talking about โnecessary choicesโ around next monthโs budget in an article for The Guardian. Rachel Reeves says she needs to be โcandidโ and doesnโt want to โsimply acceptโ forecasts โ but to โdefy themโ. With four weeks to go, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy ponder what she might be up to [โฆ]
Fact check: Can you rely on AI chatbots for voting advice?
The Dutch Data Protection Authority has issued a firm warning that users should not use chatbots to decide who to vote for as the country gears up for a snap general election. But what are the risks, and what can potential voters use instead?
Voting opens in Netherlands as polls suggest second Gert Wilders win
Major parties rule out coalition with rightwinger, giving his party little chance of being part of governmentVoting is under way in parliamentary elections in the Netherlands that polls suggest could again be won by the anti-immigration firebrand Geert…
Tight race in Dutch election as anti-Islam populist Wilders’ hope of power declines
Wilders was the clear winner last time Dutch voters went to the polls in November 2023, but this time the race is far tighter.
Trump seems to close the door on trying for another term
The president made the statement begrudgingly after Speaker Mike Johnson said there was no path to a third term.
Ending EU free movement a โdisasterโ for Britain, says Green Partyโs Zack Polanski
The partyโs new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.
Red hands and pig heads: Russiaโs plan to destabilize France goes on trial
Paris has emerged as a top target of Moscow’s hybrid war.
Dutch voters head to polls in high-stakes election testing populismโs grip
The Netherlands votes Wednesday in a pivotal national election that will determine whether the country doubles down on the anti-immigration populism of Geert Wilders or shifts back toward centrist politics. The result is seen as a bellwether for the s…
Dutch election promises to be a nail-biter, final polls predict
With one day to go before the Netherlands elects a new parliament, three parties are expected to win 23 seats each.
How to watch the Dutch election like a pro
POLITICO lays out everything you need to know about a critical vote that is currently too close to call, as far-right Geert Wilders takes on the mainstream again.
Dutch dark horse trips up over gay rights comments before election
The centre-right’s remarkable comeback in the Netherlands might have stalled due to controversial comments
Dutch elections: five things to watch
The Netherlands goes to the polls in an election that could see the far-right win, but no clear path to forming a government.
As Netherlands goes to the polls again, Geert Wilders faces isolation
With other parties refusing to govern with the far-right leader, months of political deadlock may lie aheadDutch election: the key players and main issuesVoters in the Netherlands return to the polls on Wednesday less than two years after Geert Wilders…
In the Netherlands, immigration dominates election campaign
Dutch voters head to the polls on October 29 and far-right parties have made immigration the central issue of the campaign. This hardline rhetoric led to anti-immigrant riots in September in The Hague and violent protests in towns where asylum centres…
Timmermans boosted by gay youth controversy
In todayโs edition: a gay rights controversy jolts the Dutch election as centrist parties eye a comeback, Pedro Sรกnchezโs fragile alliance unravels after Catalan separatists cut ties, and Berlin urges restraint as EU-China trade tensions escalate over …
Britainโs failing state is handing Farage win after win
Populist challengers Reform say โserious surgery on the systemโ is required. Can the British prime minister turn things around?
Hungary plans anti-Ukraine bloc with Czechia, Slovakia
Budapest wants to boost its political alliances in Brussels, Viktor Orbรกn’s political director says.
Mark Rutteโs Dutch liberals were dominant for years. Now the party is bleeding support.
It’s not easy being a European liberal.
Lecornu buys time โ but to what end?
The French prime minister has set aside his guillotine powers at the expense of endless complications โ though he has one more constitutional weapon in his arsenal.
โTruth is not optionalโ: Italyโs Calenda describes viral moment he stuffed Ukraine critic in a locker
American economist Jeffrey Sachs, a trenchant critic of Western policy toward Russia, met his match in a TV studio last week. Carlo Calenda told POLITICO about the clash heard round the world.
Czech president tasks billionaire Andrej Babis with forming new government
Babis’ party won the most seats in October’s parliamentary election. Since then, the self-proclaimed ‘Trumpist’ has begun coalition talks with far-right and right-wing parties.