The EUโs ticking debt bomb โ and why it matters for its next budget
Repayment of the EU’s โฌ300 billion joint borrowing hangs like a cloud over the European Commission’s budget brainstorm.
Repayment of the EU’s โฌ300 billion joint borrowing hangs like a cloud over the European Commission’s budget brainstorm.
How should one handle the 47th U.S. president? Kiss the ring, resist, offer deals and wait for exhaustion to set in.
Separatist leaders said they will take a Russian loan to pay for supplies despite an EU aid offer.
Longtime leader heads for the exit amid political turmoil in Bucharest.
PM Albin Kurti claims โvictoryโ and vows to form government but analysts warn of prolonged crisis and instabilityThe governing party of the prime minister, Albin Kurti, is on track to secure the most seats in Kosovoโs parliament but will lack the numbe…
EU cash has ensured that gas and power flow in Moldova and its breakaway region of Transnistria, after Russia closed the taps โ now Brussels wants a longer-term deal.
It represents another major effort to expand presidential authority.
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Voters began casting ballots in Kosovo elections Sunday in a contest that pits combative incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s quest to stamp out Serbian influence against a fractured opposition’s vow to boost the economy. Condemned by the EU and the…
Former French president was found guilty of trying to bribe a judge in 2014 after he had left officeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was fitted with an electronic tag on Friday after losing his appeal against his conviction for corruption an…
Exclusive: Move allows China to further global influence, UK foreign secretary says on Ukraine visitDonald Trumpโs plans to make dramatic cuts to the United Statesโ international aid budget could be a โbig strategic mistakeโ that allows China to step i…
Baku reportedly preparing to appeal to โan international courtโ unless Moscow takes responsibility for crash Europe live โ latest updatesAzerbaijan is escalating its rare standoff with the Kremlin as the fallout from the downing of an Azerbaijani passe…
โI do not approve of someone in Trumpโs orbit attempting such direct interference in Germanyโs elections,โ says Friedrich Merz.
POLITICOโs weekly podcast lifting the curtain on how Westminster really works. By PATRICK BAKER Send ideas here | View in your browser Peter Mandelson, the new British ambassador to the United States, has finally taken up the daunting challenge of being the U.K.โs Trump whisperer. And itโs clear the man dubbed the prince of darkness [โฆ]
Top tips for Britainโs new ambassador from people whoโve done the job and lived to tell the tale.
The former U.K. prime minister has quietly been meeting Labour’s new MPs โ and he’s not the only Blairite who’s at it.
A Kremlin-backed campaign is trying to influence voters ahead of Feb. 23 poll, according to government report obtained by POLITICO.
Double blow for Reeves as BoE cuts growth forecasts but raises its estimates for inflation.
Labourโs decision to grant the geopolitical archipelago to Mauritius has sparked criticism from all sides.
Ahead of Poland’s presidential elections in May, the country’s government unveiled the ‘Election Umbrella’ program – with the goal of protecting the nation’s cybersecurity from Russian influence.
Disinformation tactics similar to those used against the United States have been deployed, including using African media outlets for credibility and AI-generated testimonies in influence operations.
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The WHO, which promotes health worldwide, is already making cutbacks following the loss of U.S. funding.
The former German chancellor is suffering from severe exhaustion, lack of energy, concentration and memory problems, his doctor says.
The U.S. president sees tariffs not just as a way to reverse trade deficits, but also as a means of reducing domestic income tax. He may find neither are likely to work according to plan.
Ukrainian officials fear an alignment between Washington and Moscow could shut them out of the discussion about their country’s future.
“Weather conditions and deficiencies in equipment and seamanship” were behind last month’s disruption, prosecutors say.
After the rebuilding of the Notre-Dame cathedral, Macron has a new pet project: the Louvre.
Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?
The Milan-based bank said its holding is โa pure financial investmentโ and asserted that it has โno strategic interest in Generali.โ
Social media companies including TikTok, Meta and X took part in an election stress test on Friday.
Vote caps fraught debate over growing influence of Alternative for Germany party in Europeโs largest country
The visit to Panama will be Rubioโs first international trip as President Donald Trumpโs secretary of State.
Chinese influence operation urged Spaniards to ‘overthrow the government’, intelligence firm claims
Tibo InShape is wading into politics, and the establishment has taken note.
From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.
Many mainstream leaders worry a pre-election debate over whether to ban Alternative for Germany will only boost the party ahead of a national election.
Fake accounts attempted to fan discontent as people raged against establishment figures following floods in the Valencia region that killed more than 200 people.
Kyiv is anxious to discuss Washington’s plans to end its war with Russia.
Man fined for flying device under influence as court applies same punishment it would for drunk-driving a vehicleA man has been convicted for drunk-driving a drone in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in Sweden.The 55-year-old man was fo…
Moscow keeps quiet as Ahmed al-Sharaa starts to exert influence in Damascus and abroad.
Kremlin whacks the U.S. with claim about vote-meddling.
Heโs said the UN bodyโs head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic.
A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellorโs way are huge.
Brussels and Washington “are always stronger together,โ said Kaja Kallas after the conversation.
La nรฉcessitรฉ de contrer la Russie a fait changer de position certains pays du Nord, habituellement tenants de lโorthodoxie budgรฉtaire.
โIn order not to further raise tensions in society, I made this decision,โ says departing leader as pressure grows on President Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ.
If the Turkish strongman clashes with Israel over Syria he will be blamed for wrecking Trumpโs plans to pacify and disengage from the regionRecep Tayyip Erdoฤan has trodden a fine line between the west, Russia and China for more than two decades. Turke…
The need to counter Russia is shifting the attitudes of rich northern countries on budget discipline.
The new directive puts some aid organizations at risk of bankruptcy.
Donald Trump launched a two-year trade war against China during his first term in the White House, and heโs poised to do it again. Even before being sworn in, Trump threatened China with 60 percent tariffs to cut its trade surplus, 10 percent tariffs if it didnโt halt fentanyl shipments and 100 percent tariffs if [โฆ]
Patriots party prepping up grand far-right lovefest.
Slovakiaโs right-wing government is spearheading a push to strengthen EU rules on unfair trading practices, saying the current reforms donโt go far enough.
Several online activists have been arrested over the past few weeks for inciting violence. Some have TikTok accounts with more than 400,000 followers.
Warehouse strike in Russia โdestroys 200 Shahed dronesโ; Ryazan oil refinery hit again, says Kyivโs military. What we know on day 1,069Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured Velyka Novosilka, a strategically important town in the Donetsk regi…
Silicon Valley loudly criticized President Donald Trump when he quit the climate accord in his first term. This time? Crickets.
The Latvian Navy sent a patrol to inspect a vessel possibly involved in causing the damage and is contact with NATO allies.
PM says damage is probably result of external influence and vessel suspected of involvement is under investigationAn undersea fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, probably as a result of external influence, Riga has said, …
The billionaire’s main sources of information on the European Union consist of a dozen very active X accounts with highly selective approaches to the news.
The document, seen exclusively by Euractiv Czechia, argues the measures will help the two countries “resist the malign influence of Russia”.
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Political acrimony is rocking Bratislava.
It’s not industrial policy that the bloc has to worry about, it’s the rise of national capitalism.
Parliamentary fight shows Martinโs coalition could be vulnerable because of its dependence on independents. Sinn Fรฉin is taking aim.
Serbia’s highest state officials, without providing evidence, claim in their statements that student blockades and protests are under the influence of Western intelligence services.
The post Serbia detains, expels 14 foreign citizens attending NGO foru…
Departure of outgoing U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Karen Pierce has reignited criticism of the culture at the top of the British government.
Outgoing Acoba boss Eric Pickles tells POLITICO that government departments are failing to get a grip on massive revolving door risks.
The far right has made the running so far but mainstream parties hope to increase contact.
Security industry guns-for-hire are warned they could face jail time if they work for hostile states โ even accidentally.
Cette dรฉcision du prรฉsident amรฉricain a de nombreux effets et signale le dรฉbut dโun programme agressif de dรฉtricotage de la politique climatique des Etats-Unis.
Lawmakers and media pour scorn on the key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump.
PM Keir Starmer’s center-left government is holding its breath as Trump’s second term gets going.
Quitting the Paris Agreement triggers a cascade of real-world impacts and signals the beginning of an aggressive agenda to undo U.S. climate policy.
The 55th World Economic Forum opens on the day the new US president is being sworn in, and his video address on Thursday promises to be the high point of a gathering that is losing influence as nationalism rises.
One politician warned that limiting Peevski’s influence would determine the government’s lifespan.
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Trump’s former chief strategist fears his old boss won’t make a clean break and stop military aid to Kyiv.
Dissidents despair at the Russian presidentโs influence ahead of this monthโs rigged election.ย
Trump’s second term will bring a โmaximum concentration of power with the president,โ Germany’s ambassador to the U.S. warns in confidential document obtained by Reuters.
โWe are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office,โ the company said in a notice on the app.
He has called the German chancellor an “incompetent idiot” and the countryโs president an “anti-democratic tyrant”.ย Perhaps such invective would not matter if Elon Musk did not have the influence that he does. But Europe is a key market for the tech b…
Exclusive: Majority polled by YouGov viewed billionaire negatively โ except among Reform UK and AfD votersMost people in the UK and Germany consider Elon Muskโs efforts to influence their national politics unacceptable and believe the US tech magnate d…
Donations are flying in from some of the worldโs biggest companies โ and though many have contributed before, the checks this year are bigger.
He didnโt mention Donald Trump but said no president should be immune from crimes committed while in office.
Esther Lynch, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, calls for Musk’s “extreme” anti-worker views to be “actively challenged”.
The post โThatโs not how we do thingsโ: Union chief slams Muskโs influence in the EU appeared first on …
Ultranationalist Cฤlin Georgescu lashes out at “globalist elite” in rambling interview with hard-right U.S. influencer.
Following the withdrawal of France’s Operation Barkhane, Algeria is being challenged on its southern borders by Sahelian sovereigns seeking to free themselves from its influence.
A return to austerity was not in Keir Starmer’s plans โ and it risks shredding Labour’s credibility while populists snap at its heels.
New U.S. sanctions against Russia target Serbia’s main gas company, at the same time that Azerbaijan claims to not be able to deliver its supply.
Russia is losing a lever of influence in the Western Balkans and Europe.
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“Weโve now got someone who’s incredibly hostile to China coming into the White House,โ said a bank lobbyist.
In his latest meddling in European politics, Elon Musk, a fervent ally of US President-Elect Donald Trump, wielded his influence to reaffirm his support of rising far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), backing on Thursday leader Alice Weidel o…
Musk, who used his influence and vast wealth to propel Trump to victory in the 2024 White House race, has been vocal in his support for the AfD ahead of snap elections in Germany on February 23.
PM says her relationship with U.S. president-elect is “very solid” and insists his recent incendiary remarks flow from a “peace-through-strength” approach.
โI have certainly found interesting the path I’ve taken over the last three years in these POLITICO awards,โ Italian prime minister says.
La rรฉaction du prรฉsident รฉlu, et climatosceptique, ร la fonte des glaces : plus dโextraction des ressources, des routes commerciales plus rapides et de nouvelles bases militaires.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial this week accused of accepting millions of euros in illegal funding from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Did Gaddafi set a precedent for other autocrats who want to buy influence in the West?
โWe know how they treat the Inuit in Alaska. Make that great before trying to invade us,โ Pipaluk Lynge tells POLITICO.
Peter Frankopan on a book that argues that Sunni Islam has reversed the declining influence of religion on Turkish society
“Thereโs not a centrist left-wing government in Europe that will be able to withstand that onslaught,” the right-wing podcaster says.
The pundit-turned-politician could be a potential ally for the president-elect and Elon Musk as the tech billionaire wades deeper into European politics.
Responses to the 96-year-old’s death have become something of a political Rorschach test in France.