Gucci goes alfresco in Florence as it awaits rebirth under buzzy new creative boss

Struggling label produces upbeat parade of greatest hits on home turf while Demna completes stint at BalenciagaIf rebirth is what you want then Florence, home of the Renaissance, is a good place to start.Gucci, which has just switched designers after a…

Cinq choses ร  savoir sur Tibo InShape, lโ€™influenceur muscu et politiqueย 

Le premier youtubeur de France questionnera ce mardi Emmanuel Macron sur la place du sport ร  lโ€™รฉcole et la jeunesse, lors dโ€™un grand oral prรฉsidentiel sur TF1.

‘Research renaissance’: Macron envisions transatlantic safe haven for the ‘brains of the world’

As the United States grapples with a climate of growing hostility toward science and academia under President Donald Trump’s administration, the stakes for global research leadership have never been higher. In response, French President Emmanuel Macro…

French Justice Minister Darmanin lays groundwork for 2027 presidential bid

The field of candidates hoping to succeed Emmanuel Macron is starting to take shape two years ahead of the next election.

Europeโ€™s diplomatic blind spot: Kallasโ€™ visit to Baku

Dulled by energy deals and geopolitical caution, Europe’s response to Azerbaijanโ€™s aggression has been tepid for too long.

Le Penโ€™s โ€˜Save Democracyโ€™ rally after guilty verdict falls short of expectations

The French far right has framed the verdict against Le Pen as an attack on democracy โ€” but was unable to attract a large crowd to a rally of support on Sunday.

Germany must leave its comfort zone

Germany can reinvent itself โ€” with bold decisions, growth-oriented investments, and a concerted push for innovation by industry and government. What we donโ€™t need? Cosmetic fixes and piecemeal thinking and regulation.

Nicolas Sarkozy trial: French prosecutors demand 7-year prison sentence for ex-president

The former conservative leader is accused of taking millions of euros from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 election campaign.

How โ€˜France Firstโ€™ doomed a nuclear CEO

For Emmanuel Macron, it wasnโ€™t enough that Luc Rรฉmont turned around Franceโ€™s state-owned nuclear firm. He wanted a CEO who put French industry first and built local reactors faster.

Magali Berdah retrouve la lumiรจreโ€ฆ et la vie politique

Lโ€™autoproclamรฉe โ€œpapesse des influenceursโ€ nourrit des ambitions politiques et cultive ses relations avec des dรฉputรฉs de tous bords en tournant des vidรฉos ร  lโ€™Assemblรฉe nationale.

Paris pins hopes for Franco-German renaissance on Merz

In today’s edition of the Capitals, read about Spainโ€™s Sรกnchez who slams Trumpโ€™s Gaza expulsion plan as โ€˜immoralโ€™, Polish government ‘shock’ by EUโ€™s anti-fraud officeโ€™s ruling on Ukraine aid generators, and so much more.

Pacte vert : le revirement de Macron indigne ses alliรฉs

Lโ€™offensive antirรฉglementation du prรฉsident a semรฉ le doute sur son hรฉritage ร  matiรจre dโ€™รฉcologie et suscitรฉ la colรจre de nombreux membres de son propre parti.

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.

A Paris AI summit survival guide

POLITICO guides you through the essential events of this year’s Paris Artificial Intelligence Action Summit.

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.

Can a bodybuilding YouTuber rejuvenate French conservatism?

Tibo InShape is wading into politics, and the establishment has taken note.

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.

Rรฉseaux sociaux : la dรฉsinformation nโ€™est plus une obsession

Il y a huit ans, aprรจs la victoire de Trump et le Brexit, lโ€™inquiรฉtude รฉtait grande sur lโ€™impact des rรฉseaux sociaux sur la sociรฉtรฉ. Aujourdโ€™hui, ce discours a du plomb dans lโ€™aile.

Franceโ€™s Sarkozy to face trial over accusations that Gaddafi funded his first presidential run

The former French president faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.

Ridley Scott is a genius film-maker who can do anything โ€“ even start a political crisis in Malta

It wouldnโ€™t be a press tour without the Gladiator II director saying something contentious, and now heโ€™s managed to upset big cheeses on the Mediterranean islandFor a while, it looked as if Ridley Scott was going to get through the Gladiator II press c…

โ€˜Nobody was tricked into voting for Trumpโ€™: Why the disinformation panic is over

Eight years ago, Trump and Brexit sparked fears social media was corroding reality. Now, that narrative is crumbling.

Hollywood legend backtracks after jibe at Malta caused uproar

Maltese politicians were not entertained by Ridley Scott’s remark.

Nos 12 Cรฉsar de lโ€™annรฉe politique 2024

POLITICO dรฉcerne, en toute subjectivitรฉ, ses prix ร  ceux qui ont contribuรฉ ร  faire de lโ€™annรฉe un grand film politique.

Kazakhstanโ€™s transport renaissance paved way for global trade connectivity [Advocacy Lab Content]

Middle Corridor cargo transportation is up 63 per cent from January to November 2024, reaching 4.1 million tonnes.
The post Kazakhstan’s transport renaissance paved way for global trade connectivity appeared first on Euractiv.

Louis Sarkozy, les secrets de son ambition politique

Lโ€™appรฉtit du fils de lโ€™ancien prรฉsident dรฉpasse dรฉsormais le petit รฉcran, avec un livre en avril et la politique pour horizon.

Do Syriaโ€™s liberators still deserve the terrorist label?

Assadโ€™s downfall was met with unbridled joy and relief among Syrians and Syriaโ€™s expatriate community.

To Ursula, with love: Paris sends Brussels the anti-Breton

Franceโ€™s incoming commissioner is a Macron loyalist who prefers backroom dealing to attention-grabbing stunts.

Battle of Franceโ€™s ex-PMs ends in truce as Macronโ€™s party narrowly avoids unity crisis

ร‰lisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal reach an agreement handing the party over to the latter.

Etes-vous prรชts ร  prendre la vague NIS2 ?

La source dโ€™informations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCร‰ANE HERRERO Avec KLARA DURAND et TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร  partager ? Ecrivez ร  Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โ€” Cybersรฉcu : la transposition de la directive NIS2 enfin lร . โ€” โ€œFair shareโ€, CIRโ€ฆ [โ€ฆ]

Budget : Chappaz en mode SAV

La source dโ€™informations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCร‰ANE HERRERO Avec KLARA DURAND, TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร  partager ? Ecrivez ร  Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โ€”ย Budget : pour sโ€™engager sur le CII, Clara Chappaz veut dโ€™autres รฉconomies. โ€”ย Les plateformes tardent ร  [โ€ฆ]

French government promises new bill on immigration in nod to far right

The previous immigration bill, passed less than a year ago, splintered the pro-Macron group of MPs.

Budget will be key to Barnierโ€™s survival

The French prime minister understands the scale of the emergency heโ€™s been confronted with โ€” and that it will determine the fate of his minority government.

Assemblรฉe : la guerre entre Attal et Wauquiez profite aux Insoumis

Elue prรฉsidente de la commission des Affaires รฉconomiques, la mรฉlenchoniste Aurรฉlie Trouvรฉ a bรฉnรฉficiรฉ de la rupture de lโ€™accord entre la droite et les macronistes sur la rรฉpartition des postes au Palais-Bourbon.

Macron faces backlash after demand for Israel arms embargo in Gaza

The French president was criticized by members of his own party, as well as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Macronโ€™s had a case of the blues since naming his new PM

The French president’s grip on power has waned since he called a snap election this summer.

Franceโ€™s new Europe ministerย will push Brussels to take โ€˜next stepโ€™ in tightening migration rules

The new French government has vowed a tougher approach on migration.

MEP Pascal Canfin quits Macronโ€™s party leadership over โ€˜profound disagreementโ€™

The lawmaker says he’s not happy with where the party is heading domestically.

Macron and Trudeau: The downfall of a pair of liberal bros

As the French president visits Canada, both he and Trudeau are grappling with declining popularity and the rise of right-wing movements that challenge their political legacies.

Trump promises to โ€˜take other countriesโ€™ jobsโ€™ with โ€˜lowest taxesโ€™

Trump previewed a sprawling manufacturing overhaul aimed at โ€œrelocating entire industriesโ€ into the U.S.

Macronโ€™s old guard spooked by new governmentโ€™s rightward shift

New ministers’ stances on immigration and social issues appear to break with some of their predecessors’ worldview.

French PM Barnier unveils new government, putting budget and EU affairs under his purview

The Cabinet is the โ€˜most right-wing’ in more than a decade.

New French government deal struck, PM Barnier says

The agreement still must be approved by French President Emmanuel Macron.

In pictures: Europeโ€™s car-free plazas reclaim their former glory

Why are we so comfortable filling our most iconic public spaces with a bunch of metal boxes?

How Macron dodged political death โ€ฆ for now

He threw his allies under the bus.

Former Poland PM: โ€˜Weโ€™re living under the illusion of environmentalismโ€™

We arenโ€™t reducing global emissions, just depriving ourselves of jobs, profits, raw material sovereignty and, therefore, security.

Von der Leyen โ€˜hopesโ€™ to announce top team on Tuesday

Commission refuses to comment on Thierry Bretonโ€™s accusation of “questionable governance.”

Stรฉphane Sรฉjournรฉ replaces Thierry Breton as Franceโ€™s nominee for European commissioner

Breton dramatically resigned earlier Monday with a blast at his boss, Ursula von der Leyen.

Panic on the canals: How a battle over wages in Venice highlights the complex reality overlooked by policymakers

An escalating standoff between workers and employers in Venice over an expired contract has exposed the volatile reality behind the data that informs Europeโ€™s economic decision-making.

The Brief โ€“ Barnier, von der Leyen and Macronโ€™s political interests

Michel Barnier never forgave Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for attending Emmanuel Macronโ€™s ‘Renaissance European Campus’ in Bordeaux last year, arguing she had given the French leader undue political credit and support.

Macronโ€™s whirlwind hunt for new prime minister sends French politics into a frenzy

Even young students are grilling current Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on who will succeed him.

Franceโ€™s love-hate relationship with Telegram

President Emmanuel Macron is an avid user of the app and his government granted Pavel Durov a French passport. That didn’t shield the Telegram CEO from arrest.

Macron protรฉgรฉ Gabriel Attal turns into biggest threat to president

Branded as Macronโ€™s mini-me, 35-year-old Gabriel Attal is emerging as a ruthless rival to the French leader.

Kazakhstan president calls for Central Asia renaissance as an Asia-EU bridge [Advocacy Lab Content]

Kazakhstanโ€™s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for Central Asia to position itself as a link between Asia and Europe and as a separate regional actor in international relations.

The sonic boom is back for passenger aviation โ€ฆ maybe

In addition to high costs, Boom Supersonic’s efforts to revive faster-than-sound passenger flights face climate and sustainability worries.

Renewโ€™s rebels strike back: German bloc heralds liberal power reshuffle

For the last five years, the German FDP has been the leader of a rebellious minority within the EU Parliament’s liberal group, but this term the former outliers could exert greater influence over the direction of a fragmented Renew Europe.

Meet Lucie Castets, the French PM-hopeful vowing to be a thorn in Macronโ€™s side

The 37-year-old’s low profile helped make her a consensus pick on the left, but now she needs to take the fight to the French president.

Fincantieri CEO on Trump, defense spending and consolidation

SNEAK PEEK โ€” Fincantieri boss Pierroberto Folgiero is looking to the Middle East and Southeast Asia for growth, he told Jacopo. โ€” The U.K.โ€™s new government is under pressure to halt arms sales to Israel. โ€” F-35s, Eurofighters and GCAP: Morning Defense brings you the latest news on fighter jets. Good morning, and welcome to [โ€ฆ]

Macron hopes glitzy Olympics can deliver political breather

The French president wants a summer timeout from politics, but it will be back with a vengeance.

Farnborough Airshow kicks off; Joe Biden drops out

SNEAK PEEK โ€” The Farnborough International Airshow starts today in the U.K. as the EUโ€™s space program stutters. โ€” Tensions between Rome and outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg escalated over the weekend โ€” Plot twist in the French defense committee: Jean-Michel Jacques is the new president. Good morning, and welcome to Morning Defense. In case [โ€ฆ]

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron: New allies heading in different directions

A U.K. Foreign Office aide said the French president was pleased by how the Brits handled his brainchild summit.

Franceโ€™s fractured legislature faces first big hurdle

The leftist New Popular Front agreed to put forward communist lawmaker Andrรฉ Chassaigne as a candidate for the lower house of parliament. Can Macron and the right unite to beat him?

The MEPs who actually matter

Here are 11 EU lawmakers to keep your eye on in the new term.

‘Uncertainty not good: France likely to see continuation of uncertainty in lead-up to 2027 election

As Attal and other ministers eye a future outside government, deep cracks have appeared between the 35-year-old premier and his former mentor Macron. Macron did not get any mention in Attal’s message to Renaissance deputies outlining his leadership bi…

France is at a historic turning point โ€” and it has been here before

The New Popular Front stands on the cusp of a victory that has the potential to transform the course of French history.

PM Gabriel Attal elected head of Macronโ€™s liberals in French parliament

The outgoing prime minister secures a way forward after the snap election debacle.

A defensive Biden tries to shift back into campaign mode

The president insisted to the enthusiastic crowd that he would stay in the race.

Macronโ€™s heirs duel over his scraps as they seek to form coalitions after election chaos

Gabriel Attal and Gรฉrald Darmanin are jostling for whatโ€™s left of the French president’s party.

Macronโ€™s camp plots unlikely comeback amid French election chaos

With no one in charge, the French president’s allies believe anything is possible.

5 things to know about Franceโ€™s messy election

What happens now? Did Macron’s snap election work? Is Le Pen finished? POLITICO walks you through the rubble.

Whereโ€™s Macron? French president disappears amid election crisis

Facing a snap election wipeout, Emmanuel Macron’s allies have told him to shut up.

Macronโ€™s gamble creates major fiscal headaches for the EU

Thereโ€™s no politically easy way to find the fiscal space to address the challenges the EU faces. And Franceโ€™s political realities now compound the problem.

French government spokesperson attacked while campaigning

PM Gabriel Attal condemns attack on Prisca Thevenot and her team and calls for “action, now.”

Biden team worries as Macronโ€™s election gamble looks doomed

Franceโ€™s main far right party appears poised to do well in the two-round parliamentary vote.

The dirty little secret no politician will admit: There is no way to โ€˜go for growthโ€™

Everything now is just a euphemism for financial repression and austerity. That doesn’t stop politicians looking for magical alternatives.

Macron thought he could defeat Le Pen by shifting right. Instead, he has emboldened her | Didier Fassin

The presidentโ€™s hazardous strategy has failed. Now France stands on the brink of its first far-right government since 1945The image was an oxymoron. Earlier this month, in a luxurious Parisian venue, Emmanuel Macron stood in front of a white wall on wh…

Scorched-earth summer: Biden, Sunak and Macron go negative

Struggling leaders in America, Britain and France are bombarding their political opponents, some of whom are testing the bounds of the mainstream.

French election: Your guide to a vote that is set to shake the EU and NATO

Global strategic and financial consequences hang on the outcome of the June 30 and July 7 ballot โ€” a complex, two-round process that needs some explanation.

Macron cozied up to consultants and lobbyists and lost voters โ€“ Starmerโ€™s Labour risks doing the same| Oliver Haynes

The party may find that, like Macronโ€™s Renaissance, using consultancies quickly leads to bad decisions and low popularityKeir Starmer is likely to be the prime minister in a few short weeks. Is there another, similar leader who could give us an insight…

France is โ€˜going to the dogs,โ€™ Macronโ€™s inner circle despairs

In their hour of greatest need for a liberal successor to the country’s president, France’s centrists are in panicky disarray.

Franceโ€™s Le Pen says she wonโ€™t seek Macronโ€™s resignation if far right wins snap electionย 

โ€œIโ€™m respectful of institutions; I do not call for institutional chaos,โ€ Le Pen tells Le Figaro.

Macron challenges French voters and spooks Brussels

As the EU comes to terms with its new (sort of) political reality following last weekendโ€™s European Parliament election, France is already back in campaign mode โ€” preparing for snap elections called unexpectedly by President Emmanuel Macron. The French president dissolved the National Assembly in response to the massive success of the far-right National Rally [โ€ฆ]

Macron could end up โ€˜sandwichedโ€™ between RN and left-wing coalition

Contrary to what President Emmanuel Macron had envisioned when he called for early elections Sunday, Macron and his party Renaissance could end up “sandwiched” between the far right and a unified left-wing coalition, FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman said. โ€œO…

EU election results loom over Ukraine aid discussions

After Ukraine skeptics gained seats in the European Parliament, Kyiv boosters seek to lock down weapons deals.

Storied Titian painting found at London bus stop after theft goes to auction

Work by 16th century master is expected to fetch between ยฃ15m and ยฃ25m when it goes on sale at Christieโ€™sA highly coveted painting by the Renaissance master Titian that was stolen in 1809 then again in 1995 โ€“ after which it was discovered in a plastic …

Union europรฉenne : lโ€™attribution des postes clรฉs se prรฉcise

Trop rapide pour รชtre vrai ? Un consensus est dรฉjร  en train dโ€™รฉmerger pour les quatre postes les plus importants de lโ€™Union europรฉenne.

Macron lashes out at conservatives, far-right alliance ahead of snap election

The French president addressed French voters at a press conference after calling a snap election in wake of humiliating defeat.

Is Macron too toxic to win?

Even his allies don’t want the French president’s face on their posters or his voice on the radio.

Bid to unite the right against Macron hits the rocks

The leader of France’s center right Les Rรฉpublicains triggered a firestorm with his suggestion of an alliance with the far right.

Macronโ€™s top MEP faces EU Parliament leadership challenge

Right-leaning members of the Renew group are looking to weaken the French president’s influence within the European Parliament.

5 furious reactions to French conservativesโ€™ talks with far right

“Chirac died a second time.”

Resurgent ALDE moves to retake Liberal lead from defeated French

Franceโ€™s influence within the liberal Renew Europe group is crumbling following a poor showing in the European elections and Macron’s decision to call elections. Is it time for ALDE to seize leadership?

Franceโ€™s far-right forces hold talks on teaming up to beat Macron

An alliance with Reconquest would strengthen Marine Le Pen’s National Rally ahead of a snap election.