Kevin Hassett appeared to deflect questions on how the new tariff will benefit America despite the U.S. having a trade surplus with the South American country.
AI expert Gary Marcus explains what went wrong with Elon Muskโs pet project, and what it means for the future of AI.
In an exclusive POLITICO-Public First poll, Republican voters show limited support for the presidentโs handling of China.
Europeโs mission to tackle migration flows from North Africa became a fiasco in a row over a photo opportunity.
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On the evening of
July 3, 2025, as Dutch parliamentarians prepared to vote on what could become
some of Europe’s most restrictive asy…
A bitter clash between the EU and Rome over a proposed bank merger reveals two contrasting visions for Europe.
In a special edition, we focus on the plight of migrants, particularly women and children who make the perilous journey from French shores to the UK. It is an issue that has redrawn Britain’s political landscape. This as the number of migrants arrivin…
The Online Safety Act is still coming into force, but a committee said it won’t do enough to curb misinformation.
As the Texas flash flooding risk moved west, the National Weather Service pointed to the effect of burn scars from 2024After the extreme rainfall in Texas on 4 July, the flash flooding risk moved to New Mexico, with 89mm (3.5in) of rain falling in the …
Polling shared with POLITICO shows a new party under Labour’s left-wing former leader could dent the governing party’s vote share โ and take a big bite out of the Greens.
The pro-Brexit politician is set to visit Tirana to settle a debate with the countryโs prime minister over how many Albanians are in U.K. prisons, but what else could be on his itinerary while heโs there?
Countries like Viktor Orbรกn’s Hungary face losing out on billions of euros under European Commission plans to be unveiled on Wednesday.
The New Democracy government wants to suspend asylum applications and review what claimants eat in detention centers.
Brussels lays down tough demands on industry amid concern over models including Grok.
Report by Britain’s intelligence watchdog urges government to get serious about Iran-backed attacks on dissidents and critics of the state.
As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is there too much mutual mistrust for a deal?
Commissioner Magnus Brunner was thrown out of Benghazi by a furious warlord without even discussing a plan for tackling undocumented migration, triggering a blame game back home.ย
The country’s greatest untapped resource is the millions of citizens ready to work, retrain and rebuild โ if allowed the opportunity.
A global instrument to combat plastic waste is only the start. Coordinated action, innovative financing and consistent reporting metrics are needed for countries to implement the right solutions and infrastructure.
EU set to outline latest bid to get Big Tech to reduce AI risks.
President Donald Trump is ready to sign a punishing Russia sanctions bill that GOP hawks have pushed for months. But only if it changes to give him more control. A senior administration official granted anonymity to discuss the presidentโs view said that โconceptually thereโs an opennessโ to the bill from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), but [โฆ]
The court finds that the far-right presidential hopeful failed to prove her sentence posed “a real risk of irreparable harm” to the rights of voters.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren wants Randal Quarles sacked from the global watchdog, warning he will unwind post-2008 reforms.
Mayor urges people to exercise utmost caution as weather service says situation around Mediterranean is criticalMore than 15,000 residents of Marseille confined to their homes have been allowed out after a wildfire on the outskirts of Franceโs second c…
Security services posted fitness files from the Seychelles, northern Sweden and the French Riviera.
Vatican statement said the pair โdiscussed the ongoing conflict and the urgent need for a just and lasting peaceโFollowing a similar decision by Germany yesterday, the European Union has also summoned the Chinese ambassador following an incident in whi…
Global warming caused an additional 1,500 deaths in 12 cities during last weekโs heat wave, an analysis found.ย
Confusion and anger over climate plans in Wales spell yet more trouble for Labour in both Westminster and Cardiff, a year out from vital elections.
The Patriots for Europe, a new far-right force in Brussels, has won the right to lead the European Parliamentโs 2040 climate target discussions.ย
Europeans are still most concerned by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Pew Research Center survey shows.
The far-right leader once advocated for France to leave the Strasbourg-based court.
World football chief Gianni Infantino has forged a close relationship with Donald Trump.
The ruling is a blow to Friedrich Merz, who pledged to end Germany’s Afghan visa programme “as far as possible”.
Decision by members of British Medical Association puts at risk government pledge to cut NHS waiting times
The European Commission president also warned that Brusselsโ relationship with Beijing will only improve if China ceases its โunyielding supportโ for Russia and transforms its export-oriented economy.
Eighteen agriculture ministers are demanding the EU delay and soften its deforestation rules, calling them overly burdensome for low-risk countries.
Starmer’s reforming Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will hope to avoid the turmoil that engulfed Labour’s welfare shake-up.
Weโve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly noโThe housing crisis is now as big a threat to the EU as Russia,โ Jaume Collboni, the mayor of Barcelona, recently declared. โW…
Stephanie Lose told Euractiv that Europeโs defence build-up must be combined with โwise decisionsโ to lower debt and deficit levels.
The rise of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and machine learning is driving unprecedented demand for electricity. How can the UK tackle this challenge?
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Despite a public denial of another election, Macron’s government is in such trouble that the president seems tempted by another high-stakes gamble.
The magnitude of Trumpโs rule violation is entirely without precedent and demands an unprecedented response.
A third of emergency responses are to clubs, largely to attend to people having bad experiences with drugsThe ambulance service on the Spanish island of Ibiza says it is at risk of collapse because of frequent callouts to attend to clubbers having bad …
In early June, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency announced on its Facebook page that its โsuited and bootedโ agents would be at matches to the FIFA Club World Cup. Alex Lasry, CEO of the New York-New Jersey 2026 World Cup Host Committee, was startled to see the ominous message, which he worried could [โฆ]
Strategy part of efforts to improve blocโs resilience to conflict and climate change
Brussels wants to overhaul a mechanism that gives EU money directly to the bloc’s poorer areas.
In Schwedt, life flows through an oil refinery. If it doesnโt get help โ or restart Russian imports โ people worry their jobs will be gone.
The 2 Eastern European nations are being considered together as prospective members โ for now.
POLITICO grilled economists, wonks and strategists on the grim choices facing the country’s top finance minister after a dramatic week.
Firefighters have been having difficulty getting close to the flames because parts of the wildfires are on a former military training area where there is a risk of ammunition detonating.
The fallout from the Iran war could end up igniting the regionโs next great rivalry
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“If we do not move forward with enlargement, we risk losing some of these countries,” warns Marie Bjerre, Denmark’s minister for European affairs.
Mistral, ASML and Airbus CEOs add to the pressure on the AI Act.
Transparency for all lobbying is difficult for the EPP to accept. By pushing through their agenda with the help of the far right, we risk creating an EU-approved template for the suppression of NGOs.
Policymakers at central bank fret that a surging currency increases the risk of inflation undershooting
The EU, and much of the rest of the world, wants critical infrastructure to move to post-quantum security by 2030.
โEvery summer since Covid has been the worst summer,” warned the deputy head of a pilots’ union.
European capitals are pulling in different directions ahead of a decisive round of trade talks in Washington.ย
A senior leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party says elements within the Turkish government are trying to sabotage a historic disarmament process, which could risk derailing the group’s pledge to lay down arms.
Though it took place when he was education minister, the scandal has dogged Franรงois Bayrou since he took the reins of government.
AI pioneer Stuart Russell says rolling back AI regulation now would be a dangerous mistake โ with consequences for both Europe and the world.
With talks stalling ahead of COP30, the EU warns that a growing divide could derail global climate progress.
Rome’s sweeping new security decree looks set to put more people behind bars, but overcrowded prisons can’t cope.
While some politicians go red in the face trying to make their contemporaries pay attention to climate change, others are trying to make political hay while the sun is shining.
Governments are anxious about looming climate policies raising prices, but all but are now late on a plan to access EU aid.
Some 4,500 people could die in the next three days due to soaring temperatures, an expert said.
The proposed selection of a Saudi Aramco oil company staffer as one of the authors of a key science report has been denounced as โpolitical capture.โ
The highly-anticipated guidelines leave room for EU countries to set minimum ages for social media use.
Major heat waves across southern Europe have pushed temperatures above 40ยฐC in countries including Italy, Spain and Greece, as local authorities issued fresh warnings against the risk of wildfires. FRANCE 24’s correspondent Seema Gupta reports from Ro…
The EU’s generous subsidies come with little oversight and risk skewing the media market for independent players
The question isnโt whether globalization will continue, but who will lead it and on whatโฏterms, says BMWโs Frank Niederlรคnder. With geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in the world market on the rise, the EU has an opportunity to shape the global trade agenda โย if it gets out of its own way. โEurope had the ambition to [โฆ]
Sustainability isnโt just about values โ itโs about long-term value creation and competitiveness.
Major heat waves are sweeping across Southern and Western Europe, with high temperatures recorded in France, Italy, Spain and Greece as local authorities issued fresh warnings against the risk of wildfires. FRANCE 24 speaks to Akshay Deoras, research …
The president is pressing foreign leaders on everything from military budgets to antitrust laws โ all under the banner of trade.
Brazil struggles to reassure countries that hotels will be available and affordable at Novemberโs pivotal climate conference in Belรฉm.
EBA raises concern over circularity of burgeoning credit-transfer market
The move risks weakening the blocโs international green ambitions.
During more than three years of full-scale war, Ukraineโs firefighters have been working on the frontlines of Russiaโs air war. Amid ongoing ceasefire negotiations, Russia has steadily intensified its airstrikes in recent weeks and months. Since 24 Feb…
Vladimir Putin is not making life easy for Georgian wine producers, who are heavily dependent on the Russian market. After suffering a severe embargo from Moscow between 2006 and 2013, they are now wondering whether to boycott Russia as a response to i…
Ursula von der Leyen suggests EU could join forces with the Asian-Pacific trade bloc as Europe tries to up its game.
Samuel Samson, a political appointee, made the explosive recommendation as Le Pen eyes the presidency in 2027, two State Department officials tell POLITICO.
US president threatens Madrid with extra tariffs after Spanish prime minister rejects 5% defence spending target
Industry leaders warn climate targets are at risk without more state support and protection from cheaper imports
The ‘bat mitigation tunnel’ is designed to protect wildlife from Britain’s High Speed Rail 2 project โ but it’s enraging ministers as cost projections climb.
Socialists and liberals are rebelling against the Commission president, but she has no easy fix in working with parties further to the right.
A celebrity wedding party for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez in Venice this week has been moved to an isolated, less accessible part of the lagoon city on security concerns and to prevent the risk of protests, sources said. FR…
By Jonas
Bornemann, Assistant Professor of European Law at Rijksuniversiteit
Groningen and re:constitution fellow 2024/2025 and Isabela Brockmann,
Research intern at the Department of European and Economic Law,
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen…
New space law dials up oversight amid warnings itโs ‘starting to look like a jungle up there.’
The leaked proposal also weakens rules on advertising hazardous chemicals. Consumer groups warned it was a health risk.
Kennedy ripped into vaccine alliance in video address at pledging summit.
From flattery to concessions, every detail was arranged to minimize the risk of a diplomatic incident at the NATO summit in The Hague. It is time to change tactics, argues Le Monde columnist Sylvie Kauffmann.
In todayโs newsletter: โEโuropeโs leaders unveiled sweeping new defence spending pledges designed to satisfy โDonald Trump and signal a new era of militarisationGood morning. The Nato summit that started last night in the Netherlands could hardly be be…
EU competition chief Teresa Ribera is due to announce a policy reversal on Wednesday.
The president drew another line between himself and his European counterparts by hedging on Article 5.
European Council President Antรณnio Costa wants to discuss international role for euro but divisions over large-scale joint borrowing are as wide as ever.
Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authorityโs plan as โpunitiveโ and risk to economic growth
As the EU shapes its next Consumer Agenda, it must guarantee the right to choose between digital and paper communication. Without this safeguard, millions risk digital exclusion. True digital progress must be inclusive, consent-based, and built on choice.
To protect life on Earth, we must protect the ocean. UNOC3 revealed how innovative technological advances are helping to translate knowledge into concrete action.
