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Of Daddies and Queens — from Trump to von der Leyen — and who’s really in charge in Europe

This week’s episode of EU Confidential comes to you from the Europa building in Brussels. We’ve been covering not one but two high-stakes gatherings, starting with NATO’s …

June 27, 2025 4:33 am CET
US State Department adviser wanted to boost French far-right leader Marine Le Pen
UK-style deal is best EU will get from Trump, Lithuanian president warns
Defiant Bayrou won’t concede defeat on pension reform talks
France to cut extra €4.7B in spending this year as debt hits new record
European prosecutors crack down on fraudulent Chinese imports
Von der Leyen can’t go far with the far right
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Europe managed to keep Trump in NATO. Now what?

National leaders now need to find the money and buy weapons to deter Russia while facing a potential reduction of U.S. troops on the continent.

June 26, 2025 4:00 am CET

Ursula von der Leyen amputates the Green Deal to save its life

Last year’s European election reshaped EU politics. The Commission president must acknowledge a new alternative right-wing majority even as she fights to preserve her signature political achievement.

June 25, 2025 8:28 pm CET

EU conservative Weber attacks European left over greenwashing clash

The EPP chief lambasted an environmental bill at the heart of a confrontation between conservatives and their center-left partners as “grotesque.”

June 25, 2025 7:53 pm CET

Friedrich Merz wants a US trade deal within days. The EU fears it will be a bad one.

The German leader is piling the pressure on Brussels to strike a deal soon with Trump so Europe doesn’t end up with the scraps.

June 25, 2025 7:30 pm CET

How Trump learned to stop worrying and love NATO

European officials deployed flattery and avoided specifics to get “good vibes” and win over the president.

June 25, 2025 7:15 pm CET

France pushes climate delay, imperiling EU Paris accord ambitions 

Publicly Paris denies the allegation, but several other countries say it has raised that position in private meetings.

June 25, 2025 5:48 pm CET

French PM Bayrou gets temporary lifeline from far right

The National Rally is still threatening to get rid of the prime minister during fall budget talks.

June 25, 2025 1:11 pm CET

Germany’s energy plans to win EU endorsement as Commission unveils new subsidy rules

EU competition chief Teresa Ribera is due to announce a policy reversal on Wednesday.

June 25, 2025 4:44 am CET

Summit set to show how far the EU is from seizing the ‘global euro moment’

European Council President António Costa wants to discuss international role for euro but divisions over large-scale joint borrowing are as wide as ever.

June 25, 2025 4:00 am CET

UK to join NATO nuclear aircraft mission as it buys 12 fighter jets

Move has been welcomed by NATO boss Mark Rutte.

June 25, 2025 12:03 am CET

French government to face no-confidence vote after pension talks collapse

A vote on Prime Minister François Bayrou’s future will take place within 48 hours.

June 24, 2025 5:35 pm CET

Tesla accused of deceptive marketing by French government

American automaker faces €50,000-a-day fines over advertisements claiming its cars are fully self-driving.

June 24, 2025 4:37 pm CET
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German finance minister ‘confident’ fiscal expansion won’t run afoul of EU rules

“We can find a common path,” Lars Klingbeil said of upcoming negotiations with the European Commission.

June 24, 2025 2:22 pm CET

French PM under fire as pensions ‘conclave’ concludes without agreement

Socialists could soon turn on François Bayrou if no progress is made on retirement reform.

June 24, 2025 2:21 pm CET
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June 24, 2025 5:00 am CET

Stars align for drugmakers in final straight of EU pharma package

With the EU’s competitiveness push gaining urgency amid growing trade tensions with the U.S., plans to tighten pharmaceutical rules could soften — making the final legislation more industry-friendly than originally envisioned.

June 24, 2025 4:03 am CET

Trump’s Iran bombing tests the limits of British influence

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has bent over backwards to win Trump’s favor. Yet on Iran that approach bore little fruit.

June 24, 2025 4:02 am CET

Von der Leyen’s huge gamble puts her biggest policies at risk

The Common Agricultural Policy reform, new rules for deportations and revised environmental standards could all be hit by a recent decision to pull the greenwashing law.

June 24, 2025 12:28 am CET

Macron: US strikes on Iran aren’t legal

European leaders are walking a tightrope between condemning Tehran’s nuclear program while calling for restraint.

June 23, 2025 8:11 pm CET

Paris Olympics cost taxpayers many times more than advertised, auditors say

France’s Court of Auditors said taxpayers ended up spending nearly €6 billion on the Games, but organizers say that figure is inflated.

June 23, 2025 1:58 pm CET

UK warns Iran against Strait of Hormuz blockade

David Lammy is urging Iran not to escalate in response to U.S. strikes.

June 23, 2025 10:46 am CET

French pension ‘conclave’ faces make-or-break moment

The prime minister’s effort to find common ground on retirement reform has a Monday deadline.

June 23, 2025 4:25 am CET

Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it

Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.

June 23, 2025 4:24 am CET

Europe needs action — and fewer high-stakes summits with Donald Trump

It is increasingly hard for Europeans to find common ground with the Trump administration. But even saying it out loud carries the risk of worsening relations.

June 23, 2025 4:00 am CET
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