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Merz is weakened from Day 1. Europe will pay the price.

The EU’s center looks flaky, with France a mess and Germany’s Friedrich Merz having to battle to be confirmed as chancellor.

May 7, 2025 4:01 am CET

France could now prove the weak link in the Franco-German engine

The relationship between the two countries may be more difficult to rebuild than the warm words between Merz and Macron suggest.

May 7, 2025 4:00 am CET

Brussels eyes hitting €100B of US goods with tariffs

The European Commission is looking at imposing retaliatory tariffs should talks fail with the Trump administration. 

May 6, 2025 2:49 pm CET

Macron to meet al-Sharaa in Syrian leader’s first trip to Europe

The former Islamist rebel has received a cautious welcome from the international community.

May 6, 2025 11:31 am CET
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May 6, 2025 5:00 am CET

Trump has already screwed over Germany’s new chancellor

Germany’s most important and powerful ally for many decades — the US — has only further weakened conservative leader Friedrich Merz.

May 6, 2025 4:00 am CET

Trump’s movie tariff threat puzzles Europe

As U.S. productions flock overseas, Trump wants to target foreign moviemakers, opening a new front in the transatlantic trade war.

May 5, 2025 8:25 pm CET

EU scientists sound alarm over escalating spring drought

Dry conditions are spreading to virtually every area of the continent.

May 5, 2025 4:49 pm CET

Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump’s war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’

The European Commission chief and the French president are trying to woo American researchers with a new program called “Choose Europe for Science.”

May 5, 2025 11:42 am CET

Simion’s Romanian election win sparks right-wing jubilation around Europe

“Excellent result,” cheers former Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki.

May 5, 2025 11:24 am CET

It’s crunch time for the Brexit reset

British negotiators are sitting down for a week of intensive talks with their EU counterparts ahead of a looming summit.

May 5, 2025 4:22 am CET

Poland went all in on chickens. Then came bird flu.

A deadly wave of avian influenza, industry-led policy and deepening ethical and biological risks are exposing flaws in the world’s most efficient meat machine.

May 5, 2025 4:20 am CET
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EPP’s war on NGOs is driving a wedge through Europe’s political center

Conservatives face accusations of collaborating with far-right parties in NGO funding probe.

May 5, 2025 4:20 am CET

French PM considering referendum on budget plans

“The question is serious enough, with far-reaching consequences for the country’s future, that it should be put directly to the people,” Bayrou tells Journal du Dimanche.

May 4, 2025 12:05 pm CET

Europe needs to up its space game to fend off Musk, Russia and China

The continent needs to focus on cheaper satellites to stay in the space race, NATO’s Admiral Pierre Vandier tells POLITICO.

May 4, 2025 6:00 am CET

Europe leads world in media freedom rankings — but Greece trails again

Northern and Western Europe are the best places in the world to be a journalist, according to a new report.

May 2, 2025 11:19 am CET

At the edge of the world, French and Swedish warplanes deter Putin

Paris and Stockholm are deepening defense ties in missiles, air defense and even nuclear deterrence amid uncertainty caused by Donald Trump.

May 2, 2025 4:45 am CET

Save our Steel: Trump’s tariffs and Chinese overcapacity force governments to act

Governments the world over are racing to keep their steel industries alive. From the U.K. to France, the EU and Australia: Billions are reserved to counter global overcapacity and Donald Trump’s steep tariffs.

May 2, 2025 4:44 am CET

Britain and France do a tiny fist bump as Trump shifts against Putin

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have been trying to persuade Trump that Russia is a less than reliable negotiating partner.

May 2, 2025 4:01 am CET

Want to grab Trump’s attention? Europe’s politicians try Newsmax

The pro-MAGA outlet and its contemporaries are an awkward match for stolid, center-left ministers like those in Britain.

May 1, 2025 4:01 am CET

France wants EU parcels levy to stem flood of cheap Chinese fast fashion imports

France fears U.S. President Donald Trump’s China tariffs will flood Europe with cheap goods via small parcels.

May 1, 2025 4:00 am CET

16 countries to ask EU for fiscal leeway to spend big on defense

Germany is the only one of Europe’s big five economies to take up the EU executives offer.

April 30, 2025 10:38 pm CET

Brussels unveils Trump trade retaliation tactics to EU countries

EU executive is planning a two-track approach of incentives and retaliatory measures to convince the White House to strike a deal.

April 30, 2025 7:55 pm CET

Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves

The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.

April 30, 2025 3:15 pm CET
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