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The country faces having to cut 20 percent of civil service jobs while ramping up VAT and increasing excise duties. The government is in for a rough ride.

The European Commission must be “much stronger” in confronting the Hungarian leader, say Spanish officials.

As Copenhagen takes the helm of the Council, its bold climate credentials face the hard grind of EU politics — and a bloc more interested in competitiveness than carbon cuts.

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Samuel Samson, a political appointee, made the explosive recommendation as Le Pen eyes the presidency in 2027, two State Department officials tell POLITICO.

“I will not accept the targeting and tarnishing of MEPs without a solid basis,” says Parliament President Metsola.

Commission silent on criticism from lawmakers and rights groups over use of artificial intelligence.

Socialists and liberals are rebelling against the Commission president, but she has no easy fix in working with parties further to the right.

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.

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

New space law dials up oversight amid warnings it’s ‘starting to look like a jungle up there.’

Months of chipping away at EU green rules has caused some lawmakers to finally blow their tops.

After major rift last week over green rules, the center-left is now gearing up to fight von der Leyen on the next seven-year budget.

The claim comes just days after the EU executive said the opposite, igniting a political firestorm that imperiled EU chief Ursula von der Leyen’s coalition.

If confirmed, the norm will prohibit airlines from charging fees for bags weighing up to 7 kilograms.

Threatening to kill green legislation is becoming a habit in Brussels.

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.

Denmark picks up the Council leadership baton at a moment of geopolitical volatility.

The vice president of the EU executive pressured the environment commissioner over several days to preserve the law.

Iran’s response to U.S. attacks on its nuclear facilities shut down air travel across the region.

The proposed law preventing companies from making misleading environmental claims now looks unlikely to be enacted.

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

Socialists and liberals outraged that EPP sided with far right in pulling greenwashing legislation and could now block EU’s law-making process.