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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

EU leaders thrash out Trump trade strategy

Leaders have concluded their summit. POLITICO revealed EU received latest U.S. counterproposal in Trump trade negotiations.

June 25, 2025 6:22 pm CET

Strikes expand in Italian textile capital famed for Chinese factories

The labor action is unusual as the sweatshops of Prato have long been beyond the reach of traditional unions.

June 25, 2025 6:13 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

NATO clinches defense spending deal in big win for Trump

Leaders signed off on a new 5 percent of GDP defense spending target by 2035.

June 25, 2025 5:42 pm CET

UK Treasury mulls clipping wings of banking ombudsman

The government is drawing up plans to hand the FCA the final say on financial consumer complaints.

June 25, 2025 5:11 pm CET

Donald Trump will make UK state visit this year, Buckingham Palace confirms

King Charles signed an invitation sent to the White House by British Embassy representatives in Washington, D.C. last week.

June 25, 2025 5:07 pm CET

Macron urges Trump to end trade war after NATO deal to boost defense spending

The U.S. president threatened to punish Spain for not agreeing to new military spending goals.

June 25, 2025 5:02 pm CET

PMQs: Rayner gets a rough ride on Labour welfare splits

The shadow chancellor laid out significant Labour splits over welfare reforms — leaving the deputy prime minister unable to rule out tax rises.

June 25, 2025 3:03 pm CET

Brussels moves to tackle satellite junk in space

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

June 25, 2025 2:56 pm CET

EU to loosen rules on cancer-causing chemicals in cosmetics

The leaked proposal also weakens rules on advertising hazardous chemicals. Consumer groups warned it was a health risk.

June 25, 2025 2:52 pm CET
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Rubio surprises NATO allies with softer rhetoric on Russia sanctions

Allied foreign ministers say the secretary of state took a harsher tone against the Kremlin in private.

June 25, 2025 2:24 pm CET

RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort

Kennedy ripped into vaccine alliance in video address at pledging summit.

June 25, 2025 1:43 pm CET

Pentagon launches probe into Iran strike intel leak

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the findings after others called it fake news.

June 25, 2025 1:16 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

Frontline NATO countries put on brave face as Trump casts doubt on collective defense

Trump’s comments have shown the U.S. doesn’t have to leave NATO to undermine the alliance’s credibility.

June 25, 2025 11:31 am CET

Europe wants Trump to sanction Russia. Rubio says not yet.

The secretary of state says sanctioning Moscow is an admission that a ceasefire ‘is not going to be negotiated anytime soon’

June 25, 2025 9:39 am CET

‘The Trump summit’: Rubio credits president for pushing NATO allies to increase spending

Yet the secretary of state called Spain’s attempts to avoid the target a “big problem.”

June 25, 2025 9:36 am CET

Iran ‘much further away’ from building nukes after US strike, Rubio says

The secretary of state dismissed media reports of new intel assessments as “false.”

June 25, 2025 9:22 am CET

Inside the blame game as the welfare rebellion grows

Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy serve up their essential guide to the day in British politics. Labour is still reeling over a rebellion by …

June 25, 2025 9:10 am CET

Vance outlines the ‘Trump Doctrine’ at political dinner in Ohio

The vice president has emerged as one of the administration’s most prominent messengers on the conflict.

June 25, 2025 5:01 am 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
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