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EU gears up for fight with Russian energy holdouts

EU gears up for fight with Russian energy holdouts

Brussels will soon tell Hungary and Slovakia to stop dealing with Moscow — whether they like it or not. But the EU’s enforcement plan is fuzzier.

May 7, 2025 4:20 am CET
What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal
EU to propose blanket ban on Russian gas
Barbie dolls become new victim of Trump’s tariff war
Europe’s final plan to quit Russian energy: Enlist wary execs
EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition
EU urges Israel not to ramp up military attack on Gaza
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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

Africa’s message to the world: Do you want to be part of the next economic miracle?

Cuts to international aid are a wake-up call that the continent’s nations need to find a way to bolster their own development. And for that, Africa needs investment.

May 5, 2025 4:00 am CET

Warren Buffett shocks shareholders by saying he intends to retire at year end

Earlier, Buffett warned Saturday about the dire global consequences of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

May 4, 2025 9:45 am CET

Britain’s shrinking fraud watchdog

Political forces — from Trump’s deprioritization of bribery to Britain’s dash for growth — mean the Serious Fraud Office is in a fight for relevance.

May 1, 2025 4:43 am CET

Financing scandal rocks Greece’s ruling party

Opposition parties demand probe into links between a PR company and the New Democracy party of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

May 1, 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

Trump’s trade policy offers the EU an unexpected opportunity — if it can grab it

Europe has the chance to become one of the leaders of a free, responsible and democratic world. But it needs to take its fate in its own hands.

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

Trump’s tariffs could sink gas deal with Europe, top energy boss warns

EU firms want to buy more American energy — but not if it becomes pricier.

April 30, 2025 4:01 am CET

EU views break from US as ‘unrealistic’ amid global tech race

A draft strategy obtained by POLITICO points to the difficulty of unwinding years of American technological dominance.

April 30, 2025 4:01 am CET

EU governments consider appeasing Trump on global minimum tax

Capitals fear retaliation from the U.S. and are considering changing the rules to grant American companies an exemption from a crucial provision of the global tax deal.

April 28, 2025 4:00 am CET

Why US and China economic own goals give Europe an unlikely chance of glory

Washington and Beijing are trading tariff blows. The EU could come out on top ― if it can rise to the challenge.

April 26, 2025 5:18 pm CET
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UK in talks to buy back nuclear sites from French firm EDF

“Discussions are continuing” between the two governments on the U.K. acquiring three sites, an official told POLITICO.

April 25, 2025 4:11 pm CET

UK seeking carve-outs on cars and pharma in US deal, Reeves confirms

Comments by U.K. chancellor to POLITICO shed more light on government negotiating aims as it tries to swerve Trump’s trade war.

April 25, 2025 4:55 am CET

Trump talks tariffs. The EU talks free trade with the rest of the world.

With the United States throwing up the highest trade barriers in a century, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is on a mission to do trade deals with everyone else. 

April 25, 2025 4:31 am CET

Ed Miliband buys off his critics on Chinese forced labor … for now

The U.K. energy secretary has U-turned on government rules for buying solar supplies — but politicians and human rights campaigners want him to go further.

April 24, 2025 8:47 pm CET

Europe faces ‘decisive moment’ in energy security battle, von der Leyen warns

Without action, twin threats of Russian sabotage and high prices will batter the bloc, the Commission President said.

April 24, 2025 4:44 pm CET

UK lifts sanctions on Syria’s defense ministry

Downing Street said the move would promote regional stability and “encourage the return of Syrian refugees.”

April 24, 2025 3:19 pm CET

After EU fines, Big Tech wants Trump to swoop in

Two big penalties overseas could be just what the industry needed to get the White House’s attention. Will Trump now try to roll back European tech rules?

April 24, 2025 9:43 am CET

White House debates lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets, Nord Stream

The debate pits Steve Witkoff against State Department and U.S. energy export proponents.

April 24, 2025 2:15 am CET

DOGE loses its biggest advocate as Musk exits Washington

The tech mogul’s public pullback will come as relief to some Cabinet officials.

April 23, 2025 11:21 pm CET

Time was right for US Big Tech penalties, EU competition chief says

The European Commission has been accused of dragging its feet to avoid inflaming Donald Trump’s trade war.

April 23, 2025 6:30 pm CET

Socialists urge EU tech chief to deliver results in blockbuster US tech probes

European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen is facing growing pressure to wrap up investigations into TikTok, Meta and X.

April 23, 2025 4:44 pm CET

Longtime US allies say they have ways to fight back against Trump, and they’ll use them

Plans are being drawn up and, as one EU diplomat said, “We’ll take decisions to protect ourselves.”

April 23, 2025 4:40 pm CET
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