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Europe’s final plan to quit Russian energy: Enlist wary execs

The EU will make its pitch Tuesday, searching for momentum as sanctions stall, the U.S. equivocates and some eye a Russian fuel return.

May 6, 2025 4:22 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

Orbán’s man in Brussels stalls Russian energy exit plan

Hungary’s EU commissioner is hindering the plan’s quick approval on Tuesday, despite obligations to act independently from Viktor Orbán’s Russia-friendly policies.

May 5, 2025 4:35 pm 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

Trump team clashes with Berlin over AfD designation as right-wing extremist

The heavy criticism from top American officials comes days before a new coalition government is set to take power in Berlin.

May 3, 2025 11:43 am CET

Trump’s tariffs come for fast fashion, and the blowback could be fierce

Low-value packages from China will now be hit with a tariff. It’ll hurt online shoppers who have been increasingly drawn to cheap goods.

May 3, 2025 11:16 am CET

Here we go again! How to watch Romania’s do-over election like a pro

The presidential election day is almost upon us. This is what you need to know.

May 2, 2025 4:00 am CET

Ryanair could stop buying Boeing if Trump tariffs bite, CEO warns

The Irish budget airline is Boeing’s biggest customer in Europe.

May 1, 2025 1:57 pm CET

Eurozone economy grows faster than expected in rush to get ahead of Trump tariffs

Spain was easily the top performing major economy in the eurozone.

April 30, 2025 11:14 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

Berlin gears up for Trump era as Merz picks new foreign minister

Berlin’s new foreign ministry leadership signals tougher stance toward China and Russia.

April 28, 2025 2:23 pm CET
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Macron’s office rules out reviving EU-US free trade deal for now

“Before aiming for a free trade deal with the U.S., our first demand is that they withdraw their tariffs,” says French official.

April 28, 2025 12:34 pm 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

Von der Leyen, Trump to meet after brief chat at pope’s funeral

The two chatted on the margins of the memorial for Pope Francis in Rome on Saturday.

April 26, 2025 4:32 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

Trump officials pressure world’s top energy agency to drop climate mission

U.S. and European officials are sparring in meetings of the International Energy Agency, which helps guide global investments and policies.

April 25, 2025 4:30 am CET

Iran’s exiled ‘crown prince’ calls for mass labor strikes to topple regime

Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah, tells POLITICO the West must create a “strike fund” to support civil resistance and paralyze the government.

April 24, 2025 4:01 am CET

UK bans export of ‘killer’ video games controllers to Russia

Clampdown comes amid 150 new trade sanctions against Russia.

April 24, 2025 1:00 am 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

IMF: Trump tariffs are crashing world economy, with US worst off

The multilateral lender thinks the U.S. will be hurt more than either Europe or China by Donald Trump’s tariff blitz.

April 22, 2025 3:16 pm CET

Trump’s tariff war empowers Europe’s free traders

Even the EU’s most protectionist countries are realizing that they need new friends to trade with as their oldest ally goes rogue.

April 22, 2025 4:20 am CET

Hungary confirms fifth foot-and-mouth outbreak as virus persists

Hungary and Slovakia are battling outbreaks of the highly contagious livestock disease.

April 18, 2025 10:20 am CET
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