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PMQs: Badenoch misses open goal on India trade deal
The Tory leader opted not to press her party’s attacks on the British-India trade deal and instead attacked Keir Starmer on winter fuel and net zero.

EU gears up for fight with Russian energy holdouts

EU to propose blanket ban on Russian gas

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

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

French interior minister under fire for slow response to deadly mosque stabbing

Trump official rips climate policy at London energy summit
UK bans export of ‘killer’ video games controllers to Russia
Clampdown comes amid 150 new trade sanctions against Russia.
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.”
Senate Republican wants to hold hearings on a 9/11 conspiracy theory
Sen. Ron Johnson could use his gavel of a far-reaching committee to probe the 2001 attacks.
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.
Can France and Germany’s new love-fest survive their lingering differences?
Paris and Berlin have been at loggerheads for years, but things are at last looking up.
Is Serbia turning into an EU mining colony?
A Brussels-backed project to develop the lithium reserves needed to power electric vehicles is fueling political instability on the European Union’s doorstep.
Postwar Russian energy return ‘illusory,’ Belgium says
Belgian Energy Minister Mathieu Bihet told POLITICO he wants to phase out the country’s Russian gas imports — but didn’t back an outright ban.
EU will use Trump tariff freeze to push new fossil fuel deal
Officials are hoping that renewing an offer to bulk-buy American gas will help appease Washington.
Trump tells countries to ax talks on shipping carbon tax, or else
The attack on the shipping deal is part of a wider U.S. rejection of policies to fight climate change.
Trump wants Europe to pay more for gas. The EU wants to spend less.
The White House is pushing Europe to spend billions more on energy imports. That’s going to be difficult if it blows up the world economy.
France’s Fifth Republic is on the ropes
The eligibility ban on presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen and the market-wrecking tariffs of U.S. President Trump are just the latest challenges roiling Emmanuel Macron’s second term.
EU agonizes over using its trade ‘bazooka’ to hit back at Trump’s mega tariff
As the European Commission plans levies of up to 25 percent on many exports from the U.S., it holds an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other.
Le Pen’s dilemma: Seek revenge or help her party
Marine Le Pen has been trying to normalize the National Rally in recent years, but may be tempted to wreak havoc after her guilty verdict.
‘Pissed off’ at Putin, Trump threatens Russian oil tariffs
In NBC interview, U.S. president threatens to blacklist companies trading with Russia if the Kremlin doesn’t agree to a Ukraine ceasefire.
The Starmer and Reeves double act is about to be tested
A strong, if shallow, partnership at the top has defined Labour in office. Can it hold when the going gets tough?
From welfare cuts to Trump tariffs: 7 takeaways from the UK spring statement
Social security cuts, a Whitehall squeeze — and a (future) silver lining on growth. POLITICO sat through Rachel Reeves’ spring statement so you didn’t have to.
Record online shopping fueling Europe’s textile waste problem, watchdog warns
Cheap clothes and online retailing means people are buying — and discarding — more garments than ever before.
Israel strikes southern Gaza and orders new evacuation
The death toll since the start of the Israel-Hamas war has now passed 50,000.
After the North Sea tanker crash, a multi-million dollar battle over who’s to blame
A week after the tanker crash off the English coast, officials are trying to work out the damage done — and who is going to pick up the bill.
UK rows back on claim Israel’s Gaza aid blockade is illegal
No 10 says only there is a “clear risk” of Israel breaching international law.
EU’s front-line states rally against Russian energy return
A return to buying more of Moscow’s fossil fuels would be a mistake, EU countries bordering Russia told POLITICO.
Top US CEO to Europe: We can unite on nuclear power
Europe may see atomic power as a path to energy independence, but the Westinghouse chief tells POLITICO it can help the continent.
Trump will make — or break — Europe’s Russia sanctions
Western allies are worried the U.S. president could go either way on decisions that will ripple across the Atlantic.
Why sh*t’s about to get real for Keir Starmer
A flurry of crucial policy reviews on areas that could define the U.K. prime minister’s government are coming due. POLITICO has you covered.