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“A more frugal EU budget may not necessarily be modern,” he said in the opening speech of the Commission’s annual budget conference. “The risk is that those new aspects of modernity will be the first ones to be chopped.” The frugals are pressuring the new Irish Council presidency, which will broker the budget negotiations, to […]

Andy Burnham could be just days away from entering Downing Street – but who are the winners and losers from the arrival of a new prime minister? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine how Britain’s political landscape could be reshaped and what it means for the main opposition parties: Can Kemi Badenoch turn Labour’s transition […]

Ukraine has a rare advantage over Russia … but only if its allies move fast enough to sustain it. After months of attacks on refineries, fuel depots and supply routes, Kyiv has finally hit Russia where it hurts. Hour-long queues, empty pumps and rationing are affecting large parts of the country. The question now is […]

Während Berlin nach dem Koalitionsausschuss den großen Reform-Aufbruch bei Steuern, Arbeit und Rente probt, blockt Bayerns Ministerpräsident Markus Söder weiterhin jegliche Veränderungen an der teuren Mütterrente ab. Gordon Repinski über den Mann, der sich zwar optisch gerne ändert, aber niemals inhaltlich. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview wagt CDU-Wirtschaftspolitiker Tilman Kuban die direkte Konfrontation mit der Schwesterpartei. Er fordert […]

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Tuesday’s raids were connected to a European Public Prosecutor’s Office investigation into whether the now-defunct Identity and Democracy group misused taxpayer funds when Bardella was its vice-president. POLITICO reported last year that the group breached spending rules by at least €4.3 million, according to a confidential audit. In electoral terms, the impact of this could […]

BSW “has criticized the ‘firewall’ against the AfD from the very beginning,” the leaders of Wagenknecht’s party wrote in a letter to the far-right party’s national leaders dated June 26. “It is undemocratic and does not solve any problems.” The AfD maintains a strong lead in polls ahead of two September state elections in eastern […]

“Already at that time it was quite clear … that this system had significant structural and systemic problems,” said a former senior EEAS official who joined the service at its inception. “It was always a bit of constructive ambiguity.” Like others in this article, this official was granted anonymity to speak to POLITICO, as many […]

Those imports are needed because — according to some Russian social media accounts — Ukraine has deliberately targeted refinery units such as catalytic crackers that Russia can’t repair or replace itself, meaning that there is no quick end in sight to fuel shortages. Catalytic crackers help to maximize the yield of commercially useful distillates from crude oil.  […]

Prosecutors alleged that Kyuchyuk hired parliamentary assistants who worked for the national party in Sofia rather than for him as an MEP, in breach of Parliament’s rules, according to two of the people, who were all granted anonymity to speak freely. The allegations are similar to those at the heart of the case against France’s […]