Category: Politico News

Europe marked four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion with a high-profile show of solidarity in Kyiv on Tuesday. Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa stood alongside Volodymyr Zelenskyy — but the absence of some key leaders raised quiet questions in Ukraine about who showed up, and who didn’t. Zoya Sheftalovich was on the ground […]

President Donald Trump had some exceptionally kind words for Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he listed what he claimed as his foreign policy achievements. The praise for Rubio — Trump said he might go down as the “best” in his job — could boost the Florida Republican should he choose to pursue a bid […]

President Donald Trump came to Capitol Hill to deliver his State of the Union speech needing to sell his tariff agenda to a skeptical public. He did so by touting the trade accords he reached with foreign countries, the peace deals he said tariffs helped them reach — and by saying that the money the […]

The party’s other national leader, Tino Chrupalla, said party politicians had done nothing to violate German law, but nevertheless acknowledged the practice of employing relatives left a “bad taste” in voters’ mouths. A few days later, however, he admitted in a post on X that he employs the wife of an AfD state parliamentarian. ‘Fake […]

Trump appears willing to harm America’s allies in ways that once seemed inconceivable, and threats — as we’ve learned — are his way, with many of them are directed at allies. The threat against Canada, for example, came just days after Trump reminded luminaries at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he was very […]

In an interview with POLITICO in 2024, Magyar said Tisza was pro-EU but was candid about the EU’s shortcomings. He expressed opposition to a European “superstate” and said he didn’t have “friends” in the European Parliament. That followed his first press conference in the Parliament, in which he opposed sending weapons to Ukraine. Earlier this year, Orbán’s Fidesz party […]

When Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Trump last year, the U.S. leader complained of the difficulty of building anything at his Irish resort — a problem he mistakenly attributed to Brussels, not Dublin. Next month, Martin can expect warm words from Trump over the Irish ballroom go-ahead. A spokesperson for Martin welcomed the decision but […]

“The European Union will not let Russia freeze our brave Ukrainian friends into submission. On the contrary, we are doubling down on our support to ensure that we keep the lights on,” Jørgensen said. He said the €920 million would be used to “strengthen grids, restore damaged heat and power plants, improve physical protection and […]

After Kushner’s no-show, Barrot said in an interview Tuesday that he had requested the American envoy be barred from meeting members of the French government until he “respects the most basic customs of diplomacy and responds to the summons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” Kushner and Barrot have since “agreed to meet in the coming days […]

“The analysis is intended to assess whether the legal arrangement through RSVP Trust is in compliance with national and European legislation,” the agency said, adding that there is no set deadline to complete it. Babiš’s solution to place Agrofert in a trust fund — a step he formally completed last week — has come under […]