Category: Politico News

Without an agreement, the U.K. can still take part in joint procurement projects in which a maximum of 35 percent of the value of a weapons system is paid for by the scheme. The U.K. had been negotiating for a higher percentage, which would benefit the country’s large arms industry. The armed forces minister predicted: […]

Die AfD kämpft an mehreren Stellen und diesmal kommt der Druck von innen. Recherchen von Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler zeigen, wie sehr Vorwürfe rund um Vetternwirtschaft und Überkreuz-Anstellungen die Parteispitze um Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla belasten. Drohen nun personelle Konsequenzen und trifft es am Ende ausgerechnet denjenigen, der die Missstände öffentlich gemacht […]

Since the war in Ukraine started, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has made repeated nuclear threats, also updating the country’s doctrine to lower the threshold that would trigger a nuclear strike. In the past few years, several Cold War-era treaties that limited nuclear arsenals have also expired. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, known as INF, ended in […]

Trump met with Putin in Alaska in August 2025 without any European participation, fueling concern on the continent that Washington was trying to end the war without any input from Ukraine or Europe. Trump has repeatedly shifted his tone on the conflict and did not issue a public statement in support of Ukraine on the […]

Brussels and Kyiv are also looking ahead to the April 2027 French presidential election, in which the far-right National Rally, which has been Kremlin-friendly in the past, is ahead in the polls. The fear is that if Marine Le Pen’s party wins the presidency before Ukraine is offered a place inside the EU, it could […]

Managing the fallout of the crisis has been one of the most urgent tasks on Dati’s agenda. Dati said earlier earlier this month she would leave her ministerial post as she runs for mayor, but three people with direct knowledge of her talks with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said she […]

With under 24 hours to go until the polls open in Gorton and Denton, is this by-election the biggest test facing Sir Keir Starmer’s government? Sam has been in the Manchester suburb – hearing from the political big hitters and gathering reaction from voters across the constituency – finding out their priorities and whether Andy […]

Was steckt in Donald Trumps erster richtiger Rede zur Lage der Nation zu Iran, zu den Zöllen und Europa? Eine Einschätzung von Gordon Repinski und von Julius Brinkmann von POLITICO in Washington. Parallel dazu blickt die Bundesregierung nach Peking. Kanzler Friedrich Merz zwischen Partnerschaft, Wettbewerb und Systemrivalität. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview erklärt CDU-Staatssekretärin und Mittelstandsbeauftragte Gitta Connemann, […]

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 […]