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Lesser-known politicians such as Socialist lawmaker Jérôme Guedj, who joined the fray last week, are starting early in the hope of using the extra time to build a brand with voters. Guedj joins Philippe and Tondelier, the leader of the Greens, as already confirmed candidates. Others have been more coy about 2027 but appear to […]

Britain’s depleted center-right Tories have been more than happy to depose a figurehead when the going gets tough — but it hasn’t always helped. Theresa May replaced David Cameron as PM in 2016 — but lost the Conservatives’ majority after calling an ill-advised snap election the following year. Liz Truss took over from Boris Johnson […]

First, as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney argued at Davos, economic strength starts at home — and “home” means national capitals. Poland, Spain and the Netherlands are growing solidly, while Germany is stagnating, and France and Italy are continuing to underperform. What is seen as a European failure is actually a national one, as many […]

Culleton has been Ireland’s top news story since the Irish Times on Monday reported on his case and on the allegedly appalling conditions he faces in Camp East Montana, the ICE facility inside Fort Bliss army base near El Paso. The same day, Culleton appeared live on air on Ireland’s RTÉ radio to describe conditions […]

Chemical investments in Europe collapsed by more than 80 percent in 2025 from the year before, according to a recent report from CEFIC, while capacity closures continue to outpace new projects — turning Europe into a place to shut plants, not build them. Analysts say China’s rapid expansion into chemicals production is adding pressure. “European […]

Among difficult items, lawmakers agreed to a clause mandating the European Commission to review the deal six months after its entry into force if the U.S. has not lowered tariffs to a 15 percent baseline level on EU products containing steel, instead of the current 50 percent. “If the United States is not reducing the […]

His push comes amid a flurry of comments from EU leaders seeking to shape the meeting’s agenda, with French President Emmanuel Macron advocating for joint debt and a European preference policy in an interview with several media outlets published Tuesday morning. The Austrian chancellor’s comments echo other leaders including Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and […]

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In January, the Bavarian arm of the AfD said it would put forward plans in regional parliament for a police unit focused on deporting immigrants who have entered the country illegally, as part of an array of steps to curb unauthorized immigration, according to an internal party document reported by German media. “In addition to […]

“We think that, in view of the agenda [at the EU leaders summit], this distracts a little from what it’s actually all about, namely that we have a productivity problem,” a senior German government official, who is close to the chancellor and was granted anonymity to speak candidly, said Tuesday. “It is true that we […]