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The European Commission is expected soon to unveil proposals for how a “European preference” could operate to help boost the bloc’s production in strategic industries. Macron appeared increasingly isolated this week, with Germany knocking back his proposal for more joint EU debt to fund strategic investments, and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warning of […]

Last year, the program raised around $5 billion for Ukraine. Earlier this month, NATO chief Mark Rutte said he was “absolutely confident” the alliance could raise an additional $15 billion this year. NATO defense ministers will discuss aid for Ukraine when they meet in Brussels on Thursday. The announcement comes as the Ukrainian army is […]

That would be “an open declaration of war against Hungary,” the Hungarian premier warned Wednesday in a post on X. Orbán said that POLITICO had “published Brussels’ and Kyiv’s latest war plan, the five-point Zelenskyy plan.” “They have decided that Ukraine will be admitted to the Union as early as 2027,” he added. “They disregard […]

LONDON — Britain’s chief finance minister will argue closer integration with the EU offers the U.K. the best opportunity for higher economic growth —  ahead of links with the U.S. and China. Rachel Reeves will say Wednesday evening that stronger ties with the European bloc are “the biggest prize” for Britain, while stressing that calculation isn’t […]

Ahead of a Thursday EU leaders’ retreat on competitiveness, von der Leyen said member states need to get their own houses in order. “We must also look at the national level, there is too much gold-plating — the extra layers of national legislation that just make businesses’ lives harder and create new barriers in our […]

PARIS — French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview Wednesday that he could “not rule out” the possibility that more French diplomats are in the Epstein files after revelations emerged of a former envoy who was allegedly in close contact with the convicted sex offender. The allegations regarding the former French diplomat, […]

Like MPs, Sam and Anne are staggering through until recess. It’s only Wednesday but they have the latest on Labour psychodramas. Today – who was it calling Anas Sarwar before his presser on Monday? The new suggestion is that it was Angela Rayner. But lots of eyes are still on Wes Streeting, who continues to […]

Even among those polled who intend to vote Labour, a quarter (23 percent) believe Starmer should go — and almost one in three (32 percent) said his advisors should go even though they wanted the leader to remain. The fieldwork for the polling was still being conducted when Morgan McSweeney and Tim Allan — two […]

It’s another day of high-level talks across Belgium. First, the EU’s defense ministers meet in Brussels. Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart dive into the Foreign Affairs Council hosted by the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas — with Ukraine’s new defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, also at the table. On the agenda: signing off on eight national […]

Der EU-Sondergipfel zur Wettbewerbsfähigkeit legt Spannungen in Europa offen: Friedrich Merz drängt auf schnellen Bürokratieabbau, um die Wirtschaftswende in Deutschland voranzubringen. Doch ausgerechnet mit Frankreich wird es schwieriger. Die deutsch-französische Achse wirkt angeschlagen, während Italien bei der Frage der Deregulierung näher an Berlin rückt. Was auf dem Treffen der Staats- und Regierungschefs morgen im Schloss […]