Politics

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Euroskeptic think tanks on the rise as Brussels slashes funding for pro-EU groups

• Mari Eccles
• Apr 9, 2026

A Commission program that gave cash to many pro-European groups has cut back funding.

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Britain strains to sell Trump allies on its green message

• Abby Wallace
• Apr 8, 2026

Britain's climate minister takes a trip to South America — and tries to win round her skeptical hosts.

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Europe cheers Trump’s Iran ceasefire

• Milena Wälde
• Apr 8, 2026

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcome the last-minute deal to pause hostilities.

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Péter Magyar’s revolt: The insider challenging Hungary’s Viktor Orbán

• Max Griera
• Apr 8, 2026

Even among his supporters, the opposition leader is a polarizing figure.

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Hungary and Russia struck 12-point plan for closer ties, documents show

• Gabriel Gavin, Zoya Sheftalovich
• Apr 8, 2026

The cooperation agreement sheds more light on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ties to the Kremlin ahead of Sunday's general election.

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Australia says it can’t go it alone on social media ban for kids

• Eliza Gkritsi, Ryan Heath
• Apr 7, 2026

Canberra wants global support, Australian ambassador to the EU tells POLITICO.

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EU foreign policy shambles triggers calls for radical overhaul of diplomacy

• Nicholas Vinocur
• Apr 7, 2026

From Ukraine funding to Iran and Russia, repeated paralysis is reigniting a fight over the EU’s veto system.

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Vance in Budapest: Viktor Orbán’s last throw of the MAGA dice

• Jamie Dettmer, Eli Stokols
• Apr 7, 2026

U.S. interventions by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have so far failed to reverse the Hungarian leader's flagging fortunes...

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Les coulisses de la victoire de Lille pour décrocher l’Autorité douanière européenne

• Giorgio Leali, Koen Verhelst
• Apr 6, 2026

La candidature de la capitale des Flandres pour accueillir le siège de la future agence de l’UE a été à la hauteur de son statut de favorite, remporta...

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Ukraine beats Russia at world’s top sports court

• Daria Meshcheriakova
• Apr 6, 2026

The chess ruling in Kyiv’s favor sends signal that “aggression cannot be normalized through sporting institutions,” top Ukrainian official tells POLIT...

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Hungary’s Orbán is selling Christian nationalism. His former pastor isn’t buying it.

• Max Griera
• Apr 6, 2026

Anti-Soviet dissident who presided over the Hungarian leader's wedding now thinks Orbán should be in jail.

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Germany’s center left is on the brink of oblivion

• John Kampfner
• Apr 6, 2026

If the Social Democracts don’t want to disappear into the fringes, they have to decide, once and for all, what they stand for and who they represent.