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“EU industry can still lead in renewable fuels if we’re bold”
- POLITICO Studio
- Feb 11, 2026
A Q&A with Jenni Männistö of renewable fuels producer Neste, which is investing €2.5B in additional production capacity in Europe.
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Europe’s autonomy push exposes old fault lines
- Nicholas Vinocur, Gabriel Gavin
- Feb 11, 2026
The renewed drive to reduce reliance on Washington is bringing up familiar disagreements ahead of an EU leaders’ summit on Thursday.
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France’s 2027 presidential election race is already in full swing
- Clea Caulcutt
- Feb 11, 2026
The contest to succeed Emmanuel Macron is more than a year away, but politicians are already in campaign mode.
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Europe is chasing the wrong fix for its growth crisis
- Lucas Guttenberg, Nils Redeker, Sander Tordoir
- Feb 11, 2026
The continent’s old growth model no longer works in today's world. And EU leaders need a plan that matches the scale of this shift.
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5 reasons Keir Starmer is clinging to power … for now
- Andrew McDonald, Noah Keate
- Feb 11, 2026
Britain's prime minister is in a perilous position, but his opponents haven't ousted him yet.
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European chemical giants plot to weaken EU’s flagship climate policy
- Jakob Weizman
- Feb 10, 2026
The ultra-polluting sector says the EU's carbon price is putting it out of business.
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Transatlantic cooperation underpins Europe’s deterrence
- POLITICO Studio
- Feb 10, 2026
Strengthening Europe’s deterrence requires technical expertise, operational readiness and the capacity to produce and deliver defense capabilities at...
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Costa’s legacy: The far right in Portugal
- Aitor Hernández-Morales
- Feb 10, 2026
The ultranationalist Chega party is thriving by campaigning on issues the president of the European Council failed to address while prime minister.
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5 steps to get Ukraine into the EU in 2027
- Zoya Sheftalovich
- Feb 10, 2026
Plans to bring Kyiv into the tent before it has completed all reforms and to remove Hungary's veto signal a sense of urgency in Brussels.
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Britain’s crisis-hit Keir Starmer survives one more day
- Dan Bloom, Bethany Dawson, Andrew McDonald
- Feb 9, 2026
Like Conservative Boris Johnson before him, the Labour British prime minister is on borrowed time.
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Why Scottish Labour turned against Keir Starmer
- Abby Wallace
- Feb 9, 2026
The U.K. prime minister had "taken his eye off the ball" on domestic policies even before the latest scandal, one Scottish Labour MP said.
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The EU’s secret weapon to shut out Chinese companies
- Gregorio Sorgi
- Feb 9, 2026
The European Commission will unveil new security measures on access to public funding in March.