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Macron enters his lame duck era
- Giorgio Leali, Victor Goury-Laffont
- Feb 2, 2026
Legislative compromise will take a back seat to political jockeying as the race for the Elysée heats up.
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Von der Leyen’s management style ‘not good for Europe,’ says ex-commissioner
- Max Griera
- Feb 2, 2026
Nicolas Schmit said the Commission lacks “strategy” and “courage” — and failed to stand up to the U.S when it sanctioned Thierry Breton.
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Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president
- Aitor Hernández-Morales
- Feb 2, 2026
Center-right leaders are taking pains to publicly reject the ultranationalist contender ahead of the country's Feb. 8 vote.
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Germany’s far right bangs at the gates to get into the Munich Security Conference
- Nette Nöstlinger
- Feb 1, 2026
The Alternative for Germany party has done everything from suing to attempting to leverage ties to the Trump administration to end their banishment fr...
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Serbians pushed out as China takes over a mining empire
- Matteo Trevisan
- Feb 1, 2026
Beijing’s investment is transforming the landscape in Bor — and the lives of the people who call it home.
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5 things we learned following Keir Starmer around China all week
- Dan Bloom
- Jan 30, 2026
The U.K. prime minister had a whale of a time setting Britain on the course of re-engagement — but left plenty of tricky details to be filled in.
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Farage’s Trump lobbying against Chagos deal riles British government
- Sam Blewett
- Jan 30, 2026
The Reform UK leader is among British conservatives pushing hard to get the U.S. president to torpedo the transfer of the strategically vital archipel...
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Donald Trump and Nicki Minaj, a marriage made in cash
- Paul Dallison
- Jan 30, 2026
The rapper says she is a big fan of Trump, unlike most musicians.
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Henrik Hololei: Inside the unlikely firing of a veteran EU powerbroker
- Mari Eccles, Hanne Cokelaere, Nicholas Vinocur
- Jan 30, 2026
Three years after POLITICO first revealed that he accepted free flights from Qatar, the colorful official became a rare casualty of Commission discipl...
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How the EU’s internal resistance on Iran finally cracked
- Zoya Sheftalovich, Nicholas Vinocur
- Jan 29, 2026
A rising death toll and graphic images trumped diplomatic caution, forcing capitals to back the terror listing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
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Un accord de paix entre la Russie et l’Ukraine semble proche… sauf sur les sujets essentiels
- Eva Hartog
- Jan 29, 2026
Trois dossiers empêchent encore la conclusion d'un accord pour mettre fin à la guerre.
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Confrontational politics is here to stay. It’s time Europe got on board.
- Jamie Dettmer
- Jan 29, 2026
It's time to stop complaining about America First and get on with putting Europe First.