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Hungary’s maverick Two-Tailed Dog party combats Orbán with satire
- Max Griera
- Apr 4, 2026
POLITICO joined the satirical opposition party on the campaign trail as it tries to turn protest into votes against Orbán.
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Macron’s inner circle starts heading for the exit
- Clea Caulcutt, Élisa Bertholomey
- Apr 3, 2026
Key members of the French president's team are departing with the end of his second term already in sight.
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How Viktor Orbán laid traps to stop his successor from running Hungary
- Max Griera, Jamie Dettmer
- Apr 3, 2026
The country's current leader has put loyalists in key public institutions who will be able to thwart the budgets and legislation of any new prime mini...
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France plans huge missile increase in new defense push, document shows
- Laura Kayali
- Apr 3, 2026
Paris is also mulling the development of a new tank, according to a draft military planning law seen by POLITICO.
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Europe up for policing Hormuz — but only if the fighting stops
- Dan Bloom, Nicholas Vinocur, Clea Caulcutt, Tim Ross
- Apr 2, 2026
Donald Trump's demands for NATO allies to "take the lead" on Hormuz loom over 41-nation call organized by the U.K.
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5 ways Trump could destroy NATO
- Victor Jack, Jack Detsch
- Apr 2, 2026
The U.S. president has repeatedly slammed the alliance since returning to power last year. But what are his options if he decided to follow through on...
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The inside story of how France clinched the EU’s new customs authority
- Giorgio Leali, Koen Verhelst
- Apr 2, 2026
Lille’s bid to host the bloc’s planned customs authority lived up to its status as an early favorite, fending off a late challenge by Rome.
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Rival teams of vote observers spell trouble in Hungarian election
- Max Griera
- Apr 2, 2026
A team led by allies of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is taking advantage of disputes over monitoring to appoint its own electoral observers.
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EU wants Hungary’s next leader to support Ukraine. It should be so lucky.
- Max Griera
- Apr 2, 2026
The bloc’s problem with Budapest runs deeper than Viktor Orbán, whose election rival also has to align with the electorate's profound anti-Ukrainian s...
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Feuding French Socialists leave presidential prospects in disarray
- Victor Goury-Laffont
- Apr 2, 2026
France’s center left is fighting among itself and struggling to define a path to power ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
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‘No plan, no legal basis’: Merz sparks backlash over desire to send Syrians home
- Nette Nöstlinger
- Apr 2, 2026
Critics say the chancellor’s demands are unrealistic and would harm the German economy.
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Trump’s rage at NATO allies is binding them together — against him
- Tim Ross, Eva Hartog
- Apr 1, 2026
Leaders and defense officials have started hedging against the risk America will pull out of NATO, the bedrock of European security since 1949.