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Why Europe can’t defend what it can’t connect
- Joakim Reiter, group chief external and corporate affairs officer, Vodafone
- Feb 26, 2026
Digital connectivity is essential to the region’s security. It must be treated more as a strategic asset.
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How the Epstein files brought down lobbying powerhouse Global Counsel
- John Johnston
- Feb 26, 2026
Ex-staff say the public affairs shop could have been saved if it had acted sooner against its co-founder Peter Mandelson.
- Politics
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s US welcome sparks British backlash
- Noah Keate
- Feb 26, 2026
MPs hit out as Robinson is hosted by State Department aide Joe Rittenhouse.
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Spain’s spies helped organize infamous coup attempt, documents reveal
- Aitor Hernández-Morales
- Feb 26, 2026
Putsch leader Antonio Tejero dies hours after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declassifies files detailing the 1981 seizure of parliament in Madrid.
- Politics
Climate change supercharged Iberian Peninsula’s destructive storms
- Zia Weise
- Feb 26, 2026
A hotter Atlantic ocean contributed to unusually powerful downpours, scientists said.
- Politics
The crisis corps running the EU
- Gabriel Gavin
- Feb 26, 2026
From dealing with Trump to turning around industrial decline, the Coreper II "bunker" has come into its own.
- Politics
One Europe. One market. Time to complete the EU single market
- Enrico Letta
- Feb 26, 2026
Getting to one EU market is not about treaty change. The actions we need are already possible.
- Politics
‘Frankly, it’s just rude.’ How Trump’s European envoys play to an audience of one
- Karl Mathiesen, Hanne Cokelaere, Nahal Toosi
- Feb 26, 2026
American ambassadors are bringing a new style of more abrasive and confrontational diplomacy to the EU.
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Persuasion not pressure will sway Orbán on Ukraine loan, EU hopes
- Nicholas Vinocur, Gabriel Gavin, Sebastian Starcevic
- Feb 26, 2026
EU leaders want to avoid a legal blowup with the Hungarian prime minister that could feed into his reelection campaign.
- Politics
Adhésion à l’UE : l’Ukraine mise sur la fenêtre entre les élections hongroises et françaises
- Zoya Sheftalovich
- Feb 25, 2026
Kiev souhaite que son adhésion à l'UE en 2027 soit mentionnée dans tout accord de paix négocié par Donald Trump.
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You reap what you sow, right wing tells US-sanctioned commissioner
- Eliza Gkritsi
- Feb 25, 2026
Transatlantic fight over EU digital rules spills over in European Parliament hearing.
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How to watch Keir Starmer’s massive by-election test like a pro
- Noah Keate
- Feb 25, 2026
An insider's guide to Thursday night's Gorton and Denton ballot.