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Reform UK vows to scrap Britain’s carbon border tax 

  • Politics
  • Caroline Hug
  • Feb 18, 2026

Business groups warn that ditching the scheme could backfire.

EU wants to save regions on Russia’s doorstep from economic malaise

  • Politics
  • Gregorio Sorgi, Zoya Sheftalovich
  • Feb 18, 2026

European Commission wants to pour money into border areas, but there won't be any new funds from the EU’s current budget.

‘If Mandelson can pass, anyone can’: Epstein scandal prompts scrutiny of UK security vetting

  • Politics
  • Mason Boycott-Owen, John Johnston
  • Feb 18, 2026

Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein failed to bar him from high office. Now politicians want changes to the way top jobs are vetted.

High-flying Meloni bets big on a referendum

  • Politics
  • Hannah Roberts
  • Feb 18, 2026

The Italian prime minister is leading the country's most stable government for years — but a nationwide vote on judicial reform next month could backfire.

Merz wants to be Europe’s Carney

  • Politics
  • John Kampfner
  • Feb 18, 2026

There's a chance that what helped Canada's prime minister could help the German chancellor too.

How the global effort to keep AI safe went off the rails 

  • Politics
  • Pieter Haeck, Tom Bristow, Océane Herrero
  • Feb 17, 2026

Those gathered in New Delhi are no longer obsessing about how to control AI risks but figuring out who can benefit.

Germany plans to give spies vast new powers in rollback of postwar restraints

  • Politics
  • Nette Nöstlinger
  • Feb 17, 2026

Berlin is preparing its foreign intelligence service for a world where the U.S. halts intelligence sharing.

What Nigel Farage’s new team tells us about his bid to run Britain

  • Politics
  • Dan Bloom
  • Feb 17, 2026

5 takeaways from the poll-topping Reform UK's big "shadow cabinet" reveal.

Le marché du carbone européen sous le feu des critiques de l’industrie comme des politiques

  • Politics
  • Zia Weise
  • Feb 17, 2026

Les déclarations contre le système d'échange de droits à polluer, pilier de la politique climatique européenne, portent les attaques contre la régulation environnementale à un autre niveau.

Macron pushes to Le Pen-proof France before 2027 election

  • Politics
  • Clea Caulcutt, Giorgio Leali, Laura Kayali
  • Feb 17, 2026

The far-right National Rally is already calling foul at controversial personnel moves.

5 things to watch as EU Parliament gears up for midterm reshuffle

  • Politics
  • Max Griera
  • Feb 17, 2026

The jostling and maneuvering for influential roles has already begun — even though the reshuffle is still a year off.

Fight over trans rights comes to Brussels

  • Politics
  • Mari Eccles
  • Feb 17, 2026

NGOs claim that anti-transgender activists are getting more speaking time at events in Brussels.