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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.
- Politics
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.
- Politics
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.
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Time for a Brexit reckoning
- Dalibor Rohac
- Feb 9, 2026
In order to finally move one, Britain must face the abysmal failure this project has been.
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Nigel Farage tries to fix his Russia problem
- Esther Webber
- Feb 9, 2026
Reform UK is making efforts to shake off its foreign policy headahces, from Putin to Trump.
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Europe’s big week of crisis diplomacy
- Sebastian Starcevic
- Feb 9, 2026
The very future of the continent will be up for debate in a packed few days of top-level talks.
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Portuguese leaders defy floods and far right to hold Sunday presidential runoff
- Rebecca Holland, Aitor Hernández-Morales
- Feb 8, 2026
Turnout will be decisive in an election marred by devastating storms.
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‘It can be survivable’: Inside Keir Starmer’s efforts to stop a coup
- Sam Blewett, Esther Webber
- Feb 6, 2026
The British leader is moving fast to calm his Labour colleagues as the Mandelson scandal threatens to engulf his premiership.
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Starmer and McSweeney battled to keep sleazebags out of power. Then they hired Mandelson
- Tim Ross
- Feb 6, 2026
The Epstein scandal threatens to destroy the careers of British PM Keir Starmer and his chief of staff, and their mission to restore trust in the Labo...