Politics

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Europe may want to cool its Carney fever

• Yanmei Xie
• Feb 2, 2026

EU leaders would be mistaken to look for trade relief in China as Canada does, and bargain away the continent’s industrial capacity in the process.

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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.