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A top EU official helps run a luxury hotel in Bali — and never had to tell...
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive body requires all employees to submit their “outside activities” for scrutiny — an attempt to catch possible conflicts of interest before they become a...
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‘They are infiltrating our societies’: Drug crime boom threatens EU democracies
Rule of law in European democracies is at risk of being undermined unless EU leaders significantly ramp up their response to a boom in drug-related crime, the head of the bloc’s law enforcement agency...
View Article007 things the chief of MI6 told POLITICO
On the 55th anniversary of the Prague Spring, the head of Britain’s secret intelligence service sat down with POLITICO’s Anne McElvoy — a journalist with deep experience reporting from behind the Iron...
View ArticleUK spy chief: Putin ‘under pressure’ at home after ‘humiliating’ deal with...
Vladimir Putin is “under pressure” at home following an aborted mutiny by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin that resulted in the Russian president having to cut a “humiliating” deal to “save his skin,” the...
View ArticleChina ‘complicit’ in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, MI6 chief tells POLITICO
PRAGUE — China and its communist ruler Xi Jinping are “absolutely complicit” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the chief of the U.K.’s Secret Intelligence Service (known as MI6) said at a rare public...
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Ursula von der Leyen is losing her team
She’s the most powerful woman in Europe, who has steered the bloc through a pandemic, repaired fraying ties with America, and is now navigating a war. But Ursula von der Leyen can’t keep her own team...
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The Schemer: Macron’s man is plotting to run the EU
BRUSSELS — When Thierry Breton first floated the idea of becoming European Commission president, not even he seemed to take the idea very seriously. “I may be able to consider a new Plan B...
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Ursula von der Leyen is fighting for Europe’s conservative soul
BRUSSELS — They’re supposed to be political allies. But squaring off over dinner and wine at the center-right European People’s Party’s Brussels headquarters in early July, European Commission...
View ArticleThe Netherlands set to name Wopke Hoekstra as EU commissioner
The Netherlands is expected to name Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra as its next European commissioner after the departure of climate czar Frans Timmermans, two people familiar with the government’s...
View ArticleEU lawmakers pitch sweeping treaty reform
BRUSSELS — A group of European lawmakers plan to pitch a long-shot reform of the EU’s basic treaty that, if approved, would radically alter the way it functions, according to a draft obtained by...
View ArticleEU enlargement can combat Putin’s influence, France says
The European Union should help countries stand up to Vladimir Putin by sending a clear message about their prospects for joining the EU, French Europe Minister Laurence Boone told POLITICO. The EU is...
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Interpol fights for survival on its 100th birthday
LYON, France — A century after it was founded, the world’s only global crime-fighting organization faces an existential question: Does the world still need it? Rising geopolitical tensions including...
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Putin wants more land. The EU is racing to get there first
Vladimir Putin’s warmongering land grab has pushed European Union leaders to make their own plans to expand. Moves are now under way to bring as many as eight new members into the 27-country bloc....
View ArticleFrance puts screws on EU chief to hit back against Chinese electric vehicles
Paris is pressuring European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to announce a new probe against Chinese electric vehicles in her annual State of the Union speech on Wednesday, despite fears...
View ArticleWhat, no nuclear? Vestager promotes hydrogen in race to head EU’s bank
Top EU official Margrethe Vestager name-checked wind, solar and hydrogen as forms of renewable energy that should get funding from the European Investment Bank, which she hopes to lead after stepping...
View ArticleVon der Leyen invokes ‘call of history’ as she backs EU membership for Ukraine
STRASBOURG — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen invoked the “call of history” as she urged Europeans to bring Ukraine into an EU of more than 30 countries, casting enlargement as an...
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Von der Leyen doles out political gifts in campaign-like State of the Union...
For a politician who won’t say if she plans to run for reelection, Ursula von der Leyen sure sounds a lot like a candidate. Her State of the European Union speech, delivered Wednesday morning in...
View ArticleVon der Leyen won’t stand as MEP candidate in shot at second term
BERLIN — Ursula von der Leyen won’t run in Germany for a seat in the European Parliament in next year’s EU election — but may nevertheless become the center right’s lead candidate for a second term as...
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Europe blinks amid calls to stop backing Ukraine
BRUSSELS — Russian President Vladimir Putin has made little secret of his plan to keep up the pressure on Ukraine until Western resolve breaks. More than 500 days into his war of aggression, he now...
View ArticleEU conservative chief blasts Germany for ‘blocking’ migration deal as rows...
The head of Europe’s conservative parties took aim at the German government Wednesday for “blocking” both a controversial EU migration deal and funding for border controls in Tunisia as tensions...
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