As Europe votes, a populist wave surges
BRUSSELS — On the brink of Continent-wide elections for the European Parliament, populist right-wing movements appear to be surging in ways that could have a loud global echo. In recent days,...
View ArticleManfred Weber has already won the European Parliament election. Can he handle...
Manfred Weber has already won the European Parliament election. Can he handle what comes next? Ursula von der Leyen needs her frenemy’s support to secure another term as European Commission president....
View ArticleWhy Europe’s young people are voting far right
Europe’s ‘foreigners out!’ generation: Why young people vote far right Their grandparents ushered in the sexual revolution. Today’s youth want to turn back the clock to 1950. By NICHOLAS VINOCUR and...
View ArticleFrance laid the foundations for campus ‘woke’ ideology. Now it’s leading a...
Not long before France’s National Rally dealt a crushing electoral defeat to Emmanuel Macron’s centrist forces in June’s Europe-wide election, the far-right party hosted a seminar on a subject of...
View ArticleFrench election: Nazi attire and racist comments dog Le Pen’s campaign
PARIS — Over the past decade, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has gone to extraordinary lengths to rid her National Rally party of its reputation for racism and xenophobia — including firing her...
View ArticleFrench election shocker: reaction and analysis
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Acast Amazon Music France has voted and the results are in — our POLITICO team in Paris discusses the surprising results of the final round of the parliamentary election...
View ArticleMarine Le Pen vs. Jordan Bardella: France’s next power struggle
PARIS — Get ready for the wars of succession, French far-right edition. Marine Le Pen and her 28-year-old protégé, Jordan Bardella, stumbled in the second round of the French parliamentary election...
View ArticlePortuguese ambassador set to be António Costa’s chief of staff
Pedro Lourtie, the Portuguese ambassador to the European Union, is set to become the chief of staff for António Costa when he takes over as president of the European Council, three EU officials...
View ArticleIgnore the haters — the European Parliament matters more than ever
Ignore the haters. The European Parliament matters more than ever. Parliament is still the weakest of EU institutions — but its members are getting more powerful. By NICHOLAS VINOCUR Illustration...
View ArticleIn fear of war and Trump, Europe takes no chances
BRUSSELS — Centrist Europe has punched back. After the far right rattled the political establishment in a Continent-wide election last month, those same, bruised mainstream party leaders dusted...
View ArticlePoland warns Europe to prepare for ‘change’ in US ties, regardless of next...
Poland’s foreign minister has warned European allies they need to prepare for a “change” in the transatlantic relationship and start spending more on defense — no matter who’s elected U.S. president...
View ArticleVon der Leyen fait pression sur les pays de l’UE pour qu’ils remplacent leurs...
BRUXELLES — Ursula von der Leyen fait pression sur les pays de l’UE pour qu’ils nomment des femmes pour la prochaine Commission européenne, afin d’éviter l’humiliation potentielle de présenter une...
View ArticleNATO’s Jens Stoltenberg will be new Munich Security Conference chief
NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg will be the new chairman of the Munich Security Conference, a person directly informed on the matter told POLITICO exclusively. The role puts Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian...
View Article‘Dragon-Bear’: How China and Russia’s spy operations overlap in Europe
China and Russia’s “no limits” friendship is getting a trial run in Europe. Beijing and Moscow’s spy operations, including the recruitment of agents, are increasingly overlapping within the European...
View Article‘Anyone but him’: Inside Ursula von der Leyen’s long breakup with Thierry Breton
Ursula von der Leyen had been struggling for weeks to form a new team of European commissioners when she picked up the phone for a fateful conversation with Emmanuel Macron sometime last week. The...
View ArticleUrsula von der Leyen tightens grip before unveiling her team
BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen has a message for her top team: Defy me at your peril. When outspoken Frenchman Thierry Breton resigned from the European Commission with immediate effect, he publicly...
View Article5 takeaways on Ursula von der Leyen’s new Commission
A warning to Vladimir Putin. Powerful jobs for women. Answered prayers for Europe’s not-exactly-frugal southern countries, which will have a bigger say over the bloc’s economic policy than they did...
View Article“Tout sauf lui” : les coulisses de la longue rupture d’Ursula von der Leyen...
Ursula von der Leyen s’efforçait depuis des semaines de former une nouvelle équipe de commissaires européens lorsqu’elle a décroché le téléphone pour une conversation fatidique avec Emmanuel Macron...
View ArticleFrance mourns its loss of influence in von der Leyen’s new Commission
BRUSSELS — Emmanuel Macron’s clout on the European stage just isn’t what it used to be. One day after now-former French Commissioner Thierry Breton resigned in a huff, five French officials bemoaned a...
View ArticleCommission européenne : 5 choses à retenir sur la nouvelle équipe d’Ursula...
Un avertissement à Vladimir Poutine. Des femmes à des postes importants. Des prières exaucées pour les Etats d’Europe du Sud, qui auront plus de poids qu’auparavant sur la politique économique de...
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