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The €2 trillion question: Inside the battle over the EU’s budget
Trillions of euros, almost as many priorities — and just over two years to agree. The European Commission has unveiled its sweeping new seven-year budget proposal, and …

Polish doctors jailed over pregnant woman’s death that sparked abortion rights protests

Former wunderkind Hołownia emerges as risky weak link for Tusk’s Polish coalition

EU calls in X to talk Grok after antisemitic outbursts

EU resolve grows to hit back at Trump’s tariff hike — but no action yet

Italy and Greece sound the alarm over Libya. But allies aren’t rushing to help.

Slovakia’s Fico eyes deal Tuesday on EU’s Russian gas ban and sanctions package
EU announces new megafund for Ukraine reconstruction
“It will, together with the private sector, kickstart investment in energy, transport, critical raw materials, dual-use industries,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Poland presses EU to open probe into Grok’s ‘erratic’ behavior
Deputy prime minister says ‘negative effects’ of Elon Musk’s AI chatbot may have been ‘by design.’
Where the EU’s colossal farming budget actually goes
Everything you need to know about the gigantic Russian doll that is the Common Agricultural Policy.
Turkey bans Elon Musk’s Grok over Erdoğan insults
X’s chatbot under fire in Poland, too, over insulting comments targeted at Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Most Canadians now see US as a ‘threat,’ study reveals
Europeans are still most concerned by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Pew Research Center survey shows.
European airlines go ballistic over French air traffic controller strike
Ryanair boss denounced Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen as a “useless politician” for not acting to protect flights.
Berlin calls Europe’s immigration hard-liners to summit on asylum rules
Germany’s new conservative-led government seeks to lead Europe’s tough-on-migration turn.
Poland’s Tusk tells far-right vigilantes on German border to go home
Polish PM is trying to reassert control over both the country’s borders and his increasingly unruly governing alliance.
Don’t kill equal treatment at work bill, EU countries and MEPs tell Commission
More than a dozen EU countries and a parliamentary committee have urged the European Commission not to axe the bill.
The Spanish upstart who wants to shock the eurozone back to life
Eurozone countries shouldn’t wait for all EU27 members before driving financial integration forward, argues Spain’s economy minister.
Trump allies caught off guard by Pentagon’s Ukraine weapons freeze
The decision left officials on both sides of the Atlantic scrambling to find out how long the pause might last.
Majority of EU countries clash with von der Leyen over regional funding overhaul
The next EU budget is shaping up to be a “Big Ugly Bill,” said the head of the Committee of Regions.
Poland’s tit-for-tat border checks further weaken Schengen
World’s largest free-travel zone is increasingly threatened by supposedly temporary measures to curb migration.
Update : Warum Polen die deutsche Grenze kontrollieren will
Polen führt Grenzkontrollen ein – offiziell wegen irregulärer Migration, de facto auch als Warnsignal an Berlin. Welt-Korrespondent Philipp Fritz ordnet aus Warschau ein, warum Premier Donald Tusk …
Poland to impose border checks with Germany, Lithuania
Move follows rising tensions over illegal immigration within the European free travel zone.
Explaining the controversy behind the EU’s 2040 climate milestone
The EU wants to start outsourcing part of its climate efforts to foreign countries, dampening its own goals — and potentially its reputation.
Brussels and Kyiv mend trade ties after farmer fury over imports
Deal promises greater EU market access for Ukraine in return for aligning farm standards — and political calm at the border.
Russia hits Ukraine with biggest attack of the war; F-16 pilot is killed
Zelenskyy renews calls for Washington to sell Patriot missile systems to Kyiv after Kremlin strikes Ukraine with 537 missiles and drones.
France wants to delay EU’s next climate milestone, Macron confirms
The move risks weakening the bloc’s international green ambitions.
EU leaders try to out-bully Trump, floating world trade club without US
Ursula von der Leyen suggests EU could join forces with the Asian-Pacific trade bloc as Europe tries to up its game.
European prosecutors crack down on fraudulent Chinese imports
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office alleges that criminal networks defrauded the EU of around €700 million when fraudulently importing Chinese goods.
EU conservative Weber attacks European left over greenwashing clash
The EPP chief lambasted an environmental bill at the heart of a confrontation between conservatives and their center-left partners as “grotesque.”
France pushes climate delay, imperiling EU Paris accord ambitions
Publicly Paris denies the allegation, but several other countries say it has raised that position in private meetings.
NATO clinches defense spending deal in big win for Trump
Leaders signed off on a new 5 percent of GDP defense spending target by 2035.