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Campaigners described the Whitehall deal with a subsidiary of a fossil fuel giant as “indefensible.”

Numerous EU officials projected anxiety Monday about moving ahead this week with an expected 2040 climate target — even as a heat wave descended.

The proposed selection of a Saudi Aramco oil company staffer as one of the authors of a key science report has been denounced as “political capture.”

As Copenhagen takes the helm of the Council, its bold climate credentials face the hard grind of EU politics — and a bloc more interested in competitiveness than carbon cuts.

Last year’s European election reshaped EU politics. The Commission president must acknowledge a new alternative right-wing majority even as she fights to preserve her signature political achievement.

POLITICO finds buildings at the heart of the British state are supplied by a major importer of Russian gas to Europe. MPs want action.

The U.K. government is set to respond to a legal judgment on long-term emissions issued last summer.

Hungary and Slovakia oppose new sanctions on fuel from Moscow, but Brussels suspects they are cooking their books to support their position.

Plans for a 2027 phaseout would force companies to exit long-term contracts with Moscow and report the origins of their fuel.

There are fears that new methane emission rules might disadvantage EU firms importing U.S. fuel — just as Europe seeks to buy more of it.

The day-long celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday coincided with nationwide protests against Trump and military strikes between Israel and Iran that are testing the president’s “America First” resolve.

Brussels wants to cut the flow of cash to Moscow — but Hungary and Slovakia are poised to hold up the proposals.

Diplomats warn that leaving experts out of policy discussions on simplifying green regulations will do more harm than good.

“Our message is clear: This war must end,” Ursula von der Leyen says.

The measures are designed to target the Nord Stream pipelines and drain the Kremlin’s war chest.

The French president heads to the Arctic island on Sunday.

The California governor urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to restore California’s control of the state’s National Guard.

A renewed offer to scrap tariffs on industrial goods “won’t fly” with Washington, says an official from one EU country.

The president and the world’s richest man, once close friends, sparred with increasingly explosive insults and threats.

“We have discussed how we can implement European sanctions and American sanctions at the same time,” European Commission chief tells POLITICO.

Activists left it at the Paris headquarters of energy giant EDF to protest France’s imports of Russian energy.