For nearly a decade, the Future Combat Air System — driven by France, Germany and Spain — was supposed to embody a new vision of European military power.
This week, it collapsed.
What happens next? There are three main options.
The British government has hit out at Elon Musk, accusing him of whipping up tensions online ahead of disorder in Belfast.
European energy markets have been strangely calm since the outbreak of the war in Iran.
But that might be about to change, as analysts warn governments are underestimating the seriousness of the shock to come.
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is launching a full-scale charm offensive across Europe to persuade governments to follow Britain’s lead to pay more for medicines.
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The EU is looking for international friends at a time of rising global turmoil, and South Korea fits the bill — with a top-level meeting set for today to cement tech, defense and industrial ties.
U.S. embassies across the EU are being mobilized to deliver a message: American patients are paying too much for medicines — and Europe better chip in.
If not, the bloc risks losing out on pharmaceutical investment, two industry figures told POLITICO.
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EU plans to send failed asylum seekers to deportation hubs outside the bloc look set to gain momentum, as national capitals are poised to back new rules on migrant returns.
The EU is betting that the future of its energy system lies under the North African sun.
Summer may not be ruined, but clever workarounds can only fend off energy shortages for so long.
U.S. and German officials are meeting in secret to talk about drug prices.
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FCAS was killed by industrial infighting, and now Berlin, Paris and Madrid must choose between national programs, U.S. aircraft and fragile new partnerships.
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Labour Party Chair Anna Turley says X owner is “grievously wrong and doing damage.”
Many of Europe’s most prominent nationalist figures are now going out of their way to keep Donald Trump at arm’s length.
But France's Eric Zemmour has taken the opposite tack.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/fran...
