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.
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🪖 Ursula von der Leyen's tightening grip on defense
⚽️ Brussels own football drama (outside of the World Cup)
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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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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.
Labour Party Chair Anna Turley says X owner is “grievously wrong and doing damage.”
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey are to spend the summer trying to shake off the ghosts of their past inflation mistakes, as they move to combat spiraling prices.
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Tough monetary policy decisions will shape the EU and U.K.’s economic futures — and Bailey and Lagarde’s legacies.
The EU is betting that the future of its energy system lies under the North African sun.
A €20 billion French telecoms deal agreed on Saturday night now faces a lengthy path to competition approval.
But the outcome will reveal just how much the European Commission and national antitrust authorities are willing to allow heavyweight consolidation.
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Several Ukrainian Flamingo FP-5 missiles travelled over 1,000 kilometers into Russia and struck a factory that produces key components for deadly drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today.
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.
Brussels hopes solar panels in the sun-soaked Sahara Desert can supply Europe with clean electricity.