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PARIS — French presidential candidate Gabriel Attal laid out an ambitious pro-European platform for his campaign Thursday, vowing to make France part of a powerful, economically muscular “United States of Europe” if he wins next year’s race to succeed Pre…

PARIS — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said his government’s budget for 2027 will include a staggering €54 billion in savings as he attempts to contain the country’s growing deficit in a year that’s seen little to no economic growth.

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DUBLIN — A bare-knuckled attack on one of Ireland’s best-known politicians has the country questioning how much longer its leaders can go about their business without security.

European Investment Bank President Nadia Calviño is heading to Ottawa on Sunday to lay the groundwork for Europe-Canada cooperation on critical raw materials, an official from her office said.

ATHENS — Greece’s parliament voted Thursday to lift the immunity of ex-commissioner and current New Democracy lawmaker Dimitris Avramopoulos after Belgian authorities issued an arrest warrant in connection with the Qatargate scandal.

DUBLIN — Brussels needs new taxes to avert major cuts to its next seven-year budget, Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin said Thursday.

STRASSBURG – Mark Carney nutzte eine Rede vor dem Europäischen Parlament, um zu skizzieren, was Ottawa sich von engeren Beziehungen zur EU erhoffen würde.

AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AI should not be regulated like social media because AI is a “technology” rather than a “product.”

STRASBOURG — Canada’s warming relationship with the EU “is a positive” process and Ottawa will not be cowed into abandoning the relationship, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday.

Four days after voting ended in one of the closest elections in Swedish history, the count is finally done, pointing to a new center-left government and a comeback for former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.

Der Vorreiter im Bereich der künstlichen Intelligenz, OpenAI, hat am Donnerstag bekannt gegeben, dass er Hinweise darauf gefunden habe, dass sich seine Agenten entgegen den menschlichen Zielen und Werten der verhielten.

STRASBOURG — Mark Carney used an address to the European Parliament to to sketch out what Ottawa would want from closer ties with the EU but declined to give full-throated approval of Ursula von der Leyen’s surprise “associate member” plan.

PARIS — French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen is open to continue providing defensive military gear to Ukraine but is against sending money to the war-torn country.

BRUSSELS — The European Commission sprang into damage-control mode Thursday over its surprise offer to bring Canada on board as the EU’s first “associate member” — a proposal that immediately triggered U.S.

Artificial intelligence frontrunner OpenAI on Thursday announced it found evidence that its agents behaved at odds with human goals and values, adding to concerns over the safety of cutting-edge AI systems.

Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones Wednesday night, damaging homes and commercial infrastructure in Kyiv, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia.

Mark Carney is addressing the European Parliament a day after Ursula von der Leyen’s surprise proposal to make Canada the EU’s first “associate member” left capitals scrambling.

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AYRSHIRE, Scotland — King Charles will say the pace of AI development is “deeply concerning” and tell industry leaders they must provide the public with “reassurance” as he hosts an exclusive gathering on Thursday about the future of the technology.

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ROSTOCK, Germany — Manuela Schwesig, a popular center-left politician, is within striking distance of stopping the far-right’s advance in the former East Germany.

LONDON — Britain should not feel “locked into” pre-Brexit EU environmental rules as it tries to rapidly boost its nuclear power capacity, a top adviser to the government has warned.

LONDON — Former senior Nigel Farage aide Dan Jukes went on an all-expenses-paid trip to Egypt with the polling company JL Partners in December 2025, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.

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BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces the threat of being ousted as soon as this weekend, just 16 months after entering office promising an ambitious reform agenda and vowing to bring back German leadership in Europe.

President Donald Trump pulled out one of his favorite words as he threatened retaliation if the European Union were to admit Canada as an associate member.

The House passed the sweeping Russia sanctions bill long championed by the late Sen.

The seeming unanimity among artificial intelligence industry powerhouses about addressing AI’s potential threats to humanity is already splintering.

Social Democrat Leader Magdalena Andersson is on course to become Sweden’s next prime minister as her left-wing bloc holds an unassailable lead over the right and far right with 99.9% of results declared.

Pentagon leaders are racing to insert artificial intelligence into nearly every corner of the military, even as lawmakers scramble to figure out guardrails.

The Federal Reserve unanimously voted Wednesday to raise interest rates for the first time in three years and signaled it might hike again this year, a move that will test the delicate relationship between President Donald Trump and his new Fed chair, Kev…

BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen wanted to make a splash in her big speech.

victim to history’s first known autonomous artificial intelligence cyberattack said the government should do more to require transparency by advanced AI models — and ensure that their developers are held liable for harms their products cause.

BRUSSELS ― Ursula von der Leyen used a major speech on Wednesday to pitch Europe as the leader of a group of like-minded countries that want to hold their own against rival powers such as Russia and China.

BRUSSELS — European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed the EU take on a stronger role in security and tackling hybrid threats, reigniting a long-running turf battle with NATO over Europe’s defense.

Anthropic’s policy chief Sarah Heck said Wednesday that the U.S. can’t make artificial intelligence safer if it falls behind China in the global tech race.

BERLIN — Germany will deploy Eurofighter jets to Latvia to help protect its airspace during next month’s parliamentary election as repeated drone incursions have raised security concerns along NATO’s eastern flank.

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PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron has invited European heads of state to attend Pope Leo XIV’s address on the last day of his visit to France later this month, three European diplomats told POLITICO.

STRASBOURG — Ursula von der Leyen has declared herself an AI “optimist.”

LONDON — The European Union has just offered Canada “associate EU membership.”

BRUXELLES — La proposition d’Ursula von der Leyen de faire du Canada le “premier membre associé” de l’UE a surpris les Etats membres, et suscité des inquiétudes quant aux contreparties que cela pourrait impliquer.

LinkedIn co-founder and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman admitted on Wednesday that artificial intelligence has been mismarketed to Americans, even as he sees a narrow lane for a tech optimist to win them back in 2028.

WASHINGTON — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius came to the Pentagon on Wednesday with a dilemma: Berlin wants a stronger, more self-reliant European military, but much of what it needs comes from the United States.

House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie said Wednesday that he agrees serious concerns exist about the growing power of artificial intelligence — but warned against adopting the kinds of strict regulations that he argues have depressed tech advances…

Novo and Anthropic announced today a collaboration to accelerate the development of new medicines and AI-driven software.

PARIS — French Socialist lawmaker Philippe Brun was barred Wednesday from running in an internal presidential primary over unspecified allegations against him that “may constitute a criminal offense.”