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PARIS — The French government on Thursday proposed a 2027 budget with €43 billion in savings that seem designed to appease Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, the National Rally, and reassure markets frightened over France’s increasingly dire fiscal outlook

BERLIN — Die Trump-Regierung hat europäische Regierungen aufgefordert, einen Großteil der strategischen Dieselreserven der EU freizugeben, um so die stark steigenden Kraftstoffkosten zu dämpfen.

BRUSSELS — A Russian bombing attack on a European weapons factory should trigger NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense clause, the EU’s top defense official said Thursday.

BERLIN — The Trump administration has circulated a proposal to European governments asking them to release a large portion of the bloc’s strategic diesel reserves to ease soaring fuel costs, according to four officials in European and U.S. governments.

PARIS — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called an emergency meeting on Thursday to address the fast-growing number of student protests across the country.

PARIS — France will increase its defense budget next year despite increasingly strained public finances, according to a document obtained by POLITICO.

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Latvia has detained two of its citizens since June on suspicion of spying for Russia’s military intelligence agency and using a private aircraft to surveil an army base hosting NATO forces, authorities said Thursday.

The Trump administration is excluding several major allies from a gathering of NATO members next month — after previous threats to deploy a “naughty and nice list” against governments that have run afoul of the president’s priorities.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News Labour’s conference is over, and the opposition parties are already on the attack – despite a ringing endorsement from Oasis’ Liam Gallagher.

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Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Ein vermeintliches Sondierungsgespräch wird zum Vorgespräch: Wenn sich SPD und Grüne in Berlin heute mit der Linken treffen, geht es nicht ums künftige gemeinsame Regieren, sondern um rote Linien.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Ukraine’s prime minister is warning of a $20 billion defense funding gap as Russia intensifies its attacks and Kyiv struggles to protect its skies and keep the country running.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he hasn’t yet made up his mind on whether to impose a ban on diesel fuel exports, despite fierce pushback on the idea in recent days from the oil and gas industry and some of his own advisers.

Amid continued debate over marine spaces, the question of who leads and shapes action has never been more critical to answer.

ERICEIRA, Portugal — Donald Trump is bleeding support on the European far right The leader of populist Portuguese party Chega has joined a chorus of nationalist politicians criticizing the U.S. president — their ideological ally — over the war in Iran and…

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FlyDubai Airlines has suspended all its flights to and from Israel after one pilot stabbed another on a flight to Tel Aviv, causing the plane to plummet thousands of feet.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the chief architect of the “morally binding” AI accords that emerged from Tuesday’s White House lunch with President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and more than a dozen tech executives, according to five people familiar w…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday pulled together hundreds of troops to lay out cuts to the Pentagon’s bureaucracy — and ended up announcing major plans to add to it.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants the European Commission to relax its fiscal rules to allow countries to better help firms and families deal with rising prices, driven by a crunch in energy supply.

The Trump administration is excluding several major allies from a gathering of NATO members next month — after threatening to deploy a “naughty and nice list” against governments that have run afoul of the president’s priorities.

KYIV — Vladimir Putin is intensifying Russia’s pressure on Ukraine, smashing cities, factories, bridges and ports with constant waves of killer drones and missiles.

LONDON — Green leader Zack Polanski is fighting the battle of his political life — and the lines for failure are already being prepped.

LONDON — Britain believes Iran was involved in the incident at a British airbase used by the United States which saw five men arrested on suspicion of terrorism, U.K.

Une plainte déposée lundi contre la Commission européenne dénonce l’opacité de l’UE sur la consommation d’énergie des centres de données.

BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday issued a strong rebuke to Russia after Moscow sent a letter to the alliance threatening nuclear escalation over NATO activity near its border.

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LONDON — French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have welcomed Andy Burnham’s plan to unpick Brexit.

LIVERPOOL, England — Nigel Farage will use a speech in a Brexit-backing Labour heartland to start the fightback after Andy Burnham reignited Britain’s EU debate.

A faster-than-expected inflation jump across the eurozone’s biggest economies raises the odds that the European Central Bank will hike interest rates again this year to bring price growth down to target.

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BRUSSELS — The EU and Canada will use a landmark summit next month to announce an expansive new partnership, ranging from breaking down digital trade barriers to joint support for Ukraine and investing in fighting wildfires.

Romania’s parliament rejected Siegfried Mureșan’s attempt to form a government Wednesday, deepening a crisis that began when the coalition collapsed in May.

BRUSSELS — Six people appointed by the EU institutions will start discussing on Thursday whether the far-right Europe of Sovereign Nations should be banned as a European party and lose funding, according to an internal note seen by POLITICO.

Last Friday, 25 September, a vessel carrying 90,000 tonnes of Libyan El Sharara crude oil arrived at the port of Kulevi on the Black Sea coast in Georgia.

BRUSSELS — Multiple European law-enforcement agencies will stop using Oxygen Forensics, a digital surveillance company accused of concealing its Russian ownership, after POLITICO revealed its spying services had been sold to police forces across the conti…

BRUSSELS — The European Union will open its vast economy to countries waiting to join its ranks, provided they agree to stand with the bloc against hostile states and industrial rivals, according to a draft European Commission proposal obtained by POLITIC…

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News A lot has been said about the prime minister’s first speech as leader at the Labour Party conference.

LIVERPOOL, England — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham made clear that an attempt to rejoin the European Union could be among the options his government considers as it eyes a fundamental shift in the country’s relationship with the bloc.

The European Union has shielded data centers from public scrutiny about how much energy they use, according to a formal complaint filed Monday against the European Commission.

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Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Die deutsche Wirtschaft sendet widersprüchliche Signale: Während der Ifo-Index leicht steigt, kündigen Autokonzerne Werksschließungen an.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Ursula von der Leyen is heading on her annual tour of the Western Balkans to visit some of the countries in line to join the EU.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music On a special edition of Westminster Insider from Labour Party conference, Pat and Sascha sat down with the new Mayor of Greater Manchester, Bev Craig, at the POLITICO Pub in Liverpool.

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PARIS — In Marine Le Pen’s political world, family has a habit of finding its way back to the center of power.

LIVERPOOL, England — One of the most stinging criticisms thrown at Andy Burnham is that he is a people-pleaser who hates to pick a side.

BRUSSELS — EU governments are preparing for the upcoming proposal on the bloc’s next long-term budget to include spending cuts of over €100 billion, four EU diplomats with knowledge of the discussions told POLITICO.

Bruxelles veut clarifier les responsabilités des autorités face aux catastrophes climatiques La nouvelle proposition de la Commission européenne cherchera à préciser qui, des autorités nationales ou locales, est chargé de gérer les feux de forêt et les in…