Business and competition

With a second cloud pact in weeks, Microsoft has definitely mitigated the threat of an EU probe — for now.

Here are 11 EU lawmakers to keep your eye on in the new term.

From creating an EU-wide money market to protecting kids online, POLITICO looks at what lies ahead for lawmakers.

It’s where the legislative magic happens.

The GOP is dramatically transforming. Just listen carefully to the RNC.

Farmers furious about lab-grown meat are taking their fight to the heart of the European project.

The last time he chose a running mate, Donald Trump tried to reassure people with traditionally conservative economic views. Not this time.

Democrats’ foremost expert on party rules explains how Biden could be pushed aside.

Meet Rachel Reeves: the chess-playing former banker who needs to get the U.K. economy rolling.

Von der Leyen likely won’t have time to focus on Mario Draghi’s report until after the summer as she’s so focused on winning her second term.

Trump confidants are telling NATO allies there’s nothing to worry about, but that messaging isn’t comforting concerns.

European Commission came under heavy Italian political pressure to allow Lufthansa to buy Italy’s troubled airline.

Software giant’s truce with cloud providers ends a two-year dispute and the threat of an antitrust probe.

Only seven ministers and no commissioner attended the first gathering of Budapest’s six-month presidency of the Council of the EU.

The call by Ukrainian campaigners is an early test of the new Labour government’s promises to Kyiv.

Britain’s new leader already has an overflowing in-tray.

The island democracy off the coast of China has wooed friends in every U.S. faction and region — and that’s its greatest source of strength and protection.

A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.

Starmer could be a great reforming Labour PM. Or he could be, as his thwarted enemies call him, a Tory in red.

Emily O’Reilly warns that ex-European Commission officials risk bringing valuable information and insights to corporate clients.

The chipmaker’s losses have forced it to pause research investments in Europe that could have bolstered region’s semiconductor plans.

Reports of financial chaos in France have been vastly overstated, Europe’s economic elite say. Instead, the U.S. election is the one to watch.

Competition chief Margrethe Vestager said she was satisfied.