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French political circles are openly discussing the possibility of a very Italian option: an emergency government of experts. 

Passports have been required for Brits to enter the European Union since the U.K.’s exit from the bloc in 2020.

Brussels insists on its own evidence-based methods, but risks ending up looking weak as a result.

A second vessel is being loaded in Cyprus to follow on the new humanitarian sea corridor.

“At one point in 2022, it was so bad that an entire wing of the Antwerp prison was full of Dutch people,” said Franky De Keyzer.

An EU ban on imported goods made using forced labor would be weaker than existing U.S. legislation — and risks turning the bloc into a “dumping ground,” campaigners warn.

From an unenforced oil price cap to rogue countries teaming up, Moscow is exploiting the West’s weaknesses.

Findings will likely raise pressure on Western lawmakers to restrict imports from the region.

There are fears that items originally from Europe are being used by Moscow on the battlefield.

Jeffrey Donaldson wins rare cross-party praise for speech – but it could be his last in post if key lieutenants reject compromise.

With Brussels uninterested in an investment deal, Taiwan wants to push for a US-style trade framework with EU.

Beijing ends embargo five years after swine flu outbreak, as Belgian PM visits Beijing.

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Truck traffic resumes on vital highway route hit by dispute over grain imports.

Russian oil is coming into the EU above the legal price cap. Brussels’ enforcement is scattered. And a new black market has risen.

Kyiv says the border blockade is hurting its economy and taxes, but Polish truckers claim they face discrimination in Ukraine.

The Israel-Hamas war has brought a boom in cutting-edge military technology from US makers — and a brewing diplomatic headache for the White House.

Jim Beam bourbon and Macallan Scotch whisky are still being imported by the team that marketed them in Russia before the war in Ukraine, a POLITICO investigation finds.

Last year, the EU gave Sofia a sanctions exemption to protect its citizens from energy shortages. Since then, Russia has profited. 

The country’s drugs commissioner will present a plan to tackle drug-related crimes to Belgium’s National Security Council on Wednesday.

Head of state in a crown covered in 2,868 diamonds outlines Britain’s future.

Ukraine’s early adoption of ‘first-person view’ drones tips the scales against an enemy fighting a conventional war.

Pro-Russia Smer party tops Western-oriented Progressive Slovakia in Saturday’s vote.

Progressive Slovakia, led by Michal Šimečka, has 23.5 percent of the vote, ahead of former PM Robert Fico’s Smer with 21.9 percent, according to exit poll.