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EU election

Von der Leyen faces make-or-break vote on second term

Von der Leyen faces make-or-break vote on second term

European lawmakers have one secret ballot to decide the future of Commission president.

July 18, 2024 4:00 am CET
Top tips for staying out of trouble in the European Parliament
The new politics of the Parliament 

The new politics of the Parliament 

July 18, 2024 4:00 am CET
The MEPs who actually matter

The MEPs who actually matter

July 18, 2024 4:00 am CET
This burger could kill the EU

This burger could kill the EU

July 17, 2024 6:00 am CET
EU’s biggest losers hold Ursula von der Leyen’s fate in their hands
Pragmatism over principle: Europe’s Greens adapt to survive 
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Inside von der Leyen’s charm offensive ahead of knife-edge vote on her future

Secret ballot poses extra challenge as European Commission president seeks a second term.

July 10, 2024 4:00 am CET

Starmer’s ‘quiet’ climate radicalism sets up battle with Farage

The new Labour prime minister is gearing up for a fight with populists over net zero policy. He believes he can win.

July 8, 2024 7:00 pm CET

Who could be the next French PM?

The winning left-wing alliance has many options for Prime Minister. None of them will make everyone happy.

July 8, 2024 4:01 am CET

Right-wing MEPs loathe the Green Deal — but have no plan of attack

The surging faction has yet to offer a concrete strategy. It’s not even clear everyone can put up with each other.

July 3, 2024 5:22 pm CET

Russia cheers Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in French election

“The people of France are seeking a sovereign foreign policy that serves their national interests & a break from the dictate of Washington & Brussels,” Moscow said.

July 3, 2024 5:10 pm CET

Italy’s 5Star Movement asks to join Left group in European Parliament

Left-wing parliamentarians will vote on accepting the Italians Thursday.

July 3, 2024 11:51 am CET

If Brexit hadn’t happened, Labour might be running the EU

Europe’s socialists are kicking themselves that Keir Starmer’s party is no longer around.

June 26, 2024 4:01 am CET

The Hungarian presidency: Let the games begin

Brussels holds its breath as Budapest takes over rotating Council presidency.

June 25, 2024 6:00 am CET

Macron’s top MEP faces challenge for Renew group leadership

João Cotrim de Figueiredo wants Valérie Hayer’s job.

June 24, 2024 1:35 pm CET

Germany’s Scholz ‘concerned’ over prospect of far-right win in France

“I hope that parties that are not Le Pen — to put it that way — are successful in the election,” Scholz told public broadcaster ARD.

June 23, 2024 7:40 pm CET
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World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

Drawing the top stories around the globe.

June 22, 2024 4:02 am CET

French women voters swing sharply to far right

France’s National Rally has sought to style itself a defender of women’s rights — partly by attacking its traditional bogeyman: immigration.

June 21, 2024 4:00 am CET
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Centrists from US to Germany move right on immigration

As elections loom in the U.S., the U.K. and France, the fraught politics of migration are a key issue animating voters on both sides of the Atlantic.

June 20, 2024 7:04 am CET

Scorched-earth summer: Biden, Sunak and Macron go negative

Struggling leaders in America, Britain and France are bombarding their political opponents, some of whom are testing the bounds of the mainstream.

June 20, 2024 6:45 am CET

Right-wing ECR group becomes EU Parliament’s third-largest force

Meloni’s ECR edges out Macron’s Renew, as groups battle to grow.

June 19, 2024 8:28 pm CET

Forget the far right. It’s the left that may squeeze Macron.

Macron’s weakened coalition could lose almost all its representation in parliament in the legislative elections, strangling his centrist agenda

June 17, 2024 5:06 pm CET

Von der Leyen buries report slamming Italy as she seeks Meloni’s vote

European Commission president trying not to stir the pot on media freedom, four officials said.

June 16, 2024 5:57 pm CET
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World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

Drawing the top stories around the globe.

June 15, 2024 2:00 am CET

Macron, Meloni clash over abortion rights at G7

Body language of the two leaders in Puglia also reflects tensions between them.

June 14, 2024 4:04 pm CET

Bruised Macron puts on brave face at G7

The French president said G7 leaders thought his decision to call snap elections in France was “courageous.”

June 14, 2024 10:32 am CET
Declassified

If you’re rich like Sunak and Macron, why would you want people calling you an idiot all day?

Politicians may be playing the long game and hoping one day that people will name their kids after them.

June 14, 2024 9:23 am CET

French election descends into madcap reality TV

The French political class is tearing itself apart with feuding and backbiting ahead of this month’s vote.

June 14, 2024 4:00 am CET

EU election results loom over Ukraine aid discussions

After Ukraine skeptics gained seats in the European Parliament, Kyiv boosters seek to lock down weapons deals.

June 13, 2024 8:30 am CET

France suspends New Caledonia electoral reform

The draft law triggered weeks of civil unrest, causing eight deaths and a billion euros in damage.

June 12, 2024 3:19 pm CET
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