Foreign policy
NATO sees Keir Starmer’s entrance on world stage
New U.K. prime minister will deliver a message of continuity on Ukraine and pledge support for the alliance.
Kremlin mopes over French election results
Hungary’s Orbán has taken sides in America’s election. Maybe other leaders should, too.
Secret meetings, private threats and a massive arms race: How the world is preparing for Trump
Hungary cancels Baerbock visit after Scholz slams Orbán-Putin meeting
David Lammy appointed as UK foreign secretary
Orbán unites Europe — against him
Jeremy Corbyn leads left-wing Gaza revolt against Labour
Independent MPs set to be thorn in PM Keir Starmer’s side over the Middle East.
Surging Le Pen threatens Macron’s European defense dreams
The far-right National Rally remains Euroskeptic and suspicious of NATO despite recent toned-down rhetoric.
Ukraine envoy to NATO: Firm up membership offer
“We are not asking for something extraordinary,” Ambassador Nataliia Galibarenko tells POLITICO.
Biden tells governors he got a medical checkup
Two governors also expressed concern over whether the president could still carry their blue-leaning states.
Ukraine ‘bridge’ to NATO could be dangerous, experts warn
Some foreign policy experts want Ukraine to move closer to joining the alliance, while others say it would rupture the military bloc.
Gaza is still the hottest election issue in these parts of Britain
Labour Leader Keir Starmer faces intense pressure in heartland constituencies over his equivocation about war in the Middle East.
Wie Deutschland das Verhältnis mit Polen kitten will
Der Kanzler und seine Minister wollen in Warschau ein Comeback der deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen besiegeln. Unter anderem mit Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock, Wirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck und Finanzminister Christian Lindner …
With EU bid stuck, Georgia prays for Euro 2024 victory instead
Amid warnings of backsliding on key reforms, the ruling party is focusing on a different type of goal altogether.
Biden team worries as Macron’s election gamble looks doomed
The U.S. president’s inner circle at first was merely startled by Macron’s gamble, but that initial reaction has curdled into puzzlement and dismay.
US allies say Trump-Biden debate ‘isn’t a great look for America’
Biden came across as feeble, while Trump lied and promised the impossible.
French election: Le Pen threatens to clip Macron’s wings on Ukraine and defense
Military and foreign policy have long been seen as the “reserved domain” of the president — but the far right is challenging that assumption.
Giorgia Meloni hits out at EU top jobs backroom deal
The Italian prime minister also called the EU ‘an invasive bureaucratic giant.’
What if Macron is enemies with his next prime minister?
A liberal president constantly fighting a far-right prime minister would be a recipe for political catastrophe.
What a Labour government means for UK-China relations
Keir Starmer’s party has promised to launch an overhaul of the U.K.’s approach to China within months of taking office, with potentially significant trade-offs.
The Hungarian presidency: Let the games begin
Brussels holds its breath as Budapest takes over rotating Council presidency.
French nukes are for France only, says far-right National Rally
In its new electoral program the party refuses “transfers of competence” to the EU in terms of defense and foreign policy.
Nigel Farage ‘parroting Putin’s lies’ on Ukraine, says Boris Johnson
Two leading Brexiteers throw around words like ‘liar’ and ‘nauseating’ after Farage says EU provoked Ukraine war.
Mark Rutte will be NATO’s next secretary-general
The outgoing Dutch PM has been confirmed after seven months of campaigning.
‘Wildly inappropriate’: Trump ally blasts German chancellor for Biden praise
“I think this would elicit laughs if not outright scorn from many Americans,” Elbridge Colby wrote.