Tech entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri refuses to deny intimate relationship with...
LONDON — The tech entrepreneur accused of having improper links to Boris Johnson when he was the mayor of London refused to confirm or deny whether they had an intimate relationship. The British prime...
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European papers react to new Brexit deal
The EU and U.K. signed off on a new Brexit deal at the European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday. The text of the deal, which was agreed by EU27 leaders and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson,...
View ArticleEU holds firm on West Bank settlements as US eases stance
The EU’s position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank has not changed, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said on Monday, after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the Trump...
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EU leaders acknowledge Brexit now inevitable
EU leaders said Friday they will now work to ensure close cooperation with the United Kingdom after it leaves the EU. After Boris Johnson won a large majority in Thursday’s election, it looks now all...
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Can Macron douse Australia’s fires?
SYDNEY — Americans have the second amendment. Australians have the right to bear coal. A monster fire that’s destroyed an area seven times the size of Singapore is burning on Sydney’s doorstep; nine...
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POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2019
Sum up 2019 in three words? Easy: Elections, Brexit, Trump. Hundreds of millions of voters trekked to the polls around the EU for the European parliamentary ballot, setting the Continent’s course for...
View ArticleMerkel: Germany must do ‘everything humanly possible’ on global warming
Chancellor Angela Merkel used her New Year’s message to warn of the dangers of global warming and declare that Germany must spare no effort to tackle them. “Global warming is real. It is threatening,”...
View ArticleSebastian Kurz to return as Austrian chancellor after conservatives, Greens...
Austria’s conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Green Party struck a coalition agreement on Wednesday, with Sebastian Kurz set to become the country’s chancellor again. “It was possible to combine...
View ArticleTrump envoy says US, Europe agreed Soleimani was a threat
BERLIN —Washington’s envoy to Germany Richard Grenell said Monday his country’s European allies agreed that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani — assassinated last week by the U.S. — was a terrorist...
View ArticleTop EU court adviser: Hungary’s NGO funding rules break EU law
Hungarian laws that imposed strict conditions on foreign-funded NGOs are disproportionate and not compatible with EU law, an adviser to Europe’s top court said today. In 2017, Hungarian Prime Minister...
View ArticleTrump is not the cause of cooling EU-US ties, says Merkel
The cooling relationship between the U.S. and Germany is not down to Donald Trump but has deeper roots, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. Asked whether her own lack of rapport with the U.S....
View ArticleEuropean Commission, Council presidents sign Brexit deal
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel this morning signed the agreement on the withdrawal of the U.K. from the EU. In a tweet announcing the...
View ArticleEU top court says it can’t rule in Slovenia-Croatia border dispute
The Court of Justice of the European Union today called on Slovenia and Croatia to “strive sincerely” to resolve their border dispute as it declared it lacks jurisdiction to rule on the matter. The two...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament group fires British staffers in post-Brexit ‘restructuring’
The European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament on Thursday dismissed its British staff without prior notice, invoking a revamp after Brexit, several Parliament officials...
View ArticleAt least 11 dead in shootings in Germany’s Hanau: police
At least nine people were killed and others seriously injured in shootings at two hookah bars on Wednesday evening in the German city of Hanau, with a further two bodies connected to the incidents...
View ArticleUK Health Minister Nadine Dorries diagnosed with coronavirus
U.K. Health Minister Nadine Dorries became the first British MP to test positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday and is recovering at home. “I can confirm I have tested positive for coronavirus,”...
View ArticleA relapsed Soviet’s guide to surviving coronavirus shortages
Step aside, capitalists, let this relapsed Soviet teach you how it’s done. Pulling out knives over toilet paper, stampeding in supermarkets? You’re out of control, and you’re going to get us all...
View ArticleNBC sells stake in Euronews
U.S. network NBC News has sold its stake in the broadcaster Euronews, according to an email sent to Euronews staff and seen by POLITICO. The move brings to an end a three-year partnership between the...
View ArticleAustralia ‘very concerned’ over reports Beijing is boycotting its coal
SYDNEY — Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said the country is “very concerned” about reports the Chinese government has told state-owned power plants not to buy Australian thermal...
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As Australia clashes with China, the EU lies low
SYDNEY — Australia has stuck its neck out just as China is in a head-chopping mood. So where’s the EU when Canberra needs it? With the world teetering on the edge of a pandemic-induced economic...
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