Elections
Abortion rights activists rally voters for EU election
Civil society groups are encouraging voters to stop a far-right surge.
Macron ally backs Spanish socialist Ribera as EU climate boss
Mapped: Europe’s rapidly rising right
EU election 101 — your questions answered
Why Nigel Farage chickened out on the UK election
What a UK Labour election win would mean for Ukraine
Von der Leyen backs Polish, Greek calls for EU air defense shield
Far-right ID group expels Alternative for Germany
The AfD has been hit by scandals, including potential connections to China and Russia.
Europe’s far right is splintering
On the eve of the EU election, France’s National Rally party sees it as too risky to team up with Alternative for Germany.
How Rishi Sunak bet the house on a snap summer election
The British prime minister’s last roll of the dice.
Meet Keir Starmer: Britain’s next prime minister?
The buttoned-up lawyer is about to roll up his sleeves on the campaign trail.
The front-runners for the next European Commission
Even before the European election, maneuvering is underway for top jobs in Brussels.
Haley says she will vote for Trump, calls Biden ‘a catastrophe’
Haley said her priorities as a voter are supporting a president who would back America’s allies and hold its enemies accountable, secure the border, support “capitalism and freedom,” and lower the national debt.
5 great things Britain’s July election ruins
A summer of fun in the sun? Nope.
UK election: Why Rishi Sunak pulled the trigger
The prime minister’s announcement of a July general election has stunned the country — but what were his reasons for going to the polls now?
UK election: Corbyn vs. Labour
Follow every twist as Britain gears up for a summer general election.
Rishi Sunak calls snap UK election for July
Britain will go to the polls July 4 as Sunak hopes to hold back Labour’s Keir Starmer.
Macron heads to New Caledonia to tackle crisis on volatile territory
The French president has looked to get security concerns under control, but now needs a political solution to end the crisis.
UK inflation closes in on target rate
Prices of goods and services in Britain rose by 2.3 percent in April compared with the year before.
Germany’s liberal defense hawk knocks Paris for scrimping on military aid to Ukraine
France makes “big speeches” but needs to “follow up its words with action,” Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann told POLITICO.
Macron’s election campaign stumbles as wave of violence hits France
The French president wants to run a pro-European message but teen killings, shootings and deadly protests have fueled the far right.
Britain’s fast-improving economy won’t save the Tories
Inflation’s slowing, growth’s returning — but it’s not the economy any more, stupid, for struggling UK Conservatives.
France’s National Rally won’t sit with Alternative for Germany in EU Parliament
The French far-right party did not specify what this means for its future in the ID group in the EU Parliament.
Why Javier Milei shattered Argentina’s bond with Spain
Short version: He’s borrowing from the Trump playbook.
How Germany lost the battle to prevent tariffs on Chinese cars
The die was already cast when Ursula von der Leyen announced an EU probe into market-distorting subsidies for Chinese electric vehicles last fall.
The one thing US fears after Iranian president’s death
Biden administration officials still fear Iran could blame the U.S. or Israel for the helicopter crash that killed Ebrahim Raisi.
US to consider major military, trade package to Georgia if anti-democratic drift reversed
Incentives would push South Caucasus country to guarantee free elections following outrage over the government’s Kremlin-style “foreign agent” bill.