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Fragmented politics and sluggish growth on top of the EU’s new anti-debt rules mean not everything can be paid for.

Sterling is at its highest level since Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016.

Beijing’s leadership is determined to back Moscow “to the hilt,” says State Department No. 2 Kurt Campbell.

Lindner gegen Heil – das Rentenpaket II ist heute im Kabinett: Aber die FDP ist nach wie vor nicht einverstanden und wartet nur darauf, im Parlament Veränderungen …

Still smarting from the veto of the Alstom-Siemens deal, Paris and Berlin want Brussels to focus on forging champions.

Even if they aren’t yet, things could soon get nastier as Brussels’ investigation into Chinese electric vehicles nears its conclusion.

The Canadian prime minister’s grim poll numbers stoke speculation about his future.

From how to deal with China to a possible Donald Trump return to the White House, POLITICO previews how the next European Parliament could shape EU trade policy. 

The French cognac industry says it’s being held hostage to an EU trade probe into Chinese electric vehicles.

Even before the European election, maneuvering is underway for top jobs in Brussels.

Inflation’s slowing, growth’s returning — but it’s not the economy any more, stupid, for struggling UK Conservatives.

The die was already cast when Ursula von der Leyen announced an EU probe into market-distorting subsidies for Chinese electric vehicles last fall.

Incentives would push South Caucasus country to guarantee free elections following outrage over the government’s Kremlin-style “foreign agent” bill.

MPs are chafing at the cost of quantitative tightening.

Ukraine is trafficking in orphans and organs; a secretive global elite is causing multiple crises; and Madeleine Albright wanted to wipe out Russia — those are just some of the greatest hits of Vladimir Putin’s longtime security adviser.

An unexpected and drastic measure to cut off access to the app in New Caledonia marks an EU first.

Brussels is now thinking of alternative ways to provide long-term support to Kyiv.

Two island nations bookending the Eurasian continent are joining forces to combat the growing threat from neighboring autocracies.

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

Budapest opposes measures “that might have a negative impact on EU gas market” — a stance that could kill the EU’s effort to squeeze Moscow’s gas revenue.

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, regulators fear that the part of the financial system that sits outside of banks has absorbed all the risk.

Centralizing the policing of sanctions could serve as a model for other EU countries.