Slovakia

Following pressure from Brussels, crimes involving EU funding will now be punished more severely than the theft of Slovak public money.

Fears of political violence are simmering just beneath the surface in Europe, too.

Increasingly exasperated by Viktor Orbán’s obstruction of EU foreign policy, Brussels is contemplating an unprecedented step to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit next month.

Viktor Orbán’s new hard-right group, Patriots for Europe, is a Habsburg coalition that gives the Hungarian leader the European platform he craves.

Moscow-friendly PM Fico issues dire warning after Western alliance says Ukraine’s membership trajectory is “irreversible.”

“Sorry to have survived, but I am back,” Slovak prime minister tells media and opposition.

Political turmoil on the Continent is reshuffling power players going to the NATO gathering.

While blasting progressive ideology as “poison” and “cancer,” Slovak leader honors Slavic cultural forebears, in first public outing since attack.

Martina Šimkovičová thinks “Europe is dying out … because of the excessive number of LGBTQ .”

Slovakia’s former Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Defense Minister Jaroslav Naď are facing possible criminal charges for helping Ukraine.

The outgoing Dutch PM has been confirmed after seven months of campaigning.

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.

Vital drugs are either not authorized or are deemed too expensive, as cases rise.

Macron’s snap election looks likely to herald a fight between Paris and Brussels as the country is one of seven placed in Excessive Deficit Procedure.

Illicit diversion has so far been small-scale and opportunistic, according to the Swiss-based Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

The alleged quid pro quo, which Brussels denies, is the latest twist behind a major nature restoration bill that finally passed on Monday.

Romania is the final holdout in backing Rutte as the new secretary-general.

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

Hungarian leader’s comments come after the French far-right leader pitched a united front to Italy’s prime minister.

POLITICO has pulled together a list of Europe’s new parliamentarians from each member country.

Diplomats said they hoped the results would convince American leaders that they need to stay involved in transatlantic security issues.

Follow every twist and turn of the election with POLITICO’s rolling coverage.

Beating follows a spate of attacks on European politicians ahead of the EU election on Sunday.