Olaf Scholz

The European Commission chief is secretive, controlling, and faces an in-tray from hell over the next five years.

More right-wing, less green — and less Franco-German power.

Thursday’s European leaders’ summit in Oxfordshire is a well-timed opportunity for the new UK prime minister to reset relations.

Exklusiv berichtet der Europa-Experte von POLITICO, Hans von der Burchard, von der am Freitag geplanten Serbien-Reise des Kanzlers. Zusammen mit Vertretern der EU-Kommission soll es dort um …

There’s panic, uncertainty, and some protestations that Vance won’t really pull the country back from Ukraine and the world.

It won’t be easy for Italy’s PM to back von der Leyen to remain European Commission president in Thursday’s crucial vote.

European Commission to also attend signature in Belgrade on Friday

“I can still remember when doner kebabs were sold for €3.50,” reminisced one teenager amid calls for a price brake to stop rising kebab costs.

Heads of state have been peppered with questions at this week’s NATO summit in Washington about Biden’s age and mental acuity.

The political crisis in Paris is creating a void other European capitals are keen to fill.

The U.K’s Keir Starmer may be among political friends now — but the future isn’t so bright for his international allies.

Noch bis morgen läuft in Washington, D.C. der NATO-Gipfel, auf dem auch das 75. Jubiläum des Verteidigungsbündnisses gefeiert wird. Gordon Repinski, Chefredakteur von POLITICO in Deutschland, ist …

Petr Fiala expressed support for von der Leyen and said she understands “the problems of Central Europe.”

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

New U.K. prime minister heads to NATO with a message of support on Ukraine.

Britain’s new leader already has an overflowing in-tray.

“We’re not sure that, even if he wins, he can survive four years more,” said one official from a European NATO country.

The Labour government is seeking a ‘reset’ of the U.K.’s relationship with Europe.

Berlin criticized the “surprising and uncoordinated trip” of the Hungarian leader to Moscow.

Hungarian PM’s Moscow trip triggered a tidal wave of condemnation from his fellow leaders.

“I am at your disposal,” Russian president says, as European leaders castigate Hungarian prime minister.

Coalition leaders reached a preliminary budget deal that defused a crisis, but left open the question of how Germany will meet its defense commitments.

America has protected Europe with is nuclear umbrella for more than 70 years. In the era of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the continent is quietly debating a different nuclear future.