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‘Build a wall’ in the English Channel to deal with migrants, says Conservative darling

Uber-Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg takes page from Donald Trump’s playbook.

July 2, 2024 12:29 pm CET

Belgian town shuts bridge to France during Euro 2024 football showdown

“The French are much more chauvinistic than we are,” the town’s mayor said.

June 28, 2024 1:02 pm CET

Macron ‘spoiled the party’ by calling snap vote before the Olympics, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says

“I had a very, very hard time with the announcement” Hidalgo said.

June 26, 2024 4:12 pm CET

Greek EU lawmaker to remain in Albanian prison

Recent election of Greek MEP imprisoned in Albania fans diplomatic flames.

June 25, 2024 4:00 am CET

The 23 kookiest MEPs heading to the European Parliament 

We made our own group of the most outlandish MEPs coming to the new European Parliament.

June 14, 2024 4:00 am CET

Top Ukraine reconstruction official abruptly quits, citing ‘systemic obstacles’

Mustafa Nayyem’s resignation comes day before key Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin.

June 10, 2024 8:44 pm CET

Israeli strikes kill 18, including refugee camp mayor

The mayor of the Nuseirat refugee camp was killed along with four children and one woman, officials said.

June 7, 2024 3:00 pm CET

Brits think Labour will unpick Brexit. They may be disappointed.

New polling for POLITICO suggests many voters just haven’t got Keir Starmer’s message.

June 5, 2024 8:06 pm CET

Macron ally slams French EPP for ‘attacking’ von der Leyen

Clément Beaune’s comments suggest that Paris is open to extending the German Commission president’s time in Brussels.

June 3, 2024 5:20 pm CET

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as first woman president in landslide

Sheinbaum is also the country’s first Jewish leader.

June 3, 2024 10:55 am CET

London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to host the Super Bowl

Khan wants to cap London’s status as the ‘sporting capital of the world.’ But UK fans would be up til 3 a.m.

May 31, 2024 1:50 pm CET

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants EU deal on visas for young people

The London mayor tells POLITICO he’s pressing his party to rethink its rejection of an EU youth mobility plan as July election looms.

May 29, 2024 6:39 pm CET
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Safer, cleaner and more lucrative: The Good Move plan transforms Brussels’ city center — but remains politically divisive

New data shows the controversial regional plan to slash traffic appears to have been a success in the heart of the city, even as its future is in doubt.

May 29, 2024 6:00 am CET

Death toll rises to 12 in Russian bombing of hypermarket in Kharkiv

Ukrainian officials called Saturday’s attack terrorism and President Zelenskyy appealed for more air defense systems.

May 26, 2024 11:35 am CET

Meet the world’s most successful populist leader

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ability to command the stage explains a lot about Donald Trump — and offers lessons for Joe Biden.

May 25, 2024 3:20 pm CET
THE ROAD TO THE EU ELECTION 2024

Divided by migration, this tiny Italian community turned into a ghost town

Now the mayor who was responsible for the ‘Global Village’ is plotting for political redemption in the upcoming European election.

May 21, 2024 6:31 am CET

Georgia’s other Russian-style law is fueling a bitter culture war

Proposed restrictions on LGBTQ rights have proven far harder for politicans at home and abroad to unite against than the government’s “foreign agent” bill.

May 19, 2024 4:00 am CET

French TikTok block in overseas territory sets ‘dangerous precedent,’ critics warn

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

May 16, 2024 7:53 pm CET

Donald Trump’s a racist and Labour should call him out, London mayor says

As Labour builds links with top Republicans, London mayor tells POLITICO he’s worried about a second Trump term.

May 16, 2024 4:27 pm CET

Attacks on German politicians stir memories of Nazi past

Recent assaults spark national debate over Germany’s increasingly raw political climate, with some seeing echoes of its dark history.

May 9, 2024 4:00 am CET

Center-left politician attacked in German library amid wave of assaults

Franziska Giffey was struck by a man wielding a “bag filled with hard contents.”

May 8, 2024 12:43 pm CET

UK Tories powerless to escape Rishi Sunak’s death march

Conservative MPs backed down from challenging the PM and now see no escape from electoral wipeout.

May 8, 2024 4:02 am CET

The fugitive: Carles Puigdemont’s final shot at Catalan independence

The separatist politician is running for president from his camp just across the Spanish border.

May 7, 2024 8:01 pm CET

Sadiq Khan bags record third term as London mayor

Labour’s man sees of Tory Susan Hall after fights over environmental measures and crime.

May 4, 2024 5:16 pm CET
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