EuropeCanada's Conservatives Press Carney to Accelerate US Trade Deal Negotiations
Canada's Conservative opposition is intensifying attacks on Prime Minister Mark Carney, accusing him of moving too slowly to secure a new trade agreement with the Trump administration as a deadline for reviewing the Nort...
EuropeGerman Minister Says Iran War Not Driving Migration Surge; One Dead in Underpass Blast
German Interior Minister Dobrindt stated that the ongoing Iran war has not so far produced increased migration flows into Europe. In a separate domestic incident, an explosion in an underpass in a western German town kil...
EuropeFrench Right Divided Over Presidential Primary One Year Before Election
With France's presidential election a year away, the centre-right party Les Républicains, led by Bruno Retailleau, is meeting this weekend to decide whether to hold a primary to select its candidate. The process is comp...
EuropeIran Threatens to Close Strait of Hormuz as US Naval Blockade Continues
The speaker of Iran's parliament, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, issued a stark warning that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed if the US naval blockade persists, calling it one of Tehran's sharpest public threats since cease...
EuropeIran War Accelerates Global Energy Debate at Washington Finance Summit
The ongoing Iran conflict dominated discussions at a gathering of financial leaders in Washington, with many affected nations signalling a faster pivot toward renewable energy to reduce exposure to oil supply shocks. Sha...
EuropeRepublicans Echo Democrats in Blaming US Companies for Inflation
Trump Cabinet members and Republican lawmakers are now targeting corporate CEOs and calling for new regulations and antitrust action over high prices — a stance Trump himself once labelled 'communism' when Democrats pu...
EuropeTrump to Release Bible Reading Days After Posting Image That Offended Many Christians
A recording of President Trump reading an Old Testament verse will be released next week as part of an 84-hour public scripture presentation at Washington's Museum of the Bible. The move comes shortly after Trump posted ...
EuropePéter Magyar's Tisza Party Moves Swiftly to Assume Power After Landslide Win
Péter Magyar and his Tisza party are rapidly preparing for the transfer of power following a dramatic landslide victory over Viktor Orbán in Hungary. The BBC reports that Magyar is wasting no time, signalling an urgent...
EuropePolitico Europe Podcast: A Walk with CSU Politician Dorothee Bär
Politico Europe published a German-language podcast episode featuring CSU politician Dorothee Bär. The episode is available on Spotify and other platforms, though substantive content details were not included in the pub...
EuropeRenzi calls for European strategy, slams Trump, Orbán and Meloni
Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi urged Europe to develop a unified geopolitical strategy while denouncing what he called Donald Trump's 'global chaos' and the populism of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán and Italian ...
EuropeFrance and UK ready to lead Hormuz mission as Europe seeks to secure shipping lanes
A coalition of nonbelligerent states led by France and the United Kingdom has announced readiness to lead an international mission to restore safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz following its reopening. However,...
EuropeEurope plans multinational Hormuz force as Iran reopens strait amid ceasefire
European leaders including Macron, Starmer, Merz, and Meloni pledged to lead a multinational maritime force to secure the Strait of Hormuz once the war in Iran ends, following Iran's announcement it would reopen the wate...
Europe13-year-old discovers rare ancient Greek coin in Berlin, oldest such find in Germany
A 13-year-old uncovered a coin from ancient Troy in Berlin, marking an extremely rare discovery of an ancient Greek artifact in Germany. Experts believe the find may shed new light on poorly understood connections betwee...
EuropeEU competition chief: revised merger rules won't give European firms a free pass
EU Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera warned that the European Commission's forthcoming revised merger guidelines, due for publication on May 2, will not allow European companies to consolidate freely. Ribera stated ...
EuropeEx-EU commissioner Breton criticises member states profiting from Europe's energy crunch
Former EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton called it 'totally unfair' that some EU member states are profiting from the ongoing energy crisis. Breton, who was among five European figures hit with US travel ban...
EuropeEU to run first-ever tabletop exercise testing mutual defence assistance clause
The EU's chief diplomat Kaja Kallas will oversee the bloc's first tabletop exercise testing Article 42.7, the mutual assistance clause that obligates member states to aid one another if attacked. The drill, planned for n...
EuropeItaly's Meloni distances herself from Trump over Iran war and papal dispute
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has broken with Donald Trump over both the war in Iran and a high-profile spat involving the pope, a move that may push her closer to Europe's center-right mainstream. The developmen...
EuropeMeloni-Trump relationship fractures over Iran war and papal feud
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, once considered one of Donald Trump's closest European allies, has publicly fallen out of favor with the US president. France 24 reports the break stems from her criticism of the wa...
EuropeEurope faces severe jet fuel shortage amid Strait of Hormuz blockage
Europe is facing a critical jet fuel shortage, with an energy industry leader warning only six weeks of supply remain, as the blocked Strait of Hormuz disrupts global energy flows. Airlines have already begun raising tic...
EuropeHungary's Peter Magyar wins landslide over Orban, eyes EU reconciliation
The centre-right Tisza party led by Peter Magyar has won a landslide victory over Viktor Orban, ending 16 years of nationalist rule in Hungary. Magyar has pledged to repair Hungary's relationship with the European Union,...