While the US continues to lead in software, some high-tech sectors, and hydrocarbons, China is becoming increasingly competitive in many high-tech, capital-intensive sectors, not least those once domi...

The EU’s depleted gas storage leaves it vulnerable to a cold winter, new reports warn.

The tragedy of Europe’s idle trillions is not a mystery of peasant thrift. It’s a rational response to an economy in which success is heavily regulated

'We cannot come with new fiscal flexibilities all the time,' warns EU economy chief

Ireland’s proposal will fire the starting gun on the tough talks ahead of next week’s leaders’ summit.

Germany’s far-right party may drop one of its founding tenets to broaden its electoral appeal.

French high school student protests have drawn major media coverage and political reactions in the US, Italy, Belgium and the UK. Only a few countries, such as Germany, wracked by its own domestic pol...

Hundreds of French farmers drive tractors into Paris to protest the EU‑Mercosur deal, warning of unfair competition and demanding stronger protections.

Europe could become one of the defining issues in France’s 2027 presidential election. This has already happened in the recent past. In 2017, Emmanuel Macron campaigned on a strongly pro-European tick...

Spain is heading for early elections, after prime minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap vote last week. According to current polls, the conservative People’s Party, or PP, is ahead of Sánchez’s Sociali...

On 3 October, some 800 000 Latvians participated in an election to fill all 100 seats of the Seima and vote for a new(ish) government. In the EU bubble, the Baltic country isn’t a headline mainstay, t...

The US-led peace efforts to end the Ukraine war have been largely stalled, with Washington focused on its conflict with Iran despite Kyiv saying Russia has ramped up aerial attacks

Trump said talks with Tehran were “productive” as the Iran war pushes oil and gas prices higher and support for the conflict falls.

The majority of Europe’s mining, processing and recycling projects are behind schedule.

I. Introduction In March 2026, a French Navy officer went for a run while on the deck of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and recorded the activity on the fitness app Strava. The resulting locat...

EESC defends its response to spread of anonymous letters, which described a "witch hunt" to uncover whistleblowers

Patience is running out after Iceland failed to ratify a rule into national law 32 years since joining the EEA

In July 2025, the European Commission presented its proposal for the EU’s multi­annual financial framework (MFF) for 2028 to 2034. Since then, the member states have been seeking consensus within the ...

Stock markets recorded losses on Thursday as fresh inflation fears came into focus following a jump in oil prices. This comes amid reports that US President Donald Trump was considering further strike...

Top Russian and US officials, including Special Envoy Jared Kushner, have held talks about bringing a US investor into the Nord Stream pipelines that delivered gas to Germany before Russia invaded Ukr...

The comments suggest Europe’s commitment to release fuel wasn’t as generous as it sounded.

Brussels blames Beijing’s surging exports for the loss of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs

The duties threaten to undermine the reindustrialization drive at the heart of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s economic agenda.

Small electrical firms best placed to drive Germany's industrial renewal rely on China as their main supplier, competitor and sometimes customer, leaving Berlin with a dilemma: the fastest way to scal...

The National Rally’s (Rassemblement national—RN) “de-demonization” strategy appears to be paying off: Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella’s party is steadily gaining ground in elections, and polls place...

A defeat would deal the Italian leader a major political blow

Over the summer, the EU kicked off a much-anticipated review of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). European member states and the Parliament have set out their negotiating positions to rea...

Hamish Falconer, the UK’s chief negotiator with Brussels, warns that excluding Britain from the EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ industrial policy risks fracturing the common industrial base and making Europe ‘w...

The US secretary of state held talks on energy, military cooperation and regional security, pointing to Greece as an example of higher defence spending. The agenda also included LNG, F-35s, the Easter...

The move could finally clear the way for the EU to complete its anti-corruption push

The EU has approved a legal basis for sending people with no right to stay to centres outside the bloc. Governments say rights will be respected. Rights groups warn the safeguards on paper may not hol...

“I would like to caution against large cuts. It would risk cutting deep into critical priorities that we all together have agreed on,” the EU Commission chief told MEPs during a speech in Strasbourg o...

Energy price surge means new 2028 to 2034 EU budget will be smaller in real terms

The euro hit a 17-month low as French debt fears and Europe's energy shock weigh on the currency. Bond market stress could limit further ECB rate hikes, while analysts see scope for the euro to fall t...

France is no Greece. A full-blown debt crisis is not yet on the cards. But as things stand, a protracted muddling through seems the most likely outcome.

The next ten days will be critical for EU-China relations. EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič will travel to Beijing later this week for high-level talks aimed at rebalancing the trade relationship ...

Policymakers in the European Parliament want the bloc to address more than the trade imbalance.

German industrial production rose more than expected in August despite disruptions to Rhine shipping caused by low water levels, ​driven by stronger activity in construction and machinery production, ...

OpenAI’s CEO triggers ‘told you so’ moment for fans of liability laws in Europe.

The European Union is gradually becoming less competitive in green value chains, implying that it is becoming less well-positioned to generate economic growth from these industries. We show this using...

During her State of the Union Address on 16 September 2026, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, invited Canada to become the EU’ s first-ever associate member (von der Leyen, 2...

Sánchez has come under fire domestically after an 87-year-old woman was evicted from her residence in Madrid, sparking national controversy. Pressure have piled on Sanchez’s administration to step dow...

Spain's two top courts cleared ‌the way on Tuesday for self-exiled Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont to return without being arrested, just as Spain is gearing up for an early national elect...

French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen, of the far-right National Rally, on Tuesday presented her main budget proposals ahead of next year's election.

Far-right leader George Simion tells POLITICO Romanian president Nicușor Dan will face a campaign to oust him if he keeps refusing a snap poll to end months of deadlock in Bucharest.

Alain Berset talks about trust and the kind of society the Council of Europe wants to build

The European Commission has put forward ideas it hopes will both ease the EU expansion process and allay concerns among existing members. Several countries, not least war-torn Ukraine, are among the c...

The European Commission proposed measures on Tuesday to prepare the EU to take in countries such ​as Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine and Moldova in coming years while trying ‌to reassure existing members...

An economically fragile country caught up in Russia’s hybrid war, Moldova is keen to make rapid progress for a quicker membership to the European Union. With the opening of the first chapter of access...

A permanent restriction on Kyiv’s market access would “run counter to the very logic” of full EU membership, Ukraine’s agriculture minister told POLITICO.