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Poland’s Serafin comes out of the shadows to do the EU’s toughest job
BRUSSELS — From the anonymous backrooms of Brussels, Poland’s Piotr Serafin is being torpedoed into the limelight to pick up one of the European Union’s most difficult tasks. The man nominated to be...
View ArticleEU leaders push to speed up migrant deportations
EU leaders are pushing for quicker ways to deport people amid a broader push to crack down on immigration, according to a draft report obtained by POLITICO. The leaders plan to press the bloc’s...
View ArticleVon der Leyen attacks Orbán’s support for Russia in fiery speech to European...
STRASBOURG — Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday slammed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán following his speech to the European Parliament, criticizing him for cozying up to Vladimir Putin, allowing...
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The EU’s year of doing nothing
BRUSSELS — The European Union will continue to struggle to help Ukraine, allowing other global powers to deal with Russia’s full-scale invasion as a fateful United States election looms in a year...
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Orbán threatens to mess with Ukraine aid to help Trump
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is preparing to serve up a major policy gift for his best friend across the Atlantic, former United States President Donald Trump. He’s concocted a way to let...
View ArticleVon der Leyen sets new rules for Commission cabinet hires
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen set new hiring rules for incoming commissioners as they form their top teams. The rules aim to ensure diversity in nationality, gender and...
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The EU wants to deport migrants. It needs the help of Syria’s Assad.
Some European Union countries, led by Italy, are pushing to normalize ties with Syria in order to facilitate deportations of migrants as mainstream leaders look to replicate anti-immigrant far-right...
View ArticleElon Musk is a ‘promoter of evil,’ EU rule-of-law chief says
BRUSSELS — Elon Musk, unlike other tech bosses, “is not able to recognize good and evil,” a European Union top official said Wednesday. The multibillionaire tech mogul and boss of X, Tesla and SpaceX...
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Bart De Wever: The man who wants to destroy Belgium reluctantly heads toward...
BRUSSELS — Belgium is reaching peak surrealism. A man who has spent his entire political career trying to break up the country is now on track to become its prime minister — even though he insists he...
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The future EU commissioners’ promises: Everything you need to know
Call it the evaluation before the job interview. Ahead of the aspiring commissioners facing a grilling from the European Parliament in early November, they must respond to lawmakers’ written...
View ArticleEU scrambles to prepare for a Trump return
BRUSSELS — Top European Union officials have met with the bloc’s ambassadors to talk through what it would mean if Donald Trump wins the U.S. election, 12 EU diplomats told POLITICO. “They’re worried...
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‘Bitter medicine’: Why some EU officials quietly yearn for Trump
BRUSSELS — Here’s a dirty little secret about the U.S. presidential election: Some European officials think a victory by former President Donald Trump could be what the European Union needs to muscle...
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Une “potion amère” : pourquoi en Europe certains espèrent secrètement une...
BRUXELLES — Voici un petit secret inavouable sur la présidentielle américaine : certains responsables européens pensent qu’une victoire de l’ancien président Donald Trump pourrait être ce dont l’Union...
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Who’s afraid of whom in Brussels?
Who’s afraid of whom in Brussels? POLITICO’s spook-tacular Halloween guide to the EU bubble’s most frightful relationships. By EDDY WAX,BARBARA MOENSand MAX GRIERAin Brussels Illustrations by Shane...
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Trump BFF Orbán to make populist pitch amid US election
European Union diplomats are already bracing for what Hungarian Prime Minister and chief EU troublemaker Viktor Orbán might try to pull off if Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidency on Tuesday —...
View ArticleTrump is ‘right’: Rutte says NATO members need to spend more on arms
BUDAPEST — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is seeking to start off on the right foot with Donald Trump by praising the United States president-elect’s attempts to get NATO countries to spend more on...
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Macron to Europe: We need to become ‘omnivores’ after Trump’s victory
Europe can’t be the world’s “herbivore” anymore following Donald Trump’s reelection as the United States president, according to Emmanuel Macron. It needs to become an “omnivore” instead. The French...
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Zelenskyy rebuffs Trump’s proposal for rapid peace deal in Ukraine war
BUDAPEST — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poured cold water Thursday on a plan by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to strike a rapid peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow, arguing it would...
View ArticleDraghi warns of ‘greater’ urgency to fix flagging EU economy after Trump...
BUDAPEST — Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi stressed to European leaders gathering in Hungary that it was more urgent than ever to overhaul the EU economy and act on the recommendations...
View ArticleEU’s opening bid to avoid Trump’s tariffs: We could buy more American gas
BUDAPEST — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is suggesting that one way to deter U.S. President-elect Donald Trump from imposing new tariffs is for Europe to buy more liquefied...
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