Category: 3. Europe

“Some estimates of his personal vote suggest he could have added up to 20 points or so to Labour’s vote share in Gorton and Denton, and 5 points on top of Labour vote intention nationwide,” as YouGov analyst Patrick English put it. “He’d need every bit of that personal boost to hold…

Ultimately, it’s the government that needs to find nearly £2 billion a week to plug the gap between what it spends and what it takes in taxes. Global investors, who currently hold around one-third of all U.K. government debt, are under no obligation to keep lending to it. 

Moreover,…

Despite being NATO allies, Greece and Turkey have been at odds for decades over a number of bilateral squabbles, including quarrels over maritime boundaries, overlapping claims to their continental shelves and the long-running Cyprus dispute.

Greece has designated restricted fishing areas…

The push would also accelerate work on a so-called overcapacity instrument to deal with state-subsidized firms producing vast quantities of goods in strategic sectors, making it virtually impossible for other industries to compete.

Such a mechanism has been under discussion for some time,…

“I am a great admirer of America,” Merz added, drawing laughter from the crowd, “but right now my admiration is not increasing.”

The comments emphasize the growing rift between Berlin and Washington after weeks of public clashes between Merz and President Donald Trump.

The…

“By choosing ArgonOS, the BfV is sending a clear signal for European digital sovereignty,” Marc Henrichmann, chair of the parliamentary oversight committee for the German intelligence services, told POLITICO. “Whether ArgonOS can keep up in the long run will have to be demonstrated by…

The Nova Poshta postal service said two of its staff, both named Dmytro, had been killed in the attack, one of them alongside his wife. Former hockey player Yuriy Orlov and his 24-year-old girlfriend Maryna Homeniuk, an English teacher, were among the victims. A kindergarten teacher, Svitlana…