Category: 3. Europe

Cowboys, entertainers, sports stars, old soldiers, Congress members and an astronaut are touring European troop bases through Dec. 19 with…

During its heyday, it steered the eurozone through the rumble-tumble of the sovereign debt crisis, but lost influence as the euro area stabilized and a more inclusive EU-wide group of 27 finance ministers gained power.

The Eurogroup has become a “bland working group” or a “think…

Von der Leyen is investing major political capital in radically reforming the EU’s budget, currently worth €1.2 trillion, for the 2028-2034 cycle.

The plan to steer billions in EU funding away from agriculture and regional spending and toward defense and innovation, however, is sending…

For Schwedt, plugging the tangled metallic mesh of pipelines, distillation units and towering chimneys back into Moscow’s oil pump first means dealing with its convoluted legal structure.

After the war broke out, Berlin put the refinery under a temporary trusteeship, seizing Russian firm…

That creates a potential impasse, especially given the reluctance in Brussels to leave Kyiv behind. Meanwhile, for the EU and Chișinău, Friday’s summit aims to send a strong political message ahead of a critical nationwide vote on Sept. 28, which the Kremlin has been trying to…

The Chinese government intends to cancel part of a two-day summit with European Union leaders planned for later this month, in the latest sign of the tensions between Brussels and Beijing.

The second day of the summit in China is set to be…

No one who has seen the amount of balloons inhaled at King’s Day in the Netherlands will say the streets of Amsterdam are a laughter-free zone but it’s true that Dutch people aren’t globally renowned for their wit; perhaps they consider it the undignified wheelhouse of their shorter,…

Europe baked, the Atomium shut early — and Brussels finally unveiled its long-delayed climate target.

Host Sarah Wheaton speaks with POLITICO Climate Reporter Louise Guillot, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Nick Vinocur and EU Politics Reporter Max Griera about the…

A coalition of Europe’s biggest enterprises, including Airbus SE, Mercedes-Benz AG and BNP Paribas Group is asking the European Union to freeze the implementation of a new artificial intelligence law, saying it could prevent the bloc…