Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he will discuss new US sanctions on Russian oil with President Trump in Washington next week.
The US slapped sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, last week, with the former also being blacklisted by the EU.
“We are…
The study noted similar downtrends in the U.K. (0.78, down 0.01), the U.S. (0.68, down 0.028), Russia (0.41, down 0.049) and Ukraine (0.48, down 0.007).
Russia recorded the sharpest overall decline between 2024 and 2025 of any nation studied, while the marked retreat of the rule of law in…
Die Rente soll stabil bleiben, aber zu welchem Preis? Union und SPD planen ein milliardenschweres Rentenpaket 2025. Es soll das Rentenniveau weiter festschreiben. Doch was gut klingt, könnte zur Kostenlawine werden. Gordon Repinski analysiert, warum die Stabilisierung der…
Small boats carrying asylum-seekers continue to cross the English Channel, with numbers for this year already surpassing the 2024 total. In a farcical twist, one migrant, removed to France with much fanfare under the government’s flagship “one in, one out” deterrent scheme, arrived…
“I think it will come — and be more and more visible,” said the prime minister’s political director, Balázs Orbán, when asked about the potential for a Ukraine-skeptic alliance to start acting as a bloc in the European Council.
“It worked very well during the migration…
“The lack of fiscal discipline [in some EU countries] is so high that I don’t believe that eurobonds will be accepted, certainly by the frugals over the next 10 years,” said Karel Lannoo, chief executive of the influential Centre for European Policy Studies, a Brussels think tank. That’s…
Meanwhile, the liberal VVD risks winning even fewer seats than in the 2023 election — which already represented a major setback for the party — casting doubt on its role in any future government.
Its struggles echo the floundering of other European liberals in recent years, including…
The 2026 budget draft sent to the assembly follows the broad lines drawn up by Lecornu’s predecessor, François Bayrou — though the new prime minister describes it is a “point of departure.” And if they can agree on anything, the two houses of parliament will have the final…
Satellite video shows Hurricane Melissa intensifying into a massive Category 5 storm near Jamaica, with towering clouds and powerful lightning flashes signaling its growing strength.
The strongest hurricane ever to hit the island is set to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides, and severe damage.
POLITICO: So, in your view, is it a mistake to give space in the public debate to this type of argument?
Calenda: No, I’m a liberal, I believe all viewpoints should be allowed, but they must be put into context. For example, if I were introducing Sachs as a journalist, I would say: “A…