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Prosecutors seek to uphold 5-year electoral ban on Marine Le Pen

Prosecutors seek to uphold 5-year electoral ban on Marine Le Pen

The far-right leader is appealing her conviction last year for embezzlement, which looks set to keep her out of the 2027 presidential race.

February 3, 2026 8:59 pm CET
Technical work is under way to restart European talks with Putin, Macron says
Former French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire allegedly met Epstein at disgraced financier’s house
Macron enters his lame duck era

Macron enters his lame duck era

February 2, 2026 4:00 am CET
The Anxious Continent: Social media bans and boozy trade deals
Cables show Trump’s moves on Greenland rattled other countries
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French diplomats are taking on MAGA — one meme at a time

Paris is rolling out a confrontational online strategy to counter disinformation from the United States and beyond.

January 29, 2026 5:58 pm CET

France’s under-15 social media ban: 5 things to know

French President Emmanuel Macron wants the ban in place from Sept. 1.

January 28, 2026 3:51 pm CET

Greenland PM sets out ‘red lines’ for talks with Washington

Tensions between the EU and the U.S. have cooled, but leaders warn the crisis is not over.

January 28, 2026 12:07 pm CET

Starmer to Carney: No new world order please, we’re British

U.K. leader says he’s ‘a British pragmatist applying common sense’ after Canadian counterpart called for mid-sized countries to team up in the era of Trump.

January 28, 2026 8:16 am CET
Exclusive

European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting

The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.

January 28, 2026 4:38 am CET

Le Pen vs. Bardella: France’s far right fractures over whether Putin is the enemy

The National Rally leads the polls before the 2027 French presidential election, and its strategic vision on Moscow could have major implications for NATO.

January 27, 2026 6:37 pm CET

UK’s Starmer mocks Macron’s sunglasses

“Bonjour!” The British prime minister dons a pair of aviators at a comedy show — and channels Tom Cruise.

January 27, 2026 10:59 am CET

Marseille’s drug war reshapes France’s political battlefield

A surge in violence is dominating the mayoral contest as French politics gears up for next year’s presidential election.

January 27, 2026 4:01 am CET

Inside Keir Starmer’s massive China reset

Unlike Canadian counterpart Mark Carney, the British PM doesn’t want his big visit to Beijing to be seen as a tilt away from the U.S and President Donald Trump.

January 27, 2026 4:00 am CET

4 French mayoral races that will show where the presidential race is heading

POLITICO takes a Tour de France ahead of key municipal elections in March.

January 25, 2026 1:10 pm CET

Davos is back — but the world it once championed is gone

This year’s World Economic Forum featured big names and a sharp shift in focus.

January 23, 2026 2:08 pm CET

French government survives no-confidence votes over budget

Far-right and far-left parties fail to topple PM Sébastien Lecornu over fiscal plans.

January 23, 2026 12:28 pm CET
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How Brussels failed to stop Mercosur trade deal fiasco

The European Commission saw the Parliament catastrophe coming — but its lobbying was overwhelmed by domestic political pressure.

January 23, 2026 10:33 am CET

The EU’s new power couple: Merz and Meloni

As relations between Berlin and Paris falter, Germany’s chancellor is identifying Italy’s prime minister as a key ally.

January 23, 2026 4:04 am CET

What really happened after Trump blinked

What a week! Tariff threats, Greenland brinkmanship and a dramatic Trump U-turn in Davos: EU leaders gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit meant to pick up …

January 23, 2026 4:01 am CET
ANALYSIS

‘No one can trust him’: Trump’s torched allies confront the world without America

In a week when the U.S. president wrecked the Western order, a wobbly new era is beginning to emerge.

January 23, 2026 4:00 am CET

This was the moment EU leaders agreed Europe must go it alone

A subdued gathering in Brussels became a wake for a decades-old world order that’s slipping away.

January 23, 2026 4:00 am CET

EU thinks its unity stopped Trump in his tracks

A series of transatlantic crises is teaching European leaders to act more quickly and more forcefully to protect shared interests, diplomats said.

January 22, 2026 8:37 pm CET

French Navy boards suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker

This is the second high-profile arrest of a suspicious vessel by France in the past few months.

January 22, 2026 5:29 pm CET

Macron’s sunglasses dazzle Davos and give Europe a meme for the moment

Even Donald Trump complimented the French leader’s pair of blue aviators.

January 22, 2026 3:53 pm CET

The 5 Europeans deciding how to handle Trump

A summit of EU leaders in Brussels will chart a new course for transatlantic relations. But who wants what?

January 22, 2026 2:05 pm CET

UK snubs Trump’s Board of Peace ceremony over Putin involvement

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is concerned the Russian president will be “part of something which is talking about peace.”

January 22, 2026 11:05 am CET

Europe backs away from Trump’s Board of Peace

America’s traditional allies have hesitated or outright declined their invitations while a raft of new friends are joining up.

January 22, 2026 4:00 am CET

For Europe’s far right, Trump has become a liability 

The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.

January 22, 2026 4:00 am CET
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