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EU Parliament lawmakers vote to sue Commission over withdrawn patent bill

The patents are at the center of a battle between the companies that own them and those that use them.

November 4, 2025 2:38 pm CET

EU warns Ukraine over corruption as Brussels unveils enlargement reports

The bloc’s top diplomat said that 2030 was a “realistic deadline” for bringing in new members.

November 4, 2025 1:52 pm CET

Anger and grief after worker killed in Rome tower collapse

Octav Stroici, 66, was working on an EU-funded project to restore the Torre dei Conti when it collapsed.

November 4, 2025 1:11 pm CET

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84

He was one of the most influential and most polarizing figures ever to hold the office.

November 4, 2025 12:37 pm CET

Putin wants Russia to muscle in on rare earths race

Moscow is getting into the fight for mineral supremacy.

November 4, 2025 12:35 pm CET

Ban the vin? French lawmaker wants to outlaw booze in parliament bar

The sale of alcohol “in a workplace raises many questions among the French,” says MP.

November 4, 2025 12:03 pm CET

EU officials’ location data is for sale, report says

The European Commission recognizes the “worrying conclusions” of the media outlets’ investigation.

November 4, 2025 11:56 am CET

Lawmakers bash EU recruitment office over online exams for Brussels jobs

EPSO is “working tirelessly” to “deliver a better candidate experience,” its director Olivier Salles told POLITICO

November 4, 2025 11:25 am CET
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Farage’s deputy calls for fresh debate over Bank of England remit

Deputy leader of poll-leading populist party wants debate over the make-up and role of the Monetary Policy Committee.

November 4, 2025 4:16 am CET

Yes, Brussels really wants Google to be broken up

The U.S. tech giant is on a collision course with EU trustbusters over its digital ad dominance.

November 4, 2025 4:11 am CET

Zack Polanski wants to be the British left’s Nigel Farage

The eco-populist aims to beat Reform UK’s charismatic leader at his own game.

November 4, 2025 4:11 am CET
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Zelenskyy faces criticism over energy supply as Putin bids to cripple Ukraine’s power grid

A former energy boss accuses Kyiv’s leadership of a politically motivated vendetta against him — and acting too late on a plan to guard the sector against Russian attacks.

November 4, 2025 4:11 am CET

What if Trump’s tariffs are illegal? It’s everybody’s problem.

Even if the Supreme Court strikes down Donald Trump’s tariffs on countries, he has other legal options to impose similar duties.

November 4, 2025 4:10 am CET

EU lawmakers want to put the ‘party’ back in Parliament. Here’s how.

Political groups want to put controversial topics first, shake up the debate format — and actually grill commissioners.

November 4, 2025 4:02 am CET

Reform UK’s DOGE chief takes aim at ‘pathetic’ questions on council savings drive

Richard Tice advised POLITICO to “grow up” when asked if he had given up on seeking a data-sharing agreement with Kent County Council

November 4, 2025 4:00 am CET

UK government defends hiring Mandelson despite Epstein links

Britain’s top civil servant says information that ultimately saw Peter Mandelson ousted from his U.S. ambassador role was “not available to us at the time that the due diligence was done.”

November 3, 2025 5:49 pm CET

Medieval tower in Rome being restored using EU cash collapses

Torre dei Conti partly collapsed twice, injuring a worker and leaving another trapped inside.

November 3, 2025 5:24 pm CET

Don’t weaken new climate goal, EU’s top green official warns on eve of crunch vote

Teresa Ribera told ministers reducing the EU’s 2040 target would be an “invitation to waste money.”

November 3, 2025 1:31 pm CET

Czech populist Babiš sets sights on EU green rules

Government coalition program says EU Green Deal “is unsustainable in its current form.”

November 3, 2025 1:22 pm CET

Czech billionaire Babiš clinches coalition deal with the far right

The agriculture tycoon inches closer to becoming the new PM in Prague.

November 3, 2025 1:15 pm CET

Dutch left-wing alliance elects successor to defeated Frans Timmermans

Former No. 2 Jesse Klaver steps up to take the top job.

November 3, 2025 12:45 pm CET

Zohran Mamdani gets help from Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn — and riles up Andrew Cuomo

The former Labour leader’s get-out-the-vote operation triggers the ire of Mamdani’s opponents.

November 3, 2025 12:09 pm CET

French parliament likely to miss key budget deadline

Lawmakers unlikely to have enough time to work through more than 2,400 amendments that still need to be discussed and voted on.

November 3, 2025 11:33 am CET
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