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EU frees up billions in Covid cash for defense spending

EU frees up billions in Covid cash for defense spending

Defense projects can now apply for a chunk of the remaining €335 billion — initially earmarked for climate and digital investment.

June 4, 2025 2:02 pm CET
Weapons sales to Europe will continue as South Korea pivots left
Brussels rebukes Romania and Austria for breaching EU spending rules
Tate brothers face UK rape charges

Tate brothers face UK rape charges

May 28, 2025 7:36 pm CET
EU launches major Black Sea plan with eye on defense as Putin hovers
US Republicans slam EU ‘double standard’ over Polish election financing
Anti-NATO Romanian ultranationalist Călin Georgescu retires from politics
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Germany’s power subsidy plans are probably illegal. That’s unlikely to matter.

The EU is increasingly bending its own rules, giving Germany space to negotiate despite fears that Berlin is disadvantaging others.

May 26, 2025 4:43 am CET

Nicușor Dan starts nightmare new job as president of Romania 

Monday’s inauguration comes at a critical time for the Eastern European nation of 19 million amid the threat of credit rating downgrades, a budget deficit crisis and a loss of faith in democracy. 

May 25, 2025 5:00 pm CET
Declassified

You can dance, you can jive, having the elections of your life

If there’s one thing capable of uniting all Europeans, it’s making political statements with glitter and voting in three of the 27 EU member states on the same day.

May 23, 2025 4:01 am CET

Romanian court rejects George Simion’s election challenge

Presidential election loser Simion denounced the ruling and called on his supporters to “fight.”

May 22, 2025 10:54 am CET

Western countries reveal major Russian cyber-espionage campaign

Attacks ramped up after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

May 21, 2025 5:14 pm CET

18 hours in the making of a president: Inside Nicușor Dan’s election win

Romania’s new leader told POLITICO how he will approach international affairs and what he will do to rebuild trust in a democracy battered by corruption, economic strife and Russian meddling.

May 21, 2025 4:00 am CET

Romanian vote loser Simion claims France interfered in election

Hard-right candidate is challenging the results at Romania’s constitutional court.

May 20, 2025 6:09 pm CET

Europe’s hard right stronger than ever after mega election weekend

Centrist wins in the triple election did not equal defeat of the right.

May 20, 2025 1:48 pm CET

Tate bro tears and EU delight as Dan beats right-winger in Romania’s election

Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan won a stunning come-from-behind victory over hard-right George Simion.

May 18, 2025 11:59 pm CET

Pro-EU moderate Nicușor Dan wins Romanian presidential election stunner

Bucharest mayor fends off challenge from hard-right firebrand George Simion, who conceded defeat after initially declaring himself the winner.

May 18, 2025 8:03 pm CET

Russian interference claims hit Romania’s critical election on voting day

High numbers of voters are turning out to choose between hard-right candidate George Simion and centrist Nicușor Dan.

May 18, 2025 2:09 pm CET

In Transylvania, fear haunts Romania’s troubled democracy 

The birthplace of modern Romania is losing faith in politics 36 years after Communism fell, amid threats of reprisals at Sunday’s bitterly fought election.

May 18, 2025 4:00 am CET
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Simion accuses Moldova of manipulating Romanian election as vote goes to wire

Turnout is high in Moldova, a nation with many Romanian voters who did not back ultranationalist Simion in the first round.

May 16, 2025 7:38 pm CET

Romanian government accused of online censorship ahead of election rerun

Liberal campaigners and politicians say social media crackdown to prevent Russian interference has gone too far.

May 16, 2025 5:50 pm CET

Romanian presidential front-runner accuses Macron of ‘dictatorial tendencies’

George Simion, leader of the right-wing AUR party, criticizes French president for interfering in Romania’s election.

May 16, 2025 9:45 am CET

The crown slips: How queen Ursula failed her transparency test

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May 16, 2025 4:01 am CET

Who is winning the Romanian election? 

Surveys show the centrist Bucharest mayor catching up with hard-right populist George Simion ahead of Sunday’s vote. But is this poll surge too late, or even real?

May 16, 2025 4:01 am CET

Romania’s Simion wants a broad coalition. Good luck with that.

Hard-right presidential candidate George Simion is extending a warm hand to other parties, but getting the cold shoulder.

May 16, 2025 4:00 am CET

Romania’s finances quake before historic vote

Economic malaise is helping nationalist presidential candidate George Simion.

May 15, 2025 11:28 pm CET

Romania must reclaim prize energy assets from foreign investors, presidential favorite says

George Simion wants to tap into deep voter frustration with post-communist privatizations.

May 15, 2025 8:26 pm CET

Britain needs a labor shortage, not EU youth mobility, says Farage’s deputy

“I want there to be a labor shortage, because that’s the way to getting productivity improvements,” Richard Tice tells POLITICO as he heaps scorn on EU-UK summit.

May 15, 2025 4:04 pm CET

Romanian wild card George Simion sets Brussels’ nerves on edge

The presidential front-runner’s hostility to Ukraine is creating a rift with fellow European conservatives.

May 15, 2025 4:00 am CET
Unpacked

The risks of being associated with Trump

The U.S. leader inadvertently supplied Canada’s Carney and Australia’s Albanese with easy narratives to offer their voters.

May 12, 2025 4:01 am CET

Populist currents and fragile coalitions: Trump’s shadow over Europe

Europe’s political center is wobbling. Again. In Germany, a dramatic Bundestag vote leaves new Chancellor Friedrich Merz bruised before he’s even begun. In Romania, the first round …

May 9, 2025 4:00 am CET
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