European Council

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. 

At least seven capitals have raised concerns over the costs and political implications of the move, which Sánchez links to defense spending.

The move comes after Donald Trump announced he would lift American bans on the country.

Leaders of Europe’s two most powerful countries ramp up EU’s pro-business, anti-green push by calling for repeal of due diligence rule.

Three achievements are likely: a security pact, a declaration on global issues, and a “common understanding” of future topics to be negotiated.

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

“I think it would be a mistake to rule out anything,” Trades Union Congress chief Paul Nowak tells POLITICO ahead of UK-hosted ‘reset’ summit.

Trump calls the European Union “nastier” than China. The EU is taking a deep breath.

European Commission defends the use of a private jet to attend Schuman Day celebrations with Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden.

Representatives from London and Brussels will meet next Monday.

The EU’s center looks flaky, with France a mess and Germany’s Friedrich Merz having to battle to be confirmed as chancellor.

Capitals are set to weaken rules that would require them to scrutinize foreign investments in sensitive technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence, a draft document shows.

German wins European People’s Party vote, but with some opposition.

António Costa says Europe needs to make its own weapons.

Capitals fear retaliation from the U.S. and are considering changing the rules to grant American companies an exemption from a crucial provision of the global tax deal.

With the United States throwing up the highest trade barriers in a century, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is on a mission to do trade deals with everyone else. 

The deal for 15 million bullets would be “unilaterally” canceled, a Spanish government official says.

Paris and Berlin have been at loggerheads for years, but things are at last looking up.

The withdrawal of aid by the U.S. and Europe could feed extremism and lead to a surge in emigration, experts warn.

Italy’s leader wouldn’t be the EU’s first choice to negotiate with Trump. But she might be its only choice.

EU leaders hope the Italian PM can convey their trade concerns to the U.S. president when she visits Washington.

Finance ministers gathering in Warsaw will discuss tariffs and rearmament.

Feeling the heat on immigration, now even center-left Labour MPs want to close “legal loopholes” relating to the European Convention on Human Rights.