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Trump is only the second sitting U.S. president to attend a papal funeral — and comes against the backdrop of the U.S.’s increasingly isolationist posture.

He’s the second major Republican to enter the race, setting up a battle for the GOP base.

When the world changed, here’s how it looked to political insiders.

Contenders in Polish presidential election square off, and absurdity ensues.

James Surowiecki challenges the White House’s rationale for punishing Europe, China, India and Japan with reciprocal tariffs.

A strong, if shallow, partnership at the top has defined Labour in office. Can it hold when the going gets tough?

The Tory leader landed blows against the government’s upcoming increase to national insurance contributions — leaving the PM struggling to respond with clarity.

Ongoing fallout from Spain’s deadly floods could tarnish a gathering of center-right luminaries, but moving it would drown the party in fees. 

The Labour government has promised to lead the world on climate change, but its renewed focus on defense has thrown those plans into uncertainty.

The Commission president is further centralizing the EU executive in her second term.

For the first time in a decade, the number of unemployed is closing in on 3 million — and there’s more to come.

The former prime minister wanted to sack France’s envoy to the EU, Philippe Léglise-Costa, and replace him with former Europe Minister Clément Beaune.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a reciprocal tariff executive order Thursday.

Repayment of the EU’s €300 billion joint borrowing hangs like a cloud over the European Commission’s budget brainstorm.

British intelligence services reportedly told the Labour leader his account could have been compromised.

Progressive FEPS foundation rejects the finding, saying it is allowed to provide advice to social-democratic policymakers.

In a new book, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner urges the U.S. and Europe to join together in a “Freedom Trade Alliance” against China, Russia and other autocracies.

The world’s richest man has a lot to say, a vast platform, and the ear of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Now he has turned his focus to …

Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith praises the X owner — as the Tories pray he won’t fund Nigel Farage.

Canada’s prime minister prides himself as a fighter, but he just announced he won’t lead the Liberals’ next battle.

Joe Biden has long expressed an admiration for Carter, a sentiment that was palpable in the president’s statement Sunday evening.

For the final episode of EU Confidential this year, we revisit a compelling discussion on the European Union’s waning influence in its eastern neighborhood, originally recorded in …

From minister of the year to WTF moment, Westminster’s essential newsletter picks the winners of 2024.

POLITICO asked politicians and chroniclers of SW1 to tell us the book they most enjoyed reading this year — here are the results, in their own words.