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Weapons not wealth: How the EU’s lure for new members switched focus
- Zoya Sheftalovich
- Mar 30, 2026
Donald Trump's distancing from Europe means richer countries now want EU membership for protection in a more fragile world.
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Why Europe’s social democrats can’t stop losing
- Aitor Hernández-Morales, Jacopo Barigazzi
- Mar 30, 2026
From Portugal to Denmark, progressive and working-class voters are turning their backs on center-left parties who fail to address the affordability cr...
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Trump’s ‘gut’ let him down in Iran — and we’re all paying the price of his failed diplomacy
- Ivo Daalder
- Mar 30, 2026
Washington's brand of dealmaking seems unable to handle a determined enemy that seeks its own survival by imposing maximum pain on others.
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Keir Starmer’s pick-and-choose Brexit deal faces uphill battle
- Jon Stone
- Mar 29, 2026
Brussels officials are wary of previous British attempts to “cherry pick” the benefits of the EU while shirking the obligations of membership.
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Orbán’s spies were hunting me, says Hungarian journalist accused of espionage
- Antoaneta Roussi
- Mar 27, 2026
Szabolcs Panyi tells POLITICO that Budapest's accusations are "meant to psychologically pressure me and shatter my credibility,” in the wake of his re...
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Iran war threatens a global recession, Finland’s Stubb warns
- Tim Ross
- Mar 27, 2026
The U.S. president’s European golf buddy calls for extra efforts to stop regional conflicts from spiraling toward World War III.
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Man arrested on suspicion of Chinese spying was in UK parliament as recently as January
- Andrew McDonald
- Mar 27, 2026
David Taylor held a key role in a cross-party group of MPs on relations with Qatar.
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Let it go! How the EU would benefit from being more like Disney
- Paul Dallison
- Mar 27, 2026
Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. Is being the president of France a Mickey Mouse job? The answer is clearly yes, as Emmanuel Macron wil...
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NATO report card: Who gets a gold star and who gets detention?
- Victor Jack
- Mar 26, 2026
While all allies reached the 2 percent of GDP spending target on defense last year, there’s still a big gap in what countries shell out.
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Text messages by trade czar Šefčovič reveal early concerns over EU-US deal
- Max Griera, Camille Gijs
- Mar 26, 2026
Six months after the commissioner wrote his U.S. counterparts, they have yet to address European complaints over high steel tariffs.
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Keir Starmer tries to move on from his Morgan McSweeney era
- Dan Bloom
- Mar 26, 2026
Downing Street is unlikely to name a permanent chief of staff until May — and until then, McSweeney's shadow hangs in the air.
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AfD leaders want to keep distance from unpopular Trump before key eastern elections
- Nette Nöstlinger, Pauline von Pezold
- Mar 26, 2026
While the AfD rank-and-file deepens ties with MAGA, party leaders are quietly pressing members to dial back overt displays of affinity for Trump.