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Euroskeptic think tanks on the rise as Brussels slashes funding for pro-EU groups
- Mari Eccles
- Apr 9, 2026
A Commission program that gave cash to many pro-European groups has cut back funding.
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What Péter Magyar learned from the last guy to lose to Viktor Orbán
- Max Griera
- Apr 9, 2026
Péter Márki-Zay tells POLITICO that Magyar is getting a lot right that he got wrong in the 2022 election.
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Spain leads Europe’s shift away from Donald Trump’s US
- Aitor Hernández-Morales, Hanne Cokelaere
- Apr 9, 2026
POLITICO Pulse survey finds more than half of people in Spain consider Washington a ‘threat’ to Europe.
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Orbán’s rival faces uphill battle to unfreeze €17B in EU funds
- Gregorio Sorgi, Max Griera
- Apr 9, 2026
Péter Magyar has pledged to claw back EU payouts in record time if he wins the election. It won't be easy.
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Britain strains to sell Trump allies on its green message
- Abby Wallace
- Apr 8, 2026
Britain's climate minister takes a trip to South America — and tries to win round her skeptical hosts.
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Europe cheers Trump’s Iran ceasefire
- Milena Wälde
- Apr 8, 2026
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcome the last-minute deal to pause hostilities.
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Péter Magyar’s revolt: The insider challenging Hungary’s Viktor Orbán
- Max Griera
- Apr 8, 2026
Even among his supporters, the opposition leader is a polarizing figure.
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Hungary and Russia struck 12-point plan for closer ties, documents show
- Gabriel Gavin, Zoya Sheftalovich
- Apr 8, 2026
The cooperation agreement sheds more light on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ties to the Kremlin ahead of Sunday's general election.
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Australia says it can’t go it alone on social media ban for kids
- Eliza Gkritsi, Ryan Heath
- Apr 7, 2026
Canberra wants global support, Australian ambassador to the EU tells POLITICO.
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EU foreign policy shambles triggers calls for radical overhaul of diplomacy
- Nicholas Vinocur
- Apr 7, 2026
From Ukraine funding to Iran and Russia, repeated paralysis is reigniting a fight over the EU’s veto system.
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Vance in Budapest: Viktor Orbán’s last throw of the MAGA dice
- Jamie Dettmer, Eli Stokols
- Apr 7, 2026
U.S. interventions by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have so far failed to reverse the Hungarian leader's flagging fortunes...
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Les coulisses de la victoire de Lille pour décrocher l’Autorité douanière européenne
- Giorgio Leali, Koen Verhelst
- Apr 6, 2026
La candidature de la capitale des Flandres pour accueillir le siège de la future agence de l’UE a été à la hauteur de son statut de favorite, remporta...