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Commission therapy session: Von der Leyen tries to stamp out tensions in her top team
- Gerardo Fortuna
- Feb 2, 2026
A series of incidents involving commissioners has led to the president calling a crunch meeting.
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L’extrême droite allemande à nouveau la bienvenue à la conférence de Munich sur la sécurité
- Nette Nöstlinger
- Feb 2, 2026
L'AfD a tout fait pour ne plus être bannie de l'événement très médiatisé, allant jusqu'à saisir la justice ou tenter d'utiliser ses liens avec l'admin...
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‘I’m definitely not like an angel’: Meloni laughs off church fresco controversy
- Giulia Poloni
- Feb 2, 2026
The restoration set off a political row involving opposition parties, cultural authorities and a church with long-standing ties to Italy’s right wing.
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Polish divorcees find they may still be married amid chaotic judicial cleanup
- Bartosz Brzeziński
- Feb 2, 2026
As Warsaw tries to undo controversial court reforms, long-settled divorces are being thrown into doubt, handing fresh ammunition to the opposition.
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Europe may want to cool its Carney fever
- Yanmei Xie
- Feb 2, 2026
EU leaders would be mistaken to look for trade relief in China as Canada does, and bargain away the continent’s industrial capacity in the process.
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Macron enters his lame duck era
- Giorgio Leali, Victor Goury-Laffont
- Feb 2, 2026
Legislative compromise will take a back seat to political jockeying as the race for the Elysée heats up.
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Von der Leyen’s management style ‘not good for Europe,’ says ex-commissioner
- Max Griera
- Feb 2, 2026
Nicolas Schmit said the Commission lacks “strategy” and “courage” — and failed to stand up to the U.S when it sanctioned Thierry Breton.
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Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president
- Aitor Hernández-Morales
- Feb 2, 2026
Center-right leaders are taking pains to publicly reject the ultranationalist contender ahead of the country's Feb. 8 vote.
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Germany’s far right bangs at the gates to get into the Munich Security Conference
- Nette Nöstlinger
- Feb 1, 2026
The Alternative for Germany party has done everything from suing to attempting to leverage ties to the Trump administration to end their banishment fr...
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Serbians pushed out as China takes over a mining empire
- Matteo Trevisan
- Feb 1, 2026
Beijing’s investment is transforming the landscape in Bor — and the lives of the people who call it home.
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5 things we learned following Keir Starmer around China all week
- Dan Bloom
- Jan 30, 2026
The U.K. prime minister had a whale of a time setting Britain on the course of re-engagement — but left plenty of tricky details to be filled in.
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Farage’s Trump lobbying against Chagos deal riles British government
- Sam Blewett
- Jan 30, 2026
The Reform UK leader is among British conservatives pushing hard to get the U.S. president to torpedo the transfer of the strategically vital archipel...