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As the WTO flounders, the world’s middle powers go their own way
- Caroline Hug
- Mar 30, 2026
After another failure to reform the stricken global trade body, coalitions form to bypass its consensus-based rulebook.
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‘Don’t make me chase you’: Leaked texts reveal how Russian spies recruit, pressure and run their informants
- Eva Hartog
- Mar 30, 2026
A cache of messages and recordings offers rare insight into Moscow’s efforts to infiltrate opposition groups in Europe.
- Politics
5 ways the EU could cope with Hungary if Orbán wins again
- Gerardo Fortuna, Jacopo Barigazzi
- Mar 30, 2026
From less unanimous decision-making to informal sidelining, EU countries are already weighing how to move ahead without Hungary if Viktor Orbán wins r...
- Politics
How Viktor Orbán became Putin’s best friend in the EU
- Jamie Dettmer
- Mar 30, 2026
From liberal dissident to MAGA darling, the transformation of the prime minister who brought Budapest back into Moscow’s orbit.
- Politics
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.
- Politics
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...
- Politics
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.
- Politics
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...
- Politics
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.
- Politics
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.
- Politics
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...