Politics
Political news and government affairs
5 steps to get Ukraine into the EU in 2027
Plans to bring Kyiv into the tent before it has completed all reforms and to remove Hungary's veto signal a sense of urgency in Brussels.
Britain’s crisis-hit Keir Starmer survives one more day
Like Conservative Boris Johnson before him, the Labour British prime minister is on borrowed time.
Why Scottish Labour turned against Keir Starmer
The U.K. prime minister had "taken his eye off the ball" on domestic policies even before the latest scandal, one Scottish Labour MP said.
The EU’s secret weapon to shut out Chinese companies
The European Commission will unveil new security measures on access to public funding in March.
Nigel Farage tries to fix his Russia problem
Reform UK is making efforts to shake off its foreign policy headahces, from Putin to Trump.
Europe’s big week of crisis diplomacy
The very future of the continent will be up for debate in a packed few days of top-level talks.
Time for a Brexit reckoning
In order to finally move one, Britain must face the abysmal failure this project has been.
Portuguese leaders defy floods and far right to hold Sunday presidential runoff
Turnout will be decisive in an election marred by devastating storms.
‘It can be survivable’: Inside Keir Starmer’s efforts to stop a coup
The British leader is moving fast to calm his Labour colleagues as the Mandelson scandal threatens to engulf his premiership.
Starmer and McSweeney battled to keep sleazebags out of power. Then they hired Mandelson
The Epstein scandal threatens to destroy the careers of British PM Keir Starmer and his chief of staff, and their mission to restore trust in the Labour Party.
Epstein’s world: Inside his network of wealth, power and hustle
The late convicted sex offender’s private correspondence reveals the methods he used in cozying up to the one-percent.
How Italy’s most polarizing politician hitched his comeback to the Winter Olympics
Matteo Salvini is betting on the infrastructure boost the Games will provide to reassert himself on the national stage, but it may not be that simple.