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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.
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Australia trade deal brings back Macron’s Mercosur nightmare
- Giorgio Leali
- Mar 25, 2026
France's trade minister tells POLITICO that the EU-Australia deal is "balanced" despite mounting opposition from farmers.
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Ribera emphasizes EU sovereignty while deepening Silicon Valley ties
- Christine Mui, Chase DiFeliciantonio
- Mar 25, 2026
After meetings with top Silicon Valley executives, Teresa Ribera doubled down on red lines around mixing the EU’s tech rules with trade negotiations w...
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Après l’avoir sabordée, Donald Trump se réengage discrètement à l’OMC
- Caroline Hug
- Mar 25, 2026
Washington a lancé une campagne discrète pour faire pencher les règles du commerce mondial en sa faveur.
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UK-Swiss trade deal held up over pharma row
- Sophie Inge, Caroline Hug
- Mar 25, 2026
British government departments are split over the issue.
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EU Commission loses another access to documents court case
- Mari Eccles, Bartosz Brzeziński
- Mar 25, 2026
NGO ClientEarth asked to see documents about a controversial pesticide approval, which the EU executive refused.
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Trump’s ‘absurdly incoherent’ Iran pleas leave allies befuddled
- Victor Jack, Chris Lunday, Esther Webber
- Mar 25, 2026
European countries have ruled out helping secure the Strait of Hormuz until the conflict is over — but also haven't received any specific requests for...
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$500 and a trip abroad: How recruits end up in Russian sabotage training camps
- Marion Solletty
- Mar 25, 2026
Court cases in Moldova are lifting the curtain on Russia’s transnational network to recruit, train and deploy spies and saboteurs.
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Belgium deploys soldiers to protect Jewish sites and combat crime
- Ferdinand Knapp
- Mar 24, 2026
Interior Minister Bernard Quintin says "I don't want to wait for that moment" that someone is injured in another antisemitic attack in the country.