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The 11 MEPs who actually matter
Here are the EU lawmakers to keep your eye on in the new term.
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Meet Lucie Castets, the French PM-hopeful vowing to be a thorn in Macron’s side
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French Olympics rail disruptions could last all weekend
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Macron hopes glitzy Olympics can deliver political breather
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Germany wants a Brexit mega deal
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Macron meets Musk, world’s top executives amid political turmoil and Olympics
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France needs to cut over €100B so it doesn’t end up like Italy
Russian-born man arrested in France over alleged plans to ‘destabilize’ Olympics
Fears of attempted foreign interference in the Olympics linger as the global event is set to begin.
Parisians are pissed as Olympics make it hard to get around town
The city’s residents, already gold medal-level complainers, aren’t too happy about how the Summer Games are affecting their day-to-day lives.
Greece must get an important role in the Commission, prime minister tells von der Leyen
Kyriakos Mitsotakis shows off his growing political strength by calling for Greece to get a key portfolio.
Macron slaps back at left’s bid to govern France
French president tries to rise above the political fray ahead of this month’s Paris Olympic Games.
Here are the world leaders Kamala Harris has on speed dial
Vice President Kamala Harris would enter the White House with working ties with some allied heads of state — others she’d have to build.
France’s far right may work with far left to torpedo Macron’s detested pension reform
Cooperation between mortal enemies could scupper Macron’s controversial pensions reform, which triggered weeks of unrest last year.
French left picks Parisian Lucie Castets as PM candidate after days of bickering
Castets works as a top financial officer for the city of Paris and, like President Emmanuel Macron, graduated from the elite École national d’administration.
This burger could kill the EU
Farmers furious about lab-grown meat are taking their fight to the heart of the European project.
Macron’s shock win doesn’t mean he’ll soon form a government
A deal between the French president’s party and the center-right is under pressure as talks continue.
Next European Political Community summit to be held in Hungary
Next EPC meeting to take place four months from now in Budapest, Keir Starmer says.
Can Ursula von der Leyen save Europe?
The European Commission chief is secretive, controlling, and faces an in-tray from hell over the next five years.
Starmer and Macron: New allies heading in different directions
A U.K. Foreign Office aide said the French president was pleased by how the Brits handled his brainchild summit.
Macron wins shock vote to keep coalition hopes alive
Pro-Macron and center-right lawmakers successfully pulled their votes together to stop the left from grabbing control of the National Assembly.
ECB leaves rates unchanged, keeps door open to September cut
Lagarde shrugs off sticky inflation but takes a gloomier view of the economy.
France’s fractured legislature faces first big hurdle
Could Macron and the right unite to beat the leftist alliance in advancing a president to the lower house of parliament?
How the 2024 Olympics changed Paris
We hand out gold medals and wooden spoons to the French capital.
To do: 6 thorny issues lurking in MEPs’ inboxes
From creating an EU-wide money market to protecting kids online, POLITICO looks at what lies ahead for lawmakers.
The new politics of the Parliament
More right-wing, less green — and less Franco-German power.
Keir Starmer’s Brexit reboot
Thursday’s European leaders’ summit in Oxfordshire is a well-timed opportunity for the new UK prime minister to reset relations.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo calls her Seine dip ‘a dream’
Hidalgo’s long-promised dive into the murky waters have become a running joke amongst Parisians.
Will Meloni’s rage torpedo von der Leyen’s 2nd term?
It won’t be easy for Italy’s PM to back von der Leyen to remain European Commission president in Thursday’s crucial vote.
French government resigns, ushering in indefinite transition period
The Attal administration will now serve as a caretaker government until a new prime minister is appointed.
The French left never had a plan for winning. That could cost them their victory.
If the New Popular Front can’t agree on a prime minister soon, the alliance could fall apart.