EUROPEAN POLITICS
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen finally met US President Donald Trump in Rome on Saturday, with plans underway for a formal meeting between the two. A video published by the Italian daily La Stampa on Saturday showed Trump,…
BUCHAREST – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched an international tender on Monday to find a new investor for Moldova’s main seaport, Giurgiulesti. Romania has expressed interest in the strategically located port on the Danube. Following Russia’s…
BUCHAREST – A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation of four Republicans and four Democrats arrived in Romania on Monday to meet with Bucharest officials. The talks will focus on last November’s presidential election, the upcoming elections in May and Washington’s recent…
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BRUSSELS – Britain and France said they planned to speed up military planning for a European “support force” to help stop the fire in Ukraine, but a lack of U.S. backing is making progress difficult. The French and British defence…
BERLIN – Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said he would travel to Paris and Warsaw as soon as possible and coordinate closely with both capitals to counter Donald Trump. In an interview with German tabloid Bild published on Sunday, Merz…
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Hello and happy Friday! Owen Morgan here, deputy editor at Euractiv. This is this week’s news: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – where you decide which is which. Let’s dive into a story that has featured all three…
Greece’s centre-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a cabinet reshuffle today as his New Democracy party continues to fall in opinion polls. Last week, the government narrowly avoided a no-confidence vote brought by the opposition over its alleged cover-up of…
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Germany’s Christian Democrats and Social Democrats are ready to begin formal coalition talks after preliminary talks concluded positively. Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s federal elections last month, told reporters on Saturday that preliminary talks on…
ABOVE THE TRUMBLEY Europe’s leaders are a fickle lot. After years of complaining about former European Council President Charles Michel, whom they saw as a self-aggrandizer who lacked either the diplomatic aplomb or the organizational acumen to get the job…