Governments, elections, EU geopolitics
Marine Le Pen has returned to the northern stronghold of Hénin-Beaumont in an apparent bid to project stability as National Rally faces a turbulent start to the new political season, even as her personal poll numbers remain resilient.
Paris has moved to ease a diplomatic standoff with Washington that had blocked the accreditation of its nominated ambassador, after a dispute over social media policy unsettled transatlantic relations between the two allies.
British police have banned face coverings at a planned anti-migration protest, invoking public order powers as debate over small-boat Channel crossings continues to dominate the UK political landscape.
The European Parliament’s top competition official has accused the Commission president of overstepping her authority by publicly supporting a significant space sector consolidation before regulators had completed their review.
The European Commission is considering circulating trade deal documents in English only to speed up ratification, but France is reportedly preparing to block the plan over longstanding concerns about the status of other EU languages.
Dublin is preparing a carefully choreographed welcome for the US president, hoping to channel his attention toward the Irish Open and away from anticipated protests.
The UAE state visit to Berlin has exposed sharp tensions over Emirates airline routes, pitting Lufthansa against Gulf aviation ambitions, triggering inter-regional rivalries among German states, and increasing internal pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
The Holborn and St. Pancras by-election, in the seat once held by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is emerging as a pivotal contest between Labour and a Green Party eyeing its next Westminster breakthrough.
Uzbek President Mirziyoyev’s first official visit to Belgrade produced around 20 signed agreements and launched preparations for a free trade deal, as the two nations declared a new strategic partnership spanning energy, transport, and labour mobility.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre confirmed that a drone came alarmingly close to Zelenskyy’s aircraft as the Ukrainian leader flew to Oslo for the state funeral of King Harald V, raising urgent questions about airspace security and the dangers of wartime diplomacy.