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Plant die Union plötzlich eine Bürgerversicherung für alle? Im 200-Sekunden-Interview stellt die CDU-Generalsekretärin Franziska Hoppermann klar, was wirklich hinter den Plänen steckt und wie die Partei das…
Read moreRomania’s political deadlock risks handing power to far right, PM nominee warns
Mureșan acknowledged that the far-right faction is now polling at around 35 percent, compared to just 21 percent for his own center-right PNL. “Early elections are not my preferred option,” said Mureșan. “I believe that…
Read moreBurnham passes his first Trump test — but papers over the cracks
But it also shows how far his relationship with Trump fell after his initial attempts to please the president in early 2025. Burnham had the benefit of a fresh start, and ahead of his first meeting with Trump, British…
Read moreFriedrich Merz has a Friedrich Merz problem
When we first met, at a dinner in 2022 to discuss Germany’s laggardly response to the war in Ukraine, I pressed Merz — then opposition leader — on why he had not pushed then Chancellor Olaf Scholz harder to send…
Read more‘Sweden is back’: Magdalena Andersson has big plans for Europe
“With Russia still waging war in Ukraine, we have an unpredictable United States, and we have China trying to step forward — we really need the European Union to be strong.” Sweden has an influential voice in European…
Read moreBritain’s prisoner release scheme spooks EU neighbors
“The FCDO always says talk to the Home Office,” the person said. “The Home Office says we should speak to FCDO — and the Cabinet Office says it has nothing to do with them.” A third diplomat called it “a tricky…
Read moreTrump’s Greenland deal, explained
in the 1950s and the other is a small Danish installation that currently houses sled dogs. It depends on what the Pentagon would want to use the bases for, but most likely projects are new air defense and radar…
Read moreFar-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Hundreds of protesters gathered early on Tuesday evening at Gosport in Hampshire , aiming to disrupt the planned disembarkation of asylum seekers, but the Border Force vessels carrying them landed instead in Dover early…
Read moreCarney pledges $100M in aid for Palestinians at UNGA
“In Gaza, immense human suffering continues,” Mark Carney said. Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN/AFP via Getty Images By Jalen Beckford 09/22/2026 07:09 PM EDT Add POLITICO on Google Share Copy link X Facebook Email Reddit…
Read moreEngland’s mayors should face greater scrutiny as powers expand, thinktank says
Ministers will set out plans next month to give regional leaders control over potentially billions of pounds of additional funding under a "transformational" shift of power outside Whitehall. From 2028, mayors will be…
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