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Fortress Europe? EU leaders (once again) head to a castle for high-stakes talks

(Gerardo Fortuna - Politico) When the going gets tough, EU leaders pull up the drawbridge and lock themselves away behind fortified walls. From Russia’s...

NATO deploys to Greenland to keep Trump onside

(Victor Jack - Politico) NATO is beefing up its Arctic presence in a move designed less to deter Russia than it is to deter...

Personal data is the new battleground for democracy

(Frank H. McCourt Jr. - Politico) At the height of the Cold War, a man named Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin convened the West’s leading security...

Von der Leyen and Merz clash over future of EU’s core climate law

(Zia Weise - Politico) Ursula von der Leyen has come to the defense of the European Union’s embattled carbon market, hitting back at complaints...

Le Pen stuck on French election sidelines until July 7

(Victor Goury-Laffont and Sarah Paillou - Politico) As the French presidential election campaign kicks into gear unusually early ahead of the 2027 ballot, the...

House Republicans rebuke Trump on Canada tariffs

(Kate Santaliz - Axios) Half a dozen House Republicans voted with the majority of Democrats on Wednesday to overturn President Trump's tariffs on Canada....

Sizing up Trump’s military move to revive coal’s fortunes

(Ben Geman, Rebecca Falconer - Axios) The Trump administration is harnessing military purchase power in some of its most aggressive attempts to stem or...

5 reasons Keir Starmer is clinging to power … for now

(Andrew McDonald and Noah Keate - Politico) Keir Starmer has lost two of his top team, faced a public call for his resignation from...

European chemical giants plot to weaken EU’s flagship climate policy

(Jakob Weizman - Politico) Europe's huge chemicals sector is campaigning to weaken the European Union's most important climate policy — and Brussels is listening....

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