China: the ‘abusive’ partner the EU just can’t quit?

Is the EU finally ready to get serious about China? That’s the question increasingly dominating conversations in Brussels as fears grow that Europe is being squeezed by Beijing’s industrial machine…

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The ban threat facing Europe’s far right

Europe’s far right is yet again under the microscope as a European Parliament watchdog moves to ban the Alternative for Germany’s EU party. On the show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton discuss …

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Kallas, von der Leyen and the rivalry over EU intelligence

Brussels is beefing up its intelligence machinery. Zoya Sheftalovich and Kathryn Carlson talk about the growing role of INTCEN — the EU’s little-known intelligence-analysis hub inside the European …

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Should Europe talk to Putin?

Europe is still reeling from the recent drone incursions into Baltic airspace. In a show of solidarity, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius are in Li…

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France bans Israel’s Ben-Gvir from entry

French Foreign Minister Barrot also called for EU sanctions on the far-right Israeli minister, who has been widely criticized for taunting activists aboard the Global Sumud flotilla.

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Europe races to make it harder for Trump to rattle NATO

European leaders tested solutions to NATO’s new problem: how to handle an America that can both anchor the alliance and shake it.

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Poland’s fugitive former justice minister can’t rest easy in the US

Zbigniew Ziobro is in the U.S. on a journalist visa, and Polish authorities want him home to face 26 criminal charges.

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EU reportedly nixes UK pitch for single market in goods

The proposal comes as Britain’s embattled prime minister has vowed to put his country at the heart of Europe again.

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Why are drones suddenly terrifying Europe?

With drone alerts, emergency shelters and fighter jets over the Baltics, Europe’s security fears suddenly feel much less theoretical at the GLOBSEC forum in Prague. On the ground in Czechia for the…

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Brussels wanted less red tape. It hasn’t proved as easy as that.

Brussels is discovering that cutting red tape may be harder without actual experts in the room. As the EU races ahead with its deregulation drive, concerns are growing over rushed lawmaking, weaker…

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