TAG: Elections

Von der Leyen expected to announce candidacy for second term on February 19

BERLIN — Ursula von der Leyen will most likely announce her candidacy for a second term as European...

8 months ago

Mob of German farmers accosts top Green as protests escalate

BERLIN — Tensions over Germany's budget crisis escalated significantly late Thursday as a group of a...

8 months ago

Flood risk in Germany reignites coalition fight over debt rules

BERLIN — A widespread risk of floods in Germany has prompted renewed infighting within the country's...

8 months ago

Wolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, dies at 81

Wolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, longstanding senior lawmaker and a key figure beh...

8 months ago

Jeremy Hunt to unveil pre-election budget on March 6

LONDON — Britain's chief finance minister Jeremy Hunt will unveil his next budget on March 6, the U....

8 months ago

Germany’s budget crisis: No clear way forward after coalition misses deadline

BERLIN — The German government missed a self-imposed deadline for reaching a 2024 budget deal Wednes...

8 months ago

Frustrated farmers slam EU ‘technocrats’ who ‘call the shots’ in Brussels protest

BRUSSELS — Benoît Laqueue was one of 100 disgruntled French farmers on a bus headed for the European...

8 months ago

John Kerry’s America First climate legacy

MAGA may really hate John Kerry, but under his leadership U.S. climate diplomacy has stuck to its Am...

8 months ago

UK Labour’s secret love: The oil and gas industry

LONDON — It was an unlikely stage for a political love-in.Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer and Ed Mi...

8 months ago

Rishi Sunak appears to rule out spring UK election

LONDON — Rishi Sunak said his “working assumption” is that he won’t call a U.K. general election unt...

8 months ago

Italian Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni will not run in EU election

BRUSSELS — Italy's European Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told POLITICO he will not run in the Europe...

8 months ago

Europe needs more cash, Belgian PM says

The European Union needs more of its own money, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told POLITI...

8 months ago

Fires and a toppled statue: Farmers clash with police by EU Parliament

BRUSSELS — Police fired water at protesting farmers who clogged the streets of Brussels with tractor...

8 months ago

EU conservatives are fueling far right with Green Deal crusade, Spain’s deputy PM warns

Europe’s center-right leaders assailing green policies are only feeding the rise of a Trump-style po...

8 months ago