Boiling in Brussels: Climate fights and Orbán...

Energy markets are on edge as Iran tensions disrupt shipping and threaten supply shocks. EU foreign ministers and energy ministers meet in Brussels to discuss what the bloc can actually do to protect global energy flows — and whether it has the tools to act. Meanwhile, Norway is ...  Show more

The mixed messages by President Trump and his administration about how long the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran will last have unnerved allies and shaken European markets. Two weeks into the conflict, EU capitals are asking when it will end and how they can influence what comes nex ...  Show more

Alors que la guerre a fait son retour sur le continent européen depuis février 2022 et l’invasion de l’Ukraine par la Russie, l’élection de Donald Trump, sa politique protectionniste et unilatérale, son rapprochement avec Moscou et au-delà sa remise en question de l’Alliance tran ...  Show more

In the recent European elections, the far right won unprecedented gains. From the success of the AfD in Germany, to Le Pen’s National Rally in France, the elections saw nationalist and eurosceptic parties sweep up nearly a quarter of the seats in the European parliament. In the U ...  Show more

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The final episode of Searching for Deutschland—a special crossover with the World in 30 Minutes—sees experts from Berlin, London, Paris and Warsaw break down the result of Germany’s federal election and discuss what comes next. Coalition negotiations are unde ...