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Who should negotiate with Putin?
Brussels Playbook Week Ender host Sarah Wheaton is on the ground at the European Council summit, where divisions over European Council Presi...
Europe’s budget war starts now
EU leaders arrive in Brussels for a summit dominated by two major debates: How far Europe should go in confronting China and how the bloc sh...
Von der Leyen won't run for a third term. Or will she?
Ursula von der Leyen is only a year and a half into her second term, but Brussels is already whispering about a third. Zoya Sheftalovich and...
The end of Brussels’ most important dinner party
The fight over the EU’s next seven-year budget is heating up. European affairs ministers are meeting in Luxembourg today to discuss the cash...
Bardella warns Brussels he won’t moderate
French presidential hopeful Jordan Bardella wants Brussels to know that if he reaches the Élysée, he won’t follow Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’...
Are voters hopelessly divided or universally angry?
Across Europe, political instability, fragmentation and polarization are increasingly becoming the norm. But how are governments tackling th...
The US embassy's divisive birthday bash
The U.S. embassy’s mega 250th birthday bash in Brussels is one of the most sought-after events for the city’s top brass ... but it’s also dr...
When K-pop diplomacy hits Brussels
South Korea’s president is in Brussels for the first EU-South Korea summit in three years — a visit that starts with K-pop diplomacy but qui...
Can Ireland defend its trade with Russia?
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, heads to Dublin today with awkward questions for Ireland. The country is facing increased scrutiny over...
Albania's 'flamingo revolution' comes to Brussels
The EU is struggling to land a new deal on consumer protections for airline passengers. After a week of intense negotiations that ultimately...
Can Europe quit American Big Tech?
The European Commission has finally unveiled its long-awaited tech sovereignty package — a push to make Europe less dependent on foreign tec...
Is Italy's Giorgia Meloni in trouble?
With a slowing economy, soaring energy costs and mounting pressure on defense spending, PM Giorgia Meloni faces an uphill battle in next yea...
The jobs squeeze facing Europe
Today the Commission will publish its European Semester Spring Package, a checkup on EU countries’ economies. But the news isn’t too good. T...
Who keeps the Russian shadow fleet afloat?
As the EU prepares to target Russia’s shadow fleet in the 21st sanctions package, we’re looking at the system that keeps these ships in busi...
Europe’s toughest migration plan yet
The EU is edging closer to one of its most controversial migration policies yet: sending failed asylum seekers to return hubs outside the bl...
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...
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....
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 li...
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...