The far right's election gains rattle EU's traditional powers, leading Macron to call snap polls
Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections.
German exit polls point to far-right gains in European election and a weak government showing
Exit polls point to very weak results for Germanyโs governing parties and gains for the far-right Alternative for Germany in Sundayโs vote for the European Parliament, while the mainstream conservative opposition is set to remain the countryโs strongest political force in the legislature.
Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political leaders
A new report from a digital civil rights group has found that publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily weaponized to churn out convincing election lies in the voices of top American and European politicians.
EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration
The European Union has announced an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros โ about $1.06 billion โ that will mostly go to strengthening border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus and Italy.
EU proposes youth mobility agreement with UK to help youngsters travel, work and live in both areas
The European Commission is proposing to open negotiations with the United Kingdom to allow young people to move freely, work and study in both regions after Brexit โ the U.K.โs departure from the EU four years ago.
The European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration
The European Union has announced a 7.4 billion-euro or $8 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores.
A ship with Gaza aid is preparing to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to the war-ravaged strip
A ship bearing humanitarian aid is making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza after international donors launched a sea corridor to supply aid for the besieged territory facing widespread hunger after five months of war.
Top EU official says decisions coming next week on the release of massive funds for Poland
The head of the European Unionโs powerful Commission says decisions will be taken soon to release billions of euros to Poland, funds frozen by the bloc over the previous Polish governmentโs anti-EU policies.
French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron
Protests by French farmers are snowballing and creeping closer to Paris, ratcheting up pressure for government measures to protect the influential agricultural sector from foreign competition, red tape, rising costs and poverty-levels of pay.
Hungary has fired the national museum director over LGBTQ+ content in World Press Photo exhibition
Hungaryโs cultural minister has fired the director of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest and accused him of failing to comply with a contentious law that bans the display of LGBTQ+ content to minors.
Italy's far-right Premier Meloni defies fears of harming democracy and clashing with the EU
When Giorgia Meloni took office a year ago as the first far-right premier in Italyโs post-war history, many in Europe worried about the prospect of the countryโs democratic backsliding and resistance to European Union rules.
European Union offers a new growth plan to Western Balkans that partly opens access to single market
European Union leaders have offered a new growth plan to the six Western Balkans countries that opens parts of the EU single market to them in return for deep reforms, ahead of their full membership in the bloc.
Divisions over the Ukraine war cause a rift at EU-LatAm summit that was supposed to be a love-in
European Union and Latin American leaders have concluded a summit that was supposed to be a love-in after eight years of separation, but instead ended with aggravation over the failure to unanimously support even a bland statement on Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine.
European Union and Tunisia announce progress in building economic and trade ties, and on migration
European leaders and Tunisiaโs president have announced progress in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often lethal smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea.
Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to US
The European Union has signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of peopleโs personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies.
Allies pledge billions for Ukraine rebuilding and seek big-business investment at London conference
Ukraineโs allies have pledged several billion dollars in non-military aid to rebuild the countryโs war-ravaged infrastructure, cut corruption and help pave its road to eventual membership in the European Union.
European summit opens in Moldova with Ukraine war, regional conflicts on agenda
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived at a sprawling summit of some 50 European leaders in Moldova, becoming the focal point of an event that seeks to quell regional conflicts and shore up unity in the face of Russiaโs war.
Biden meeting with Indo-Pacific leaders at G7 summit while confronting stalemate over US debt limit
President Joe Biden is seeking to rally regional cooperation against China on the margins of the Group of Seven summit in Japan, while confronting a stalemate back in Washington over how to ensure the U.S. avoids default.
Council of Europe summit in Iceland seeks to hold Russia to account for Ukraine war
Leaders from across the continent are heading toward Iceland for a rare summit of the 46-nation Council of Europe that will once more step up support for member state Ukraine and condemn expelled Russia for inflicting war on its neighbor.
Biden, EU leader launch talks to ease rift on EV subsidies
President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to open negotiations between the U.S. and the EU on boosting the use of European minerals in the production of batteries for electrical vehicles that are eligible for U.S. tax credits.
EU outlines plan for clean tech future boosted by subsidies
The European Union is pushing forward with a major clean tech industrial plan that not only should keep the continent in the vanguard of plotting a greener future but also guarantee its economic survival as it faces challenges from China and the United States.
At Davos, Ukraine's first lady urges support for her nation
Ukraineโs first lady is pressing world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forumโs annual gathering to do more to help her country at a time when Russiaโs invasion is leaving children dying and the world struggling with food insecurity.
EU chief calls for harmonized ethics rules amid scandal
The European Unionโs top official has called for the creation of an independent ethics body covering all of the blocโs institutions and said corruption allegations involving a vice president of the EU legislature were of โutmost concern.โ.