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‘You can’t win’: Ireland’s football team to play Israel despite player protest
DUBLIN — Ireland’s football players voted behind closed doors Saturday to proceed with their match against Israel — but their coach conceded that his squad was close to “breaking” over the matter.
Trump rejects Iran’s latest Strait of Hormuz deal offer
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Friday said his country is offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and resume talks on its nuclear program in exchange for concessions from Washington.
Trump’s G20 invite to Putin is an ‘opportunity,’ German foreign minister says
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul Friday said that the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a G20 meeting could be the start of “serious negotiations” to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Von der Leyen ally slams EU Commission’s AI response
The European Commission has failed to keep pace with AI developments, Axel Voss, a key German conservative lawmaker on tech policy, said in an interview.
EU Parliament president urges Germany to do deal in US drug pricing dispute
A deal between Washington and Berlin is needed to avoid an "impossible" race on drugs, Roberta Metsola told POLITICO.
Le Pen says she won’t leave NATO until Russia’s war in Ukraine ends
PARIS — Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen still wants to take France out of NATO’s integrated command — but won’t do so while Russia’s war in Ukraine still rages on.
Marine Le Pen : “Une crise obligataire peut se déclencher du jour au lendemain”
Pour la candidate du Rassemblement national, “une crise obligataire peut se déclencher du jour au lendemain”, au vu de l’état des finances publiques françaises. Invitée du sommet Playbook P
Marine Le Pen : l’interdiction des exportations américaines de diesel aurait des conséquences “incalculables”
PARIS — Une interdiction des exportations américaines de diesel aurait des conséquences “absolument incalculables” pour les consommateurs français, a déclaré Marine Le Pen lors d’un entretien à POLITICO.
Paris Playbook summit: Live updates
PARIS — French presidential candidates Gabriel Attal, Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon will all take the stage Thursday for interviews at POLITICO’s first-ever Playbook Paris event.
Poland says Starlink fire was sabotage
The fire at a Starlink ground station near Warsaw on Wednesday night was an act of sabotage and part of hybrid warfare against Poland, Digital Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said Thursday morning.
Mélenchon’s allies try to temper his debt write-off rhetoric
Economic advisers to the far-left candidate are attempting to shift the debate as their champion calls to write off parts of France's sovereign debt.
Poland scrambles jets after Russian helicopter breaches its airspace
A Russian Mi-8 helicopter briefly violated Polish airspace near the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday, prompting Warsaw to scramble its fighter jets.
EU’s Ribera joins push for first woman to lead UN
European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera on Wednesday signaled support for a woman becoming the next U.N. secretary-general for the first time in the organization’s history.
German police official Jürgen Ebner selected to lead Europol
German police official Jürgen Ebner has been selected to become the next executive director of Europol, putting the longtime agency insider on track to lead Europe’s increasingly powerful law enforcement body.
EU Commission seeks to release Hungary’s frozen funds
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed unblocking €4.2 billion in cohesion funding for Hungary, frozen in 2022 over rule-of-law violations under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government.
Germany wants PAC-3 missile production in Europe, Pistorius says
BERLIN — Germany is keen for one of the main missiles used by the U.S.-made Patriot air-defense system to be produced in Europe, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday, as demand for the weapons surges across NATO and in Ukraine.
Azerbaijan frees French prisoner after EU lifts sanctions on Russian billionaire
French citizen Martin Ryan is being released from Azerbaijani prison, one day after Paris successfully lobbied Brussels to lift sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov.
France extends fuel subsidies to shield consumers from skyrocketing energy prices
PARIS — The French government said Tuesday it would spend €450 million to extend fuel subsidies until the end of the year to help companies and workers affected by the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East.
Nothing ‘to be ashamed of’: EU center right clashes with Socialists over far-right votes
The center-right European People’s Party won’t rule out voting with the far right to deliver its policy agenda, even as Social Democrats and Liberals increase calls for an ironclad centrist coalition deal, according to Finnish EPP delegation chief Mika Aaltola.
US fighter jet crashes at air base in western Germany
An F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet assigned to the U.S. Air Force’s 52nd Fighter Wing crashed at Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany on Tuesday afternoon.
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