An AI firm harvested billions of photos without consent. Britain is powerless to act (www.politico.eu)
Hungary demands EU action against Ukraine as Russian oil spat escalates (www.politico.eu)
Budapest argues it’s facing an energy crunch after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Moscow’s oil transiting the country....
Why Donald Trump ‘hates Ukraine’: The once and possibly future U.S. president blames the country for his political woes (www.politico.eu)
Donald Trump doesn’t easily forgive or forget....
Draft-dodging plagues Ukraine as Kyiv faces acute soldier shortage (www.politico.eu)
An early burst of patriotic fervor saw draft centers swamped with volunteers, but that has waned with Vladimir Putin’s war in its third year....
‘Everything indicates’ Chinese ship damaged Baltic pipeline on purpose, Finland says (www.politico.eu)
BRUSSELS — As the investigation into damage to Baltic Sea critical infrastructure continues, Finland’s Minister of European Affairs Anders Adlercreutz said it’s hard to believe sabotage to the undersea gas pipeline was accidental — or that it happened without Beijing’s knowledge....
UK parliament calls Taiwan ‘independent country’ as Cleverly visits China (www.politico.eu)
The British parliament has for the first time referred to Taiwan as an “independent country” in an official document, breaking a political taboo as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visits China this week....
Ukraine is ‘freaking out’ as McCarthy chaos threatens US aid (www.politico.eu)
Putin has ‘both eyes’ on Gotland, warns Sweden’s army chief (www.politico.eu)
After being demilitarized in 2005, Sweden re-introduced permanent troops to Gotland in 2016, following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Sweden also became NATO’s newest member in March — meaning it is covered by the alliance’s Article 5 guarantee that all other members come to each other’s...
France riles allies by inviting Russia to D-Day commemoration (www.politico.eu)
Vladimir Putin is not on the guest list, but Russian representatives have been invited to take part in WWII anniversary ceremony....
Barcelona is parched — and angry at quenched tourists (www.politico.eu)
The yawning gap between locals’ and visitors’ consumption is stoking long-standing resentments ahead of an election....
Attacks on German politicians stir memories of Nazi past (www.politico.eu)
Recent assaults spark national debate over Germany’s increasingly raw political climate, with some seeing echoes of its dark history....
How a second Trump presidency could tear Europe apart (www.politico.eu)
The former president’s return would cement a shift in the U.S. as a fact that can no longer be ignored....
Viktor Orbán: The EU is blackmailing Hungary (www.politico.eu)
Hungarian PM lashes out at Brussels for holding back billions of euros....
Macron wins shock vote to keep coalition hopes alive (www.politico.eu)
Emmanuel Macron’s party formed a last–minute agreement with right-leaning lawmakers to win a key vote in parliament on Thursday that opens the door to the French president playing a greater-than-expected role in forming the country’s next government....
Poland: We’re ready to host nuclear weapons (www.politico.eu)
UK quit Erasmus because of Brits’ poor language skills (www.politico.eu)
Britain turned down the offer to remain a member of the cultural exchange program after Brexit....
We need to be ready for war with Putin, Romania’s top general says (www.politico.eu)
Gheorghiță Vlad issued a stark warning about the state of the nation’s army, calling for immediate action....
No more ads on Elon’s X, EU Commission tells staff – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)
Latvia PM: Let EU countries with no colonial past lead diplomacy with BRICS+ (www.politico.eu)
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French women voters swing sharply to far right (www.politico.eu)
France’s National Rally has sought to style itself a defender of women’s rights — partly by attacking its traditional bogeyman: immigration....
Why Ukraine is losing the war with Russia (www.politico.eu)
Botswana threatens to deport 20,000 elephants to Germany (www.politico.eu)
Space is the new ‘Wild West.’ The EU is dying to step in and regulate. (www.politico.eu)
The European Commission is gearing up to publish the world’s first comprehensive space law....
Kremlin mopes over French election results (www.politico.eu)
“We do not harbor any special hopes” for improving ties with France, Moscow said....
Iranian President Raisi missing after helicopter goes down (www.politico.eu)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi — often seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei— is missing after his helicopter went down in the northwest of the country on Sunday, officials said....
