Europe

Donald Trump’s statement that Kyiv “started” the war Russia launched on Ukraine has left Europeans dumbstruck, with one British government aide simply responding, “Jesus.” On Tuesday night, the U.S. president...

BRUSSELS — The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner Michael O’Flaherty told POLITICO on Wednesday that the current political climate troubles him like never before. “I’ve worked in the field...

SMARDAN, Romania — members continued their largest combat exercises of 2025 on Wednesday, testing their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale forces on the 32-nation alliance’s eastern border as worries grow...

LONDON — Boris Johnson urged European leaders not to take Donald Trump’s blaming of the Ukrainians for their country’s own invasion too literally. Trump on Tuesday mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Guy Verhofstadt is a former MEP and president of European Movement International. Domènec Ruiz Devesa is a former MEP and president of the Union of European Federalists. Every cloud has...

BRUSSELS — European and other world leaders are planning to hold a second emergency summit in Paris on Wednesday as pressure grows to forge a cohesive response to Donald Trump’s...

A group of European leaders convened in Paris for an emergency meeting on Monday, still reeling from a weekend during which their long-standing ability to rely on the United States...

ROME — The Vatican announced Monday afternoon Pope Francis’ hospital stay would be extended for an indefinite period of time, citing a “complex” clinical condition due to an infection of...

As the deadliest war in Europe since World War II rages in Ukraine, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and other European leaders are alarmed and dismayed at being shut out...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, told POLITICO he’s “very worried” the European Union is heading for another financial crisis because governments have taken on too much debt....