Europe

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.  With the exception of far-right allies like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, European leaders are still scratching their heads, trying to answer...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has picked one of his closest allies to lead France’s highest constitutional authority, just weeks before it is slated to rule on a case...

Autocracies like China and Russia have an advantage over the United States, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday in his first Pentagon town hall. The leaders of those tightly-controlled countries...

Sexually transmitted infections are surging across Europe, with a striking increase in cases of syphilis and gonorrhea, according to the latest figures published Monday by Europe’s disease agency. There were...

PARIS – Arthur Mensch, the co-founder of French artificial intelligence hope Mistral AI, sees a springboard for his company and Europe’s technological hopes in the success of cutting-edge Chinese chatbot...

The chief executive of an Italian salami and prosciutto company died in a helicopter crash in north-central Italy on Wednesday, along with two other victims. Lorenzo Rovagnati, who was the...

A man has been arrested after multiple people were stabbed in the Irish capital of Dublin on Sunday. According to a report from the Irish Times, at least three people...

MOSCOW, Russia – The governor of Russia’s Pacific island region of Sakhalin has declared an emergency after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off its southwest coast. There was no...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bethany Stevens. It has been edited for length and clarity. On July 3rd, my family will leave our home in upstate...

PARIS – The man is insistent: Our ship is in difficulty, so keep your distance, he instructs another vessel over the radio. “Warship on your course,” he says. “I am...