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Keir Starmer channels his inner Boris Johnson
LONDON — Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson were the bitterest rivals. Yet it turns out they have one thing in common: a love for windmills bobbing in the ocean. Back in 2020, Johnson, then U.K. prime...
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The European Green Deal must go global
Simone Tagliapietra, Cecilia Trasi and Giovanni Sgaravatti are all researchers at Bruegel. Over the last five years, the European Green Deal has generated a wave of unprecedented legislation, which...
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How did Israel blow up Hezbollah pagers?
Thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies have blown up in the hands of Hezbollah fighters this week, leading the world to ask: What the heck is going on? In an extraordinary display of intelligence and...
View ArticleMiddle East pager attacks ignite fear of supply chain warfare
Attacks on militants’ wireless devices in Lebanon and Syria this week are amping up concern about ways in which the global electronics supply chain can be compromised — and the risks for companies...
View ArticleBulgaria says it didn’t make the exploding pagers
The mystery of the exploding pagers that hit Hezbollah members this week grew on Friday, as Bulgarian authorities denied the detonation devices were manufactured, imported or exported on its...
View ArticleIsrael’s message to Hezbollah is falling on deaf ears
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. “If Hezbollah didn’t get the message, I promise you, it will get the message,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday. The Israeli...
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EU betting on India and Vietnam for chips
Anchal Vohra is a Brussels-based international affairs commentator. Hoping to diversify supply chains and be less dependent on semiconductor chips from either China or Taiwan, Western countries are...
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You could kill the EU, says France. No, you could, Germany replies.
Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz lead the EU’s two biggest economies, sharing a 280-mile border. But when it comes to protecting Europe from global threats, these neighbors may as well be on different...
View ArticleInternational Plasma Awareness Week: Why it matters
This week, we are recognizing International Plasma Awareness Week worldwide. If this is an unfamiliar event, that is precisely why it is so needed. Many people are not yet fully aware of the critical...
View ArticleTaiwan’s ex-President Tsai will visit Brussels next week
BRUSSELS — Taiwan’s ex-President Tsai Ing-wen will visit Brussels next week to meet European Union lawmakers, the first time a former Taiwanese leader has traveled to the EU capital. Tsai, who stepped...
View ArticleWhy Harris isn’t talking about Biden’s accomplishments
President Joe Biden launched a large-scale experiment during his first term, aimed at boosting American manufacturing, expanding green energy, and making the economy more resilient in the face of...
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Woke guns? Banks want weapons badged as a social good
Brace for the latest round of the never-ending culture wars — this time with bombs. Britain’s financial powerhouse, the City of London, is pushing to label money flowing into weapons-makers as...
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Paris seeks to calm Sanofi workers’ fears over American takeover
PARIS — Could it be a case of all bark but no bite? Paris has threatened to use all its heft to ensure the sell-off of part of Sanofi’s over-the-counter business remains producing certain medicines in...
View ArticleParis backs €15B sale of paracetamol-maker to US fund after winning guarantees
PARIS ― The French government said Sunday it is backing the sale of a subsidiary of pharmaceuticals multinational Sanofi that produces over-the-counter drugs to American private equity firm CD&R...
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Britain’s heading for a nuclear power crunch. Blame the French.
LONDON — When Queen Elizabeth II opened the U.K.’s first domestic nuclear power plant in the 1950s, the world came to watch. Scientists and statesmen attended from nearly 40 countries. It was, said...
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The future is bright for beer – given the right policy framework
Julia Leferman | © The Brewers of Europe Europe’s beers are deeply rooted in heritage and innovation. They are embedded in our culture. Crucially, European beer is an engine of growth across the...
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EU’s game plan for Trump trade war: ‘Hit back fast and hard’
WASHINGTON — Fool me twice, shame on me — that’s the motto EU countries are going by as they prepare for a high-stakes, massive trade war with Donald Trump if he wins a second term as U.S. president...
View Article‘Explainer-in-Chief’ Bill Clinton makes the economic case for Kamala Harris
ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina — Last Sunday, the morning after Donald Trump recalled Arnold Palmer’s endowment, Bill Clinton was in a Black megachurch warning parishioners that the price of insulin,...
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Europe’s tech security czar-to-be faces China fight at home
BRUSSELS — Henna Virkkunen, the European Union’s tech and security commissioner nominee, wants the bloc to cut back its dependencies on Chinese technology. She might as well start at home. The...
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Does Germany still believe in Europe?
John Kampfner is a British author, broadcaster and commentator. His latest book is “In Search of Berlin,” published by Atlantic. He is a regular POLITICO columnist. Nobody in Europe showers German...
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