European leaders have three main options for responding to the Trump administrationâs economic threats. If they donât get it right, Trump may be emboldened to take over Greenland....
European leaders have three main options for responding to the Trump administrationâs economic threats. If they donât get it right, Trump may be emboldened to take over Greenland....
Drones, spies and extremists? Bundestag President Julia Klöckner sounds the alarm on security gaps threatening Germanyâs democracy. Her proposals could hit the far-right AfD party the hardest....
A record number of 11 candidates are running in Sunday's presidential elections in Portugal, with a populist leader set to bring another political breakthrough to Europe's rising far-right parties....
A Paris appeal court will decide whether the far-right figurehead can run for president in 2027, as attention increasingly turns to her 30-year-old protégé and MEP Jordan Bardella....
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U.S. President Donald Trump insisted he wants to âget Greenland, including right, title and ownership,â but he said he wouldnât employ force to achieve that â using his speech Wednesday at the World E...
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US President Donald Trump insisted he wants to âget Greenland, including right, title and ownership,â but said he wouldnât employ force to achieve that, only a few days after threatening several Europ...
French PM Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday forced part of of a highly-contested budget bill through parliament without a vote by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution. FRANCE 24's James André said two...
France's Prime Minister SĂ©bastien Lecornu invoked Article 49.3 of the Constitution on Tuesday to force part of his 2026 budget âbill through the deeply divided lower house of parliament âwithout a vot...
Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions hang in the balance as the French far-right leader goes to court to appeal against an embezzlement conviction, which barred her from running for office for five ...
French Prime Minister SĂ©bastien Lecornu survived two votes of no-confidence from the far left and the far right after three months of political deadlock over the budget. The PM had triggered these vot...