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Commission chief is not running in MEP elections but is doing all she can to boost increasingly shaky bid for second term

Even her toughest opponents admit she’s played it cleverly. Yet the long-term aims of Italy’s prime minister remain unclear, writes Jon Henley

French far right leader suggests alliance of ID and ECR groups, including Italian PM’s Brothers of Italy

ID group of populist parties cuts off Alternative für Deutschland after its candidate’s comments that SS were ‘not all criminals’

Frontrunner to be European Commission president was questioned over alliances with Meloni and others in face-off with rival candidates

Europe's far-right figureheads Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni are hinting they could join forces following this summer's EU elections, after Le Pen's French party announced a break with its radical German ally AfD. The overtures presage a possible reconfiguration of nationalist parties' alliances after voters decide the next European…

The EU may not want to break out the champagne just yet, as impecunious European consumers cutting back imports are partly responsible.

Researcher uncovers vast Facebook campaign and accuses Meta of ‘lack of willingness’ to counter it

Analysts question whether EU grants to Lebanon have anything to do with getting its economy out of the hole it is in.