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Armed only with a healthy appetite and a small wooden fork, our intrepid reporter set out to answer the question: Where can you get the best fries? By MARI ECCLESin Brussels Illustration by Guillem Casasús for POLITICO This article is part of the Brussels guide special report. Everyone knows Belgium is famous for one thing: […]
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BERLIN — German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser will on Wednesday announce temporary checks on Germany’s borders with Poland and the Czech Republic in an attempt to curb an influx of asylum seekers, a German official told POLITICO. These “temporary controls at selected border crossings” will begin “within the next days,” the official added. German leaders […]
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The United States has concluded that a weekend attack by suspected Serbian militia in northern Kosovo, leaving one officer and three gunmen dead, was intended to destabilize the region and is warning of potential further escalation between the longtime enemies. “We know it was coordinated and sophisticated,” U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Jeffrey M. Hovenier […]
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European football’s governing body UEFA on Tuesday announced it would re-admit Russian youth teams into continental football competitions during this season. Russian international and club teams have been banned by UEFA since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but that is now set to change once the governing body finds […]
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OTTAWA, Ont. — The Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned on Tuesday after quick and fierce backlash for honoring a man who fought in a Nazi division during World War II. Anthony Rota made a sudden but not unexpected announcement to the House of Commons to express “profound regret” and said he would step […]
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Anchal Vohra is a Brussels-based columnist for Foreign Policy magazine and writes about Europe, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific. Since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, Western democracies have kept silent on the country’s democratic backsliding — mainly to keep him onside against China, but also to push through trade deals and gain […]
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Walter Ellis is a Northern Ireland-born, France-based journalist and commentator. He’s the author of “The Beginning of the End: The Crippling Disadvantage of a Happy Irish Childhood.” The thoughts of Henry VIII, king of England from 1509 to 1547, on the subject of today’s electric cars and gas boilers can only be imagined. What is […]
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LONDON — Actress Bette Midler once said that “with the right footwear one can rule the world.” Delegates heading to Britain’s political party conferences this month might settle for the less lofty ambition of dry, blister-free feet. Matching practicality with looking the part at these annual gatherings of decision-makers, activists, lobbyists and journalists is no mean […]
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LONDON — Four days in a stuffy conference center surrounded by political nerds: It’s enough to make lukewarm wine appealing. “It’s Glastonbury for geeks,” Labour adviser Matthew Torbitt said of Britain’s party conference season, in full swing this weekend as the Tories gather in Manchester. Just switch world-famous headliners and dawn raves for earnest panel […]
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Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman has never seen a scenario like this week: “Not in real life — in movies. It’s crazy.” It’s practically a national adage to say that Congress is wracked by dysfunction. Yet in the days leading up to Sunday’s potential shutdown, the House and the Senate are witnessing a cinematic parade of […]
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