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Welcome, Willkommen, to POLITICO’s German election liveblog, where we’ll be bringing you real-time updates as Germans head to the polls. Sunday’s election comes after the three-party governing coalition between Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats, the Greens and the liberal Free Democrats collapsed in November.  The campaign has been dominated by the issue of migration after a series of deadly attacks perpetrated by […]

Thousands of supporters of Bulgaria’s far-right Revival party tried to break into the headquarters of the European Union mission in Sofia during a protest against the country’s plans to adopt the euro in 2026. Around 10 police officers sustained minor injuries and about six people were detained, a senior police official told international media after […]

U.S. and Russian representatives will meet for a second time at some point in the next two weeks, according to Russian state news agency RIA. Citing Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, the news agency reported that the meeting is expected to take place in a third country not yet specified. “A dialogue on strategic […]

Europe’s politicians are openly discussing how they could tackle the threat of nuclear attack without American help, in a dramatic sign of the deep crisis engulfing the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump.  In what would be a huge shift in position, the runaway favorite to be Germany’s next leader said the continent must find new […]

European leaders are working on a military aid package for Ukraine — worth at least €20 billion — to bolster Kyiv as the United States increasingly aligns with Moscow, three EU diplomats told POLITICO. The planned package comes after U.S. President Donald Trump blamed his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for the war in Ukraine, calling him a “dictator” who […]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy an “embattled and courageous leader” on Friday — striking a very different tone on the leader that Trump called a “dictator without elections” just earlier this week. Special envoy Keith Kellogg, who served as national security adviser for former Vice President Mike Pence before stepping in […]

Months-long attempts to form a Brussels regional government hit a deadlock Friday, as lead negotiator David Leisterh handed in his resignation. “After more than eight months, it’s clear that despite all the strength and patience I have been able to put into it … the positions of the different parties do not allow the formation […]

Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, canceled a planned address at the right-wing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington after Steve Bannon made what appeared to be a Nazi salute on stage.  Bannon, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former adviser, was quick to respond to Bardella’s cancellation over his gesture, calling him “a […]

Guy Verhofstadt is a former MEP and president of European Movement International. Domènec Ruiz Devesa is a former MEP and president of the Union of European Federalists. Every cloud has a silver lining. And as Europe is finally faced with the opportunity to build a real European Defence Union amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s disruptive […]

President Donald Trump mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a poor negotiator and “grossly incompetent” Tuesday, as tensions continued to rise over the administration’s direct talks with Russia about ending the war it launched nearly three years ago. The comments come amid criticism from European allies and many American intelligence experts that Ukraine and European […]