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EUROPE
German Manufacturers Stalled EU Climate Progress Through Systemic Lobbying
German car giants preach sustainability to the public, although behind closed doors, they ruthlessly dismantle the very EU climate laws meant to save the planet.
BUSINESS
Buying Access: How the British Government Rewards the Highest Bidder
Eight firms donated over £500k to Labour and won £138m in contracts — exposing Britain’s deepening ties between money and power.
EUROPE
Two Tragedies, One Narrative: How American Politics Crossed the Pond
Days after Charlie Kirk's assassination, 150,000 supporters took to London streets for a new style of British politics despite the different tragedies.
EUROPE
Bringing the Occupation Home: OA4P and Oxford University
Oxford for Palestine brings the occupation home with a mass sit-in that symbolises the challenges Oxford faces from the war in Gaza.
Popular
FCAS: Bilateral Deals Break Expensive Collective Defence
Nine years of industrial warfare have now ended Europe's biggest defence dream, as bilateral deals quietly rewrite the continent's security architecture.
Sovereign AI Fund Picks Blair’s Daughter-in-Law to Lead It
Britain's £500 million Sovereign AI fund has chosen Tony Blair's daughter-in-law to lead it, and the appointment says as much about how power circulates in British tech as it does about the fund's ambitions.
Foreign Capital Flows into Damascus Despite Insecurity
As European trade ties return and energy giants sign deals, Damascus car bombs ask whether stability can coexist with transition.
Cannes 79 Turns Politics Into Atmosphere
The 79th Cannes Film Festival has arrived carrying less confidence in art's neutrality and more pressure to explain what cinema is for in a harder world.
Eurovision’s Israel Problem Reaches a Crisis Point
A New York Times investigation has exposed the full scale of Israel's multi-year campaign to influence the Eurovision vote, pushing the contest into one of the deepest institutional crises in its 70-year history.
