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BUSINESS
Schengen Strains Under Dutch Border CrashesÂ
A fatal pile-up at a Dutch checkpoint amid a migrant crisis over Ceuta. Can Schengen survive its own members' choices?
EUROPE
Italy’s Security March Shows the Rightward Mood at Home
The Rome protest by military and police personnel was about pay and pensions on the surface, but it also revealed a deeper political mood: uniformed anger is becoming part of Italy's broader rightward drift.
BUSINESS
Italy Pushes to Weaken Green Rules in the EU Budget
Italy's push to weaken green safeguards in the next EU budget shows how climate policy is increasingly being recast as a competitiveness problem rather than a moral one.
EUROPE
Vannacci Rises as Meloni’s Trump Alliance Frays
Meloni built her authority on being the far-right leader Europe could work with; Vannacci's rise and Trump's humiliation are now dismantling that formula from opposite sides.
WORLD
Populist Divorce: Meloni and the MAGA Civil War
A public break with Trump over Iran and the Pope lifts Meloni's domestic standing, saving her political skin.
Popular
Armenia’s EU Turn is Russia’s Own Making
Armenia's parliament has embraced a European future which Russia's own inertia made almost inevitable.
Ukraine Postpones Elections as Brussels Holds the Line
Zelenskyy brands snap wartime elections a tsunami that would split Ukraine apart, leaving Brussels holding the sharpest check left on Kyiv's power.
Macron Deepens France’s Strategic Partnership with Saudi Arabia
France's embrace of Saudi Arabia argues that strategic and economic interests now outweigh the human-rights concerns that once made the relationship toxic.
Como Bans Bicycles After Mayor Hit
A mayor's collision with an electric bicycle produced a citywide ban. Can personal misfortune justify policy for everyone else?
EU Cybersecurity Rules Create a New Kind of Cyber Slop
EU cybersecurity rules are expanding just as artificial intelligence multiplies digital threats, leaving companies with more alerts and obligations to process.
