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Macron wants to ban kids from social media. Can he?

France faces a tricky legal and technological challenge to make a social media prohibition for under-15s happen. 

June 12, 2025 8:03 am CET

Brussels cooks up side deal to melt French Mercosur resistance

A last-minute push is on to add an ‘annex’ to the trade pact with South America to reassure France — and its farmers.

June 12, 2025 6:00 am CET

US’s worldwide popularity plummets thanks to ‘arrogant’ Trump

Survey respondents across 24 countries think Trump is “dangerous” — but also a “strong leader.”

June 11, 2025 6:01 pm CET

French and German lawmakers push for joint border controls

Parliamentarians from both countries are vowing closer cooperation on a range of issues — from the border to AI — in a bid to repair strained ties.

June 11, 2025 4:06 pm CET

You do you, EU tells Macron on banning social media for kids

French president dials up pressure on EU over age verification.

June 11, 2025 2:02 pm CET

EU countries sideline experts in dash to slash green rules

Diplomats warn that leaving experts out of policy discussions on simplifying green regulations will do more harm than good.

June 11, 2025 6:00 am CET

X, Bluesky and Reddit in France’s crosshairs amid porn clampdown

The government wants platforms to remove adult content or implement stricter age verification controls.

June 11, 2025 4:00 am CET

Britain sanctions 2 Israeli ministers for ‘inciting extremist violence’ against Palestinians

Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich’s Gaza comments are “monstrous,” U.K. Foreign Minister David Lammy says.

June 10, 2025 3:46 pm CET

5 things to know about the global ocean summit in Nice

The world’s oceans are sick. Global leaders are in the French Riviera this week to attempt to agree on the cure.

June 10, 2025 2:29 pm CET

As France-Algeria ties sour, supporters of imprisoned writer turn to Europe for help

Writer Boualem Sansal has been in and out of hospital since he was locked up last November.

June 10, 2025 4:00 am CET

Macron won’t rule out fresh elections in France

The French president’s last roll of the electoral dice didn’t end well for him.

June 9, 2025 10:19 pm CET

Macron claims win in fight to save oceans — but there’s work to do

French president celebrates the incoming High Seas Treaty as important tool to help protect the planet.

June 9, 2025 3:19 pm CET
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Macron: Greenland is not up for grabs (nor is Antarctica)

The French president heads to the Arctic island on Sunday.

June 9, 2025 12:07 pm CET

Macron dissolved the French parliament a year ago. How will he surprise us again?

POLITICO makes its super-serious predictions for the French president’s next big surprise.

June 9, 2025 4:01 am CET
Germany Interpreted

Can Merz have an effective foreign policy?

While Merz’s approach has already paid dividends in terms of mood music in the German establishment, in concrete terms, it hasn’t.

June 9, 2025 4:00 am CET

Macron to visit Greenland amid Trump’s continued threats

Trump has repeatedly talked about acquiring Greenland for its mineral reserves and strategic position in the Arctic.

June 7, 2025 3:52 pm CET

France reiterates its military equipment isn’t used in Gaza as protest blocks shipment to Israel

Protest by dock workers highlights the growing pressure on European governments to convince Israel to either scale back or end its bombing campaign in Gaza.

June 6, 2025 1:38 pm CET

French equality minister launches war with Big Tech, flabbergasting digital ministry

Aurore Bergé’s public scolding of industry representatives left insiders shocked and sent Clara Chappaz scrambling to clean up the damage.

June 6, 2025 4:40 am CET

Lula calls on Macron to ‘open your heart’ on Mercosur

There’s bromance in the air, but tensions at the heart of the relationship between the two leaders.  

June 5, 2025 4:02 pm CET

Greenpeace returns stolen Macron wax statue — after one more protest

Activists left it at the Paris headquarters of energy giant EDF to protest France’s imports of Russian energy.

June 4, 2025 1:07 pm CET

Michel Barnier slams ‘authoritarian drift’ in Brussels under Ursula von der Leyen

The former French prime minister feels the Commission president sidelined him in the endgame of Brexit negotiations.

June 4, 2025 4:01 am CET

Macron wax statue stolen from museum then used at protest outside Russian Embassy

Greenpeace said it “borrowed” the statue for its demonstration.

June 2, 2025 5:44 pm CET

France’s historic parties vie for return to two-party politics

Les Républicains and the Socialists, the country’s old establishment parties, see a narrow window to reclaim relevance.

June 2, 2025 4:00 am CET

Trump sparks Europe’s ‘new Enlightenment’ 

The EU aims to grab a rare chance generated by the White House’s repression of U.S. higher education.

June 1, 2025 7:04 am CET
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