EU
Prosecutors seek jail sentence for Marine Le Pen over EU jobs scandal
The request puts the French far-right leader’s ability to participate in the 2027 presidential race at stake.
- by Sylvie Corbet
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Opinion
World markets
Trump sent markets soaring but there was one danger sign
Amid the near-euphoria in financial markets that erupted when it became clear that Donald Trump had regained the US presidency, there was one warning sign.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Donald Trump has set off alarm bells in Europe and China
The EU and China are hastily drawing up their plans for retaliation should Trump win next week’s US election and press ahead with his plans to launch a global trade war.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Moldova chooses EU over Russia in ‘unfair fight’ involving vote buying
President Maia Sandu says “unprecedented” meddling by criminal groups had tried to buy off 300,000 votes and keep the country in Russia’s orbit.
- by Tom Balmforth and Alexander Tanas
Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos
The chief of MI6, Britain’s foreign-intelligence agency, says Russian intelligence services “have gone a bit feral”.
- by The Economist
Opinion
Trade wars
Europe opens an EV front in the world’s escalating trade wars
The European Union has followed through on its threat to impose heavy tariffs on imports of electric vehicles from China, raising the prospect of Chinese retaliation.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Far-right in Europe now a phenomenon the mainstream cannot ignore
Austria’s Freedom Party is the latest far-right party to win a European election, as disaffected young voters turn their backs on mainstream parties.
- by Rob Harris
Marine Le Pen and her party face court over fake EU jobs scandal
As well as a maximum 10-year prison term and $1.6 million fine, the misuse of public funds also carries a potential five-year ban from public office.
- by Henry Samuel
Russian offers cash to voters to keep Moldova out of the EU
The Ukraine-neighbouring country started the process for membership earlier this year. The next step is a referendum. A Russian oligarch has other ideas.
- by Alexander Tanas
Opinion
Opinion
Italian job: The sharemarket raid that has sent shockwaves through Europe
An “unfriendly attack” on a German bank is testing the mettle of a very fragile Europe.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘We want one Palestine’: EU, Arab nations launch alliance for independent state
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged all countries to take practical measures “to bring about the free Palestine next to a secure Israel”.
- by Edith Lederer
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