Embattled Macron struggles to reconnect with France – POLITICO
admin DUNKIRK, France — Emmanuel Macron couldn’t have hoped for a more engaging crowd. A group of women — workers with hard helmets and protective gear — were asking for a…
Turkey votes again, with Erdoğan poised to extend his rule – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Voting has closed in Turkey, in one of the most significant elections in the world this year, with President…
Turkey’s Erdoğan wins again – POLITICO
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set for another five years as Turkey’s president after winning a divisive election that at one point seemed to threaten his hold on power. The 69-year-old,…
What Erdoğan does next – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. After two decades in power, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan consolidated his dominance over Turkish politics with victory in Sunday’s presidential…
Erdoğan finds a scapegoat in Turkey’s election: LGBTQ+ people – POLITICO
ISTANBUL — To President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s LGBTQ+ community represents “deviant structures” and a “virus of heresy.” In the run-up to Sunday’s too-close-to-call election, he has ramped up his…
How French pensions revolt could wreck his presidency – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron will face a moment of reckoning Thursday as lawmakers gear up for a…
The strengths and weaknesses of Volodymyr Zelenskyy – POLITICO
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. In the weeks leading up to Russia’s invasion, senior Ukraine opposition politicians and former ministers were brimming with frustration. They’d been imploring…
UK should have ‘done more earlier’ to counter Vladimir Putin – POLITICO
LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss argued the U.K. should have “done more earlier” to counter Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric before he invaded Ukraine, and said the West depended…
Ukraine wants to join EU within two years, PM says – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has a tight two-year timetable for securing EU membership that is bound to dominate…
The Ukrainian journalists’ dilemma – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. When a major corruption scandal broke in Ukraine last weekend, reporters faced an excruciating dilemma between professional duty and…
