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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, January 9, 2023.
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Unlikely allies: Von der Leyen and Meloni's potential partnership

As the dust settles from last weekend’s EU Parliament elections, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is holding all the cards, and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is preparing to kiss the ring.

Marine Le Pen
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Le Pen looks to put the sword to Macron

With just three months until the European Parliament elections, France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen opened her campaign on Sunday with a commanding lead over her main rivals.

Olaf Scholz popping out of a toaster, surrounded by burnt toast.
by ian bremmer

Why Olaf Scholz smells like toast

When Olaf Scholz replaced Angela Merkel as Germany’s chancellor in 2021, hopes were high, in Germany and beyond, that a shift to new leadership might reinvigorate the nation at the heart of Europe.

Traffic jam from French farmer protests.
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Why European farmers are furious

Farmers are flocking to Paris in response to the new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s agricultural policy announcement. And they aren’t coming to say merci.