France’s social, economic, cultural, religious and political divisions offer fertile ground for the Kremlin’s interference, several policymakers, academics and military officers told POLITICO. Story with @msolletty.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/red-...

The Netherlands is going to the polls today — and, guys, this could become a nail-biter @evahartog.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/how-...

Flemish liberal party Open VLD has a new leader: Frédéric De Gucht, the lead negotiator in the ongoing talks to form a Brussels government and son of former Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, was elected Friday with 91 percent of the vote. “Liberals are in the firing line,” De Gucht said.

Geert Wilders’ one-man rule — and what that means for the Dutch How Europe’s smallest party became the Netherlands’ largest political force. By @evahartog.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/geer...

vdL devoted her first State of the European Union address to her plans to use the pandemic as a catalyst for positive change. Now she says, “Europe must fight.” Text analysis of the two speeches shows how much political narrative has shifted in five short years www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

The lawmaker leading the European Parliament’s work on the EU’s 2040 climate target has filed a motion rejecting the entire proposal, a move other MEPs slammed as “economically illiterate” and “destructive.” www.politico.eu/article/far-...

Dutch elections soon? In a not-so-surprising move Tuesday, far-right firebrand Geert Wilders, who leads the largest party in the Dutch coalition, decided to pull his party out of the government www.politico.eu/article/geer...

49.3 percent to 50.7 percent In an updated exit poll in Poland's presidential runoff, nationalist Karol Nawrocki edges ahead of centrist Rafał Trzaskowski via @wojciechkosc.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/libe...

50.3 percent vs 49.7 percent An exit poll puts centrist Rafał Trzaskowski very (VERY) slightly ahead of his populist rival Karol Nawrocki in Poland’s presidential election, within the poll's margin of error via @wojciechkosc.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/libe...

After an unprecedented (and embarrassing) failure to get elected in the first voting round

Romania's Nicușor Dan, the independent centrist mayor of Bucharest, goes into the May 18 second round of the presidential election as the underdog against George Simion, a self-declared “Trumpist” who wants to cut military aid to Ukraine. www.politico.eu/article/cent...

NEW: Donald Trump’s demand for Greenland is no 19th-century imperial throwback. Rather it signals a hypermodern reality: a world transforming thanks to climate change, with China, Russia and the United States jostling to take advantage. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Some great data and charts in the EU's climate action progress report, out today: climate.ec.europa.eu/system/files...

Poles vote Sunday to elect a new government in a race that could convulse the EU. Here is everything you need to know about the October 15 general election 👇

Here are the latest polling trends for the Polish parliamentary election on October 15:

Free movement is one of the EU's most celebrated principles, but the bloc isn't so well-equipped to deal with its drawbacks. A spiraling dispute between Austria, Italy (and Germany) over truck transit restrictions in Austria's Tyrol region demonstrates that much.