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A dispute over whether EU law has supremacy over national laws overshadows the Brussels meeting.

Réunis en sommet, les Vingt-Sept ont affiché leur fermeté mais aussi tendu la main à la Pologne, en conflit avec Bruxelles sur l'indépendance de la justice et la primauté du droit européen. "Nous sommes prêts au dialogue" a notamment déclaré le chef du gouvernement polonais, tout en précisant qu'il n'agira pas "sous la pression du chantage".

La chancelière allemande Angela Merkel entame ce dimanche, sa huitième et dernière visite officielle en Israël. Au cours de ces seize années au pouvoir, elle a oeuvré à l'approfondissement des liens avec l'Etat hébreu.

Opinion | Angela Merkel’s long tenure was a period of relative, if not always palatable, predictability in German-Russian relations.

Angela Merkel's exit from the EU stage she dominated for 16 years has handed French President Emmanuel Macron an opportunity to take up the mantle of European leadership and press on with his plans for a more independent Europe.

Angela Merkel’s departure will leave a big hole in Germany—and much for her successor to do

Some of Europe’s most powerful political figures are facing huge changes — so what will the next 12 months look like in continental Europe?

Some of Europe’s most powerful political figures are facing huge changes — so what will the next 12 months look like in continental Europe?

How does she do it? How has the German Chancellor managed to stay on top for 15+ years? What does "Merkeling through" mean? Find out from somebody who has served as minister under Angela Merkel, working closely with her, but also campaigning against her.

A soixante-sept ans, après seize années à la tête de l'Allemagne, Angela Merkel tire sa révérence en septembre prochain. Que restera-t-il des seize années de règne de la première femme chancelière ? Une certaine approche du pouvoir conçu comme l'art de tisser des compromis, répond Marion Van Renterghem dans un essai percutant.

Mucus-discharging phytoplankton have taken over Turkey's northwest shore.

Turkey’s economy is in the middle of a crisis and the situation could worsen because of mismanagement, uncertainty about the lira and the financial troubles of companies, said Daron Acemoğlu, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Le bras de fer entre Bruxelles et Varsovie pourrait exacerber le "ressentiment" d'autres Etats membres, comme la Hongrie, explique le politologue Jacques Rupnik. Mais ils ne souhaitent pas lancer une épreuve de force avec l'UE.

Germany's SPD, Greens, Liberals announce initial deal for next govt

La politique communautaire dépendra en grande partie de la coalition issue des élections législatives allemandes du 26 septembre.

The German electoral system is complicated. Really complicated. But there are good reasons for that. Whether it's the location where Germans cast their vote, their love for paper trails or how they prevent election fraud — we explain everything about the German election.

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, would love to fill the German chancellor’s shoes. But a Europe with no single, central figure may be more likely.

Germany’s election is finally over, but the search for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s successor at the helm of the largest European economy has only just begun. Not for the first time, building a new ruling coalition will be time consuming. Until the ink dries under a new coalition agreement, Chancellor Merkel will remain chancellor, albeit without a political majority in the new parliament.

German chancellor’s consensus-building approach no longer sustainable in crisis-hit Europe, report says

Chancellor Merkel’s last official visit to the White House holds a special political significance. President Biden has placed human rights and rule of law at the top of his agenda, just as these values are under attack from within and outside Europe.

Jeremy Cliffe is joined on the World Review podcast by Michael Miebach, Chair and Co-Founder of Das Progressive Zentrum, and Constanze Stelzenmüller of the Brookings Institution to discuss the future of German politics after Angela Merkel steps down. This episode was recorded live at the Progressive Governance Summit. 

The French president has charted a new kind of centrism in Europe.

Chancellor Merkel is leaving office, but fundamental change in Germany’s foreign policy is unlikely.

Iraq and Syria accuse Turkey of using its many dams along the Euphrates to hoard water, but the situation could be more complicated