From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become the next ... led by far-right premier Giorgia Meloni. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos a day after Trump's inauguration, Merz recalled congratulating ...

Germany's election frontrunner says Europeans are waiting for Germany to take the lead on dealing with the new American president.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz ... led by far-right premier Giorgia Meloni.

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Context: Brussels is “reviewing” its probes into tech groups including Apple, Meta and Google, launched under its landmark digital markets rules. Trump said he considered fines imposed by the EU on US tech companies operating there as a “form of taxation”, and has vowed to retaliate.

Silence, stigma, shame, high costs and an odyssey of legal conditions await women seeking to end their pregnancy in Germany. Abortion is illegal here and exempt from punishment only under specific conditions,

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No one is happier than Orban that centrist governments have begun to pick from his extremist playbook on migration. Ideas that were rejected years ago as non-starters, such as sending failed asylum seekers to deportation camps outside EU borders, are now on the menu.

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Friedrich Merz, frontrunner for German Chancellor, plans to enforce strict immigration policies. His proposals include an entry ban for those without valid papers, increased border controls, and daily repatriations.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about NATO's Rutte meeting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Slovakia's Fico losing support in parliament as pressure mounts, and so much more.