Politics

Politics

European politics: the EU, Brussels, elections, governments and policy.

EU foreign ministers back qualified majority vote to ban Israeli settlement trade

European Union foreign ministers have expressed majority support for banning imports from Israeli settlements, a move that could reshape regional trade flows and bypass t

Reform UK demands tighter security for MPs following Widdecombe murder

13 Jul 2026 · UK

I welcome this £250m to protect Jewish communities. But what good is it if the hatred persists? | David Davidi-Brown

13 Jul 2026 · UK

Count Binface represents the Silly Sausage Britain I know and love | Sofie Jenkinson

13 Jul 2026 · UK

EU imposes Sudan gold ban but declines to sanction UAE-backed militia accused of ‘genocide’

EU foreign ministers have imposed a ban on Sudan's gold trade in a bid to curb financing of its civil war - but they ignored MEPs'

Kidnapping, murder, and Ukrainian brigade chief on the run, after insults to his wife (Ukraine Battlefield update: Day 1,601)

Ukraine’s 155th brigade chief, Luchanov, is on the run after murders of two men over insults to his wife in the village of Kalyniv

EU foreign ministers back qualified majority vote to ban Israeli settlement trade

Reform UK demands tighter security for MPs following Widdecombe murder

I welcome this £250m to protect Jewish communities. But what good is it if the hatred persists? | David Davidi-Brown

Count Binface represents the Silly Sausage Britain I know and love | Sofie Jenkinson

EU imposes Sudan gold ban but declines to sanction UAE-backed militia accused of ‘genocide’

Kidnapping, murder, and Ukrainian brigade chief on the run, after insults to his wife (Ukraine Battlefield update: Day 1,601)

Burnham expected to vote in favour of Mahmood’s asylum system changes

Former top official Robbins takes legal action over sacking

UK proscribes Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

How extending Covid funds could be a key bargaining chip in EU budget fight

Nato’s Ankara summit was a pantomime, serious leaders saying absurd things

EU debates legal path for Israeli settlement trade curbs

Europe awaits Burnham's defence spending and EU trade reset signals

UK allocates £250m for Jewish community police amid record hate crimes

England faces 25% homelessness surge as Burnham plans mass council building