Rule of Law

Despite the center-left victory, the strong showing of the far right is significant ahead of the presidency vote on Dec. 8.

Many Romanians are suspicious of the country’s traditional old parties and fear they are trying to manipulate a rerun.

Number of spokespeople will drop from 17 to 14, according to a list of names seen by POLITICO.

Who’s at the top of the class and who flunked? Here are POLITICO’s grades for each 2019-2024 European commissioner.

Presidential candidate Elena Lasconi warns of an “an existential fight for Romania’s democracy.”

Romanians are heading to the polls for the next three weekends in a row, with all eyes on the far-right AUR party.

Move came as UK prime minister — who is pitching a visit to Beijing — raised the case of pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai.

Republican candidate’s victory in U.S. is giving Poland’s Law and Justice party hope it can prevail in their country’s presidential vote next year.

Britain’s government is being warned deal over home of U.S. military base will only rile the president-elect.

The right-wing prime minister has a “strategy” to discredit, frighten and silence critics, from the media to the judiciary, says a famous Italian journalist.

The hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists group has gone easy on other commissioners to get its own man across the line.

Armed with a better understanding of government, Trump is expected to pursue a bigger agenda, faster than he did in his first term.

Keir Starmer’s tactic will be to avoid confected MAGA rows. And he will call on King Charles III when the going gets tough.

Hungarians and Poles traditionally see each other as brothers, but that relationship is collapsing as the capitals move in very different political directions.

The opposition wants Western nations to help overturn the results of the vote.

In the country’s seventh election since 2021, voter participation remained low.

Recent efforts from the Slovak parliament have “alleviated some of the Commission’s concerns,” an EU executive spokesperson said.

PM Viktor Orbán rails against the EU on the anniversary of the Hungarian uprising.

Věra Jourová lands in the tech chief’s crosshairs after criticizing him for actively “helping” villains.

More and more member countries are clashing with Brussels over how to treat incoming migrants.

Beny Steinmetz was released on bail after detention in Athens.

Strong pushback from European Commission president comes one month before grilling of future commissioners.