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‘We need to explain it better’: Labour MPs get antsy about Starmer’s digital ID blitz

LONDON — Keir Starmer’s gone all-in on digital identification for Brits. But while many MPs in the prime minister’s governing Labour Party back the idea in theory, there are plenty despairing at

Russia’s blacklisted tankers keep dumping oil in Europe’s seas

BRUSSELS — Russian-linked vessels are continuing to leak oil off Europe’s shores — despite Western sanctions — underscoring the continent’s inability to rein in Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet. In the past year,

Climate change is burning a €43B hole in Europe’s pocket

BRUSSELS — Climate change is already costing Europe dearly. This summer’s droughts, heat waves and floods will cost the European Union an estimated €43 billion this year, knocking nearly half a percentage

Bayrou’s last stand: Waking France up to the boomer pension timebomb

François Bayrou, France’s latest embattled prime minister, is blaming the country’s 19 million over-60s for pushing state finances to the brink. Looking likely to be the latest French leader to fall on

How a failed Italian bank merger exposed the EU’s struggle to enforce its economic vision

Italy’s recent crackdown on a major banking merger has exposed a growing protectionist backlash over the EU’s efforts to unify Europe’s financial system. UniCredit’s failed bid last week for Banco BPM, derailed

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