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Notes on a scandal — will a fraud probe upend the EU?

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Brussels was jolted this week by dawn raids and an alleged fraud probe involving current and former senior EU diplomats. Host Sarah Wheaton speaks with

EU strains to defend carbon levy as trade tensions engulf COP30 

BELÉM, Brazil — The European Union is under pressure to defend its new carbon tariff scheme as trade tensions swamp this year’s global climate talks. Long-simmering diplomatic frictions over the upcoming levy are

Sun sets on Macron as Europe’s visionary-in-chief

PARIS — France’s Emmanuel Macron will arrive in Brussels for a key European Council meeting Thursday with his reputation as the continent’s idea man long gone and replaced by a new one:
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