21+ hour, 28+ min ago   (638+ words) A shock analysis contradicts exit polls and holds out hope to PM Ulf Kristersson that he could cling to power with help from the far right. STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s high-stakes general election is too close to call, according to an analysis…...

23+ hour, 35+ min ago   (461+ words) Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson is heading for a comeback as prime minister in charge of a left-wing coalition, exit polling suggests. STOCKHOLM — Former center-left Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is on course to retake power in Sweden as exit polling…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1257+ words) Latest polls put Sunday’s vote in NATO’s newest member on a knife-edge. STOCKHOLM — Millions of Swedes will vote in a tense general election on Sunday that is set to deliver a new left-wing government or bring far-right ministers into power…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (839+ words) The country’s Psychological Defence Agency chief told POLITICO that platforms like X, TikTok and Facebook need to do more to combat Russia’s lie machine. STOCKHOLM — Russia poses a threat to upcoming elections in Europe’s biggest democracies and social media platforms…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (929+ words) Irish authorities hope to shield Trump from protesters and keep his focus on the Irish Open golf tournament at his own Atlantic resort. DUBLIN — Ireland is girding itself to offer U.S. President Donald Trump the country’s legendary “hundred thousand welcomes…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (355+ words) French presidential candidate renewed his call in August for the ECB to freeze pandemic-era government debt. European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde today dismissed French far-left presidential contender Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s proposal to wipe out government debt, describing it as illegal…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (612+ words) Johann Wadephul invokes the collapse of the Weimar Republic as the AfD’s historic Saxony-Anhalt win sharpens Germany’s guns-versus-butter debate. BERLIN — German officials must do more to convince voters of continued support for Ukraine and the country’s commitments to NATO, Foreign…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1462+ words) POLITICO’s weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the U.K. Tips, gossip, state secrets and coffee requests @johnjohnstonmi or [email protected] | View in your browser — The spotlight on the polling industry has left PR and public affairs pros…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1441+ words) Presented by Connect Europe Send tips here | Follow us @gerardofortuna @NicholasVinocur @GabrielGavin | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser — Club Med’s message to António Costa: Berlin’s budget cuts are a nonstarter. — Roberta Metsola’s bid for a third term gathers…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1003+ words) The Holborn and St. Pancras by-election will be high stakes for both the ruling Labour Party and its left-wing rivals in the Green Party. LONDON — Keir Starmer’s old seat in the Commons is up for grabs. Zack Polanski is throwing…...