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Iran war threatens a global recession, Finland\u2019s Stubb warns<\/p>\n
Exclusive: \u00a0Finland\u2019s President Alexander Stubb, one-time golf buddy of Donald Trump, is not hiding his unusually bleak assessment of the U.S. president\u2019s second term. Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n Text messages by trade czar \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d reveal early concerns over EU-US deal<\/p>\n Exclusive: The EU\u2019s trade chief relayed concerns from European businesses, capitals and lawmakers to senior Trump administration officials last fall that Washington\u2019s expanding tariffs risked breaching a trade agreement reached just weeks earlier. Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n Orb\u00e1n\u2019s spies were hunting me, says Hungarian journalist accused of espionage<\/p>\n Exclusive: Szabolcs Panyi tells POLITICO that Budapest\u2019s accusations are \u201cmeant to psychologically pressure me and shatter my credibility.\u201d Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n $500 and a trip abroad: How recruits end up in Russian sabotage training camps<\/p>\n Exclusive: Court cases in Moldova are lifting the curtain on Russia\u2019s transnational network to recruit, train and deploy spies and saboteurs. Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brexit Britain\u2019s farmers eye EU-Australia trade deal with envy<\/p>\n Under a trade deal struck just 12 months after the U.K. formally exited the EU in 2021, Australian meat will eventually be allowed to enter the U.K. tariff-free, raising fears that large volumes of cheaper imported meat could flood the market. Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n Carney\u2019s mega anti-Trump alliance starts quest to save world trade<\/p>\n The nearly 40 countries in the EU and Indo-Pacific CPTPP trade blocs are on a quest to save the World Trade Organization at\u00a0a pivotal meeting\u00a0in the African nation of Cameroon. Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n EU\u2019s \u20ac1.8 trillion budget talks hinge on Hungarian election<\/p>\n A win by Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n in the upcoming Hungarian election risks shattering the EU\u2019s hopes of striking a deal on its next budget by the end of 2026. Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n YOUR WEEKEND PLAYLIST<\/p>\n EU Confidential: A reckoning for Europe\u2019s center left<\/p>\n The far right took some minor hits to its seemingly impenetrable armor this week, as people in Denmark, Italy, France and Slovenia headed to the polls.<\/p>\n But those election results also told another, more existential story: the slow-motion collapse of the EU\u2019s center left.<\/p>\n To unpack what\u2019s ailing left-leaning parties across the bloc, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by a panel of POLITICO colleagues: Clea Caulcutt in Paris, James Angelos in Berlin, and Iberian correspondent Aitor Hern\u00e1ndez-Morales. Listen to the episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n Westminster Insider: How to fix British politics \u2014 with help from around the world<\/p>\n As Westminster rolls into recess, host Sascha O\u2019Sullivan looks at some of the problems which bedevil SW1 from voter disengagement to constant reshuffles to find out if political systems from Australia to Italy might have the solutions.<\/p>\n Sascha speaks to Australian-raised Labour MP Lauren Edwards about the push for compulsory voting here in Britain and how it makes Australians more involved in the democratic processes which run their country. Listen to the episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n DECLASSIFIED<\/p>\n Read this week\u2019s Declassified<\/a> column.<\/p>\n Caption competition<\/p>\n \u201cYes, it is surprisingly lifelike and can almost speak in full sentences. Can you do better? 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