Clea Caulcutt

16 hours ago | businessinsider.com | Jane Christine Zhang |Eli Stokols |Philipp Fritz |Clea Caulcutt

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . President Donald Trump has spent the first three months of his second term imposing his will on the rest of the globe, telling longtime allies that they "don't have the cards." But in capitals across Europe and elsewhere, debates are raging over the hands they could play.

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Marion Solletty

PARIS — Marine Le Pen, the frontrunner to be next French president, has a massive decision to make: Having been banned from standing in 2027’s election, does she go quietly or does she burn the house down? What she chooses will have a huge impact on the country’s politics over the next couple of years and beyond, and whatever path she follows, it’s fraught with risk and complications.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Clea Caulcutt |Marion Solletty

5 hours agoImage source, Getty Images Marine Le Penis a lawyer and politician who ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017 and 2022. She is the daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was the founder of France's far-right National Front (FN). She took over the party in 2011 - and in 2015 expelled her father over a …

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Laura Kayali

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said the representatives of more than 30 countries who gathered in Paris “unanimously” agreed that sanctions should not be lifted against Russia until “peace has clearly been established” in Ukraine. Thursday’s meeting was held after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration signaled it may be ready to ease sanctions on Moscow as an incentive to get Moscow to sign onto a ceasefire deal in the Black Sea.

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin |Giovanna Faggionato |Clea Caulcutt |Nicholas Vinocur

BRUSSELS ― When European leaders meet on Thursday, they do so knowing they must find a way to retain their best bargaining chips over Russia ― even as the Americans may be negotiating them away. The summit in Paris represents a moment of truth. Leaders will try to agree a collective response to signals coming from Washington that the administration of Donald Trump wants to ease sanctions on Moscow as an incentive to stop fighting Ukraine.