Tim Ross

London

Chief Political Correspondent for Europe and UK at POLITICO Europe

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Deputy Head of News @POLITICOEurope. Books on U.K. politics. Via New Statesman, Bloomberg, Telegraph. London.

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Western leaders head to Kyiv to demand Putin agrees ceasefire

5 days ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross

LONDON — The leaders of the U.K., Germany, France and Poland will visit Ukraine on Saturday in an attempt to pile pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree a 30-day ceasefire and open meaningful peace talks after three years of war. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Poland’s PM Donald Tusk, and the new Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, will all be in the Ukrainian capital to show their solidarity with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
VDL’s Victory Day vision

6 days ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross

Presented by Instagram By TIM ROSS with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH PRESENTED BY SCOOP — WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: Donald Trump announced he’d be holding a “Big News Conference” at 4 p.m. Brussels time “concerning a MAJOR TRADE DEAL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF A BIG, AND HIGHLY RESPECTED, COUNTRY.” Spoiler alert: Our Stateside colleagues report the deal in question is with the Brits. GOOD THURSDAY MORNING. It’s 80 years since World War II officially ended in Europe. At 3 p.m. in London on May 8, 1945,...
Merz is weakened from Day 1. Europe will pay the price.

1 week ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross

As Europe’s frontline war leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke for millions of Europeans when he congratulated Friedrich Merz on scraping into office — on his second attempt — as the new chancellor of Germany. “We sincerely hope that Germany will grow even stronger,” the Ukraine president said, “and that we’ll see more German leadership in European and transatlantic affairs.” Keep hoping.
Can Nigel Farage keep on winning, all the way to Downing Street?

1 week ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross |Esther Webber

LONDON — British politics is cracking up. And Nigel Farage is here to help. The Reform UK party’s firebrand leader is celebrating one of his most famous victories after ousting Labour in a stronghold seat that Keir Starmer’s center-left government should never have lost. For much of his two decades in politics, Farage has been seen as a bigger threat to the Conservatives than the left.
Trump or Carney - will Starmer have to choose?

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross |Sam Coates

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News The morning political podcast which gives you all need for the day ahead in 20 minutes, usually with Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy. But, for this episode, Anne is somewhere over the Atlantic travelling back from the US so Sam is joined by Politico’s Tim Ross. Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won the Canadian election. It’ll give Keir Starmer a centre-left ally at G7 but how will the PM position himself now in the...
Iran’s exiled ‘crown prince’ calls for mass labor strikes to topple regime

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross

LONDON — Western governments should create a “strike fund” to support a wave of industrial action across Iran that will paralyze the state and hasten the end of the regime, according to the son of the country’s former leader. Reza Pahlavi, whose father was the last shah of Iran and was ousted in the 1979 revolution, believes Donald Trump’s nuclear talks with Tehran will fail to deliver peace in the region.
Co-operation is key when our housing system fails Canadians

3 weeks ago | ipolitics.ca | Tim Ross

Economy & FinanceCo-operatives offer strong security of tenure. There’s no landlord who can sell, demovict, or renovict residents. Members are protected by a sensible mission:to deliver quality housing at-cost. The housing crisis has been front and centre in this federal election campaign. And for good reason. Canadians are facing skyrocketing rents and home prices. When too much household income goes towards housing, the impacts are real and long-lasting.
The Romanian mathematician trying to stop Putin and Trump wrecking the West

1 month ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross |Andrei Popoviciu

BUCHAREST — Nicușor Dan takes his time when he speaks, weighing every word as if the future of civilization might depend on it. But then he may just be the West’s best hope of holding onto Romania. The 55-year-old corruption-fighting mayor of Bucharest is standing to be president of the European Union’s sixth most populous country, a contest that has already triggered a constitutional crisis — and howls of outrage from leading figures in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Europe fumes at Trump team’s insults in leaked Signal chat

1 month ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross |Esther Webber |Jacopo Barigazzi |Nicholas Vinocur

LONDON — Sometimes it’s better not to know what your so-called friends say behind your back. Case in point: When your closest ally calls you “pathetic,” accuses you of “free-loading” and says you should be made to pay for something you never knew they were going to do. British and European officials and diplomats reacted with a mix of hurt and anger to the leak of private messages between top figures in Donald Trump’s U.S. government about plans for air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
UK-EU defense pact really does depend on fish, European minister warns

1 month ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross

BRUSSELS — A defense and security pact being drawn up between the U.K. and the EU will fall apart if Keir Starmer doesn't make concessions on fishing rights, according to a senior European politician. Jessica Rosencrantz, Sweden’s EU affairs minister, said it was vital to make fast progress on a formal security agreement with the U.K., especially at a time of heightened tension over Ukraine, as countries rapidly re-arm.