Nicholas Vinocur
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- Sep 29, 2026
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EU weighs axing exam board (opens the original)
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BRUSSELS — The European Commission is considering major changes to its civil service exam board amid a budget squeeze and growing criticism — including possibly scrapping it, two EU officials told POLITICO Brussels Playbook. The European Personnel Selection Office, created in 2002, is the gateway for EU civil servants and designed to pick the best and brightest from thousands of applicants. But it’s under increasing scrutiny amid high-profile failures and the fact that the EU has fewer jobs to o
European Investment Bank chief heads to Ottawa amid warming EU-Canada ties (opens the original)
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European Investment Bank President Nadia Calviño is heading to Ottawa on Sunday to lay the groundwork for Europe-Canada cooperation on critical raw materials, an official from her office said. Calviño will be meeting with government officials including Canada’s minister for energy and natural resources, Tim Hodgson, in Ottawa. The aim of her visit is for the European Investment Bank, the long-term lending arm of the European Union, to establish a presence in Canada and begin operations “as soon
Von der Leyen fleshes out Carney’s vision to paint Europe as leader of world’s middle powers (opens the original)
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BRUSSELS ― Ursula von der Leyen used a major speech on Wednesday to pitch Europe as the leader of a group of like-minded countries that want to hold their own against rival powers such as Russia and China. Not invited to join this EU-led coalition? Donald Trump’s United States. Speaking before an audience that included Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has publicly fallen out with Trump, the European Commission president spelled out her vision of Europe as a geopolitical leader with plans
Russia has entered Sweden’s election campaign, center-left front-runner warns (opens the original)
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STOCKHOLM — Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson must urgently take action to address claims that his potential far-right coalition partner may have been infiltrated by Russia ahead of this month’s general election, the front-runner in the race told POLITICO. The call by Magdalena Andersson, leader of the center-left Social Democratic Party, which polls have on course to win the Sept. 13 election, comes after the campaign was rocked by claims that an official inside the far-right Sweden Democr
Inside Kallas’ fightback against plans to tear up the EU’s diplomatic service (opens the original)
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Kaja Kallas, the EU’s chief diplomat, is leading a fierce behind-the-scenes push against Franco-German plans to overhaul her diplomatic service — courting capitals and using a new secretary-general to develop alternative reform plans. Kallas’ campaign involves convincing EU governments that the bloc’s foreign-policy problems stem from unanimous decision-making rules and poor implementation of its treaties — not from the current institutional setup, according to three EU officials informed of her
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