Giorgio Leali

Yesterday’s Paris mayoral run-off was far less close than expected. Mayor-elect Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire led in most areas of the city, with support for conservative Rachida Dati heavily concentrated in wealthier districts 👇 Live: #id_1322774" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">politico.eu/article/french…

🚴‍♀️Politico joined Emmanuel Grégoire's bike parade to the Hotel de Ville. Red lights, a rat, Vélibs, a green cargo bike, ringing bells: It couldn't be more Parisian than that. Read how it went in our liveblog: politico.eu/article/french… #MunicipalesàParis

Triumphant Grégoire takes the stage

Grégoire’s supporters on fire.

Grégoire’s supporters celebrate his likely victory

Triumphal Grégoire takes the stage

Far right likely to flame out in Marseille mayor race, poll shows politico.eu/article/far-ri…

To play EU politics Giorgia Meloni picked up smart brains rather than party loyalists, as she usually does in Rome, and it’s working very well to build her strong image in Brussels, but if she loses the referendum… politico.eu/article/giorgi…

French President Emmanuel Macron has said France is looking into ways of unblocking the Strait of Hormuz by acting at the United Nations level. politico.eu/article/emmanu…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni broke ranks with much of the EU by speaking sympathetically about Hungary’s Viktor Orbán over his stance on Ukraine during a private session of today's European summit. politico.eu/article/italy-…

#FCAS groundhog day France and Germany will try one more time to agree on how to jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet — with a deadline in April. politico.eu/article/france…

Everyone is staring at the far right. And meanwhile… Here comes the disrupter: Far-left Mélenchon seizes momentum in French elections politico.eu/article/enter-…

US and China consider creating new trade body, USTR says w/ @gioleali subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

A Parigi una nuova piazza intitolata a Marcello Mastroianni #ParisRoma70 🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇺

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🏭🇫🇷's reaction to the #IAA: great but not enough! For Bercy ministers, 🇪🇺preference is "a major breakthrough" and "the result of a battle that France has fought." "But this is only a first step" "What is being proposed does not yet sufficiently protect our interests."

Ursula von der Leyen’s move to provisionally implement the EU-Mercosur trade deal has unleashed a wave of outrage in France. It also shows she is increasingly prepared to take decisions without factoring Paris into the equation. politico.eu/article/eu-mer…

The EU will provisionally implement its trade deal with the South American Mercosur bloc, Ursula von der Leyen has announced. The move is likely to trigger a major backlash from European capitals and lawmakers opposed to the deal. politico.eu/article/brusse…

Does Brexit still mean Brexit? In France, it certainly does. Officials there tell us British firms shouldn’t automatically enjoy the same benefits as EU companies under the “Buy European” rules. 🔗 politico.eu/article/made-i…

🇫🇷🇮🇹Macron and Meloni were set to hold their first bilateral summit in Toulouse in April. They have now postponed it until after the June G7 summit at Meloni’s request. All details 👇 politico.eu/article/meloni…