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Published on 29/06/2026 – 15:02 GMT+2•Updated 18:51 At its meeting on Monday, the Council of Ministers approved a new package of measures to mitigate the economic impact of the international crisis, while formally launching work on the General State Budget for 2027 by updating the macroeconomic framework. The meeting was also used to reinforce the government’s strategy on housing, one of the political priorities of the current legislature. The new decree replaces the previous package of measures, which was due to expire on 30 June. As the prime minister had already signalled, the aim is to maintain protection for families,…
One of the most potentially explosive elements of VW’s reported plan is the possible spin-off of at least parts of the company into a separate entity. Experts say management may be seeking to create a corporate structure that would give it greater freedom to decide the future of factories and jobs, without the constraints of state ownership or trade union representation. Under the current law regulating VW’s governance model, management would need a two-thirds supervisory board majority to close one of its western German factories. “It would be very radical,” Helena Wisbert, professor of automotive economics at Ostfalia University of…
“With the eyes of the world on FIFA this summer, the organisation must address FairSquare’s ethics complaint,” the letter reads. “This complaint represents an opportunity for FIFA to prove its commitment to political neutrality, transparency, and accountability.” Trump was awarded the inaugural prize by Infantino on Dec. 5, 2025. Fairsquare’s initial complaint was filed three days later. The football federation chief did not inform the FIFA Council before creating the prize, and critics saw the award as a naked attempt by the FIFA boss to ingratiate himself with the U.S. president. MEPs argue that Infantino’s public statements in favor of…
Published on 29/06/2026 – 19:13 GMT+2 A light aircraft crashed in the municipality of Tomblaine, near Nancy, on Sunday 28 June 2026. Just minutes after taking off at around 11 am, a Pilatus PC-6 plunged almost vertically before coming down near a cycle path in a residential area close to the airport. 11 dead All eleven people on board were killed. According to the prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Yves Séguy, the aircraft “was carrying out parachute jump exercises when it suffered a malfunction that clearly caused the crash.” It then “fell almost vertically, on the very edge of a housing estate,…
Destroyed homes in Afghanistan’s Paktia province are seen after overnight airstrikes that Afghan officials say were carried out by Pakistan. Smoke rises from the rubble as villagers search damaged buildings and recover belongings. Residents gather around collapsed homes while rescue efforts continue. Afghan officials say at least 36 civilians were killed and more than 160 injured in strikes across three eastern provinces. Pakistan says its forces targeted militant hideouts near the border in response to recent attacks inside the country, adding that dozens of militants were killed. The strikes have further heightened tensions between the neighbouring countries, with Afghan authorities…
Candidats à la présidentielle, processus de désignation… y verra-t-on un peu plus clair, à gauche, avant de partir en vacances ? Alors que François Hollande et Raphaël Glucksmann se sont croisés à un raout social-démocrate dimanche, le PS et Les Ecologistes réunissent leurs instances mardi soir. Anthony Lattier fait le point avec Elisa Bertholomey et Sarah Paillou de POLITICO dans le podcast Playbook Paris.
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At Cannes Lions, where the global marketing industry gathers each year to explore what’s next, one topic unsurprisingly dominated the conversation: artificial intelligence. AI is already widely used across marketing teams – but according to strategy and management consulting firm McKinsey’s latest research, that doesn’t mean organisations are truly ready for it. Behind the excitement sits a more complicated reality: anxiety about jobs, uncertainty about how to adapt, and a gap between using AI and actually seeing value from it. McKinsey’s report published during Cannes Lions, titled From anxiety to advantage: A marketing organisation that thrives with AI, draws on…
Other areas needed deciphering. Burnham promised “the biggest council house building program since the post-war period,” after millions of state-funded homes were sold off under Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy policies. Aides later clarified that he meant the biggest program since the end of the post-war period — not since the end of the Second World War in 1945. Burnham’s book said all parts of England need a devolution deal by 2034; his speech was looser on timelines. His aides are looking at letting regional authorities keep and reinvest 100 percent of the income tax they generate in their area, but Burnham…
When freshly sworn-in Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar lifted Hungary’s long-standing veto on Ukraine’s EU membership bid in early June, many in Brussels and Kyiv breathed a sigh of relief. The move signalled the end of Viktor Orbán’s years-long policy of blocking Ukrainian accession, and was welcomed by both Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Council President António Costa, both staunch supporters of Ukrainian accession. But Magyar has been quick to temper expectations in Brussels. At his first European Council summit in June, he made clear to fellow leaders that he opposed any fast-tracking of Ukraine’s path to membership.…