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“There are only three European political families represented at all three levels [of theEU],” the advisory committee wrote in a report, adding that the PES has “prime ministers, the President of the European Council, European Commissioners, and leaders of national parties.” “The Greens … have fewer ministers, no members of the European Commission, and noheads of government; consequently, their preliminary consultations carry less weight,” the report went on. PRO leader Jesse Klaver joined a PES meeting ahead of the European Council summit in June, alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. What about the MEPs?…
By Laure Valentin Published on 25/09/2026 – 17:40 GMT+2 French President Emmanuel Macron’s meeting withPope Leo XIV gave the French leader an opportunity to revisit the fundamental principles that shape dialogue between the state and religions, while addressing the upheavals confronting contemporary societies. In his speech, Macron placed the encounter within the framework of the traditional dialogue between France and the Holy See, while recalling the principles of the Republic. The French president placed particular emphasis on secularism, presented not as a way of distancing society from religion, but as the framework that guarantees freedom of conscience and enables everyone to…
Published on 25/09/2026 – 18:12 GMT+2 China’s president Xi Jinping was wrapping up his much-anticipated state visit to the United States on Friday, with details of his talks with US president Donald Trump still to emerge on the thorny issues that define what Xi called as the “healthy competition” between the two global powers. The two leaders met behind closed doors for 90 minutes on Thursday, when they discussed issues such as the Middle East, Ukraine and the Korean Peninsula, according to the official Chinese government readout of the meeting. The White House has not provided any information about the…
Published on 25/09/2026 – 16:40 GMT+2•Updated 16:53 The Dominican Republic’s National Police has identified the four suspects in the attack on the home of merengue singer Gilberto Julián Sarante, known as Julián Oro Duro, in which his wife, 60-year-old Zeneida Socorro Castillo, was killed and the singer was seriously injured. All four suspects are already in custody. Those arrested are Phillips Michael Tejeda Vásquez; Juan Carlos Hernández García, known as Peña; Kevin Dariel Germán Troncoso, known as Yandel, 23; and Lawrence Mark Liranzo Marcos, known as Chiquito, 18. The latter was detained after an active search by the police. According…
That means if the U.S. refuses to be brought to the table on AI, the U.K. could turn increasingly to China as the next largest global power. The U.K and China already have ties on AI, said Isabella Wilkinson, Senior Research Fellow for the Digital Society Initiative at Chatham House. “The U.K. and China have had very close exchanges on issues of technology, policy, and cybersecurity in the past,” Wilkinson told a briefing ahead of Xi and Trump’s meeting. Bridging the divide between China and the U.S. could be a way for the U.K. to bring America into the fold,…
Published on 25/09/2026 – 14:59 GMT+2 Hungarian authorities have informed Brussels that they intend to limit their request for an EU defence loan to €5.4 billion under the EU’s Security Action For Europe (SAFE) programme, European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier confirmed on Friday. The latest figure is less than half the €16.4 billion originally requested by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The original proposal was contested by Orbán’s successor, Péter Magyar, who took office in April. It is understood that Magyar wanted to reassess the original proposal over alleged corruption risks linked to the previous government. “We were always…
Published on 25/09/2026 – 14:31 GMT+2•Updated 14:34 Turkey has reached an agreement with Baghdad to gradually transfer control of the strategic Bashiqa-Zilkan military base in northern Iraq to the Iraqi government. The deal follows an understanding between the two countries over the progress Iraq has made with regard to strengthening security measures in the area as well as reasserting Iraqi state authority there. The decision was announced in a joint statement issued after a meeting in New York between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on the margins of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.…
Ukraine first announced the budget gap in August. It emerged after Ukraine had to bring forward state defense spending originally planned for the second half of the year, as Hungary delayed the EU’s €90 billion loan to Kyiv. Purchases made included “fiber-optic drones, middle-strike drones, interceptors,” former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told POLITICO in June. The shortfall remains despite €30 billion in funding Europe has already pledged to Ukraine this year as part of the €90 billion loan. Zelenskyy said he received a positive and constructive response from the EU during his diplomatic talks this week. “Everyone understands that covering…
Equipped with air-filtering masks, workers at a recycling plant in Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, recycle ethanol, benzene or acetones, and thinners to dilute paints. These and other used solvents come from the food packaging, pharmaceutical or automotive industries. They are full of hazardous substances. A complex process removes all their residues and turns contaminated solvents into clean ones, ready to be re-used. “This is the contaminated solvent that we are taking from the machine and into the distillator. We are distilling it, and for the result we are getting the clean solvent that is used to further production. Clean as a whistle”,…
The aircraft struck between the 10th and 11th floors during a barrage that followed air-raid warnings in the Ukrainian capital. At least seven people were initially injured**,** including a nine-year-old boy, as rescue teams evacuated residents and worked through broken glass and debris. As attacks continued, the number of injured across Kyiv climbed to 20, including eight people taken to hospital. Buildings were also damaged in Podilskyi and Solomianskyi, while another drone later struck a five-storey non-residential property in Shevchenkivskyi. The latest assault came after ballistic missiles killed two people and injured eight in Kyiv the previous night. President Volodymyr…