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The grant program was formally advertised in the summer after U.S. State Department officials held talks with MAGA-aligned think tanks and advocacy groups about funding opportunities earlier this year. That led French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot to warn against what he described as potential “foreign interference in [European] electoral processes.” The country is beefing up its arsenal to fight online disinformation and foreign interference ahead of the 2027 presidential campaign, with a law set to be considered by the Senate in October. A spokesperson for the State Department said the program “does not and will not fund political parties, in…
A French court has sentenced a man to six months in prison after he threatened to “cut off the head” of a teacher at his son’s school last week. The defendant confronted his son’s teacher in the school car park in the southwestern town of Le Fauga last week, after the nine-year-old was moved to another class because of his behaviour. He threatened to decapitate the 58-year-old teacher before entering the school, where he repeated the threats in front of the headteacher. Remarks of ‘great violence’ The court sentenced the defendant to six months in prison, to be served immediately,…
Russia’s navy has returned to the Mediterranean for the first time in two months, ending what military sources described as the first interruption to its Mediterranean presence since 2013 — with ships reportedly detected switching off their tracking transponders before passing through the Strait of Gibraltar. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior European military source said the “Syrian Express” ships had arrived at the Syrian port of Tartus on Monday. The informal name “Syrian Express” refers to Moscow’s maritime logistics network that transfers military supplies, weapons, and equipment between Russian ports and Tartus. It has been running intermittently since…
The bill, introduced by backbench Labour MP Lauren Edwards, would have legalized assisted dying for adults aged 18 or over who are judged by two doctors as expected to die within six months. It will now make no further progress and follows members of the Scottish Parliament rejecting similar legislation in March and a previous vote by MPs against assisted dying in 2015. Assisted dying is currently illegal in the U.K. and assisting someone to end their life is punishable by up to 14 years in prison in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The vote was a matter of conscience,…
By Luca Bertuzzi & Maria Tadeo & Jorge Liboreiro Published on 11/09/2026 – 18:37 GMT+2•Updated 19:00 The French government has joined Slovakia in seeking the delisting of Russian-Uzbek businessman Alisher Usmanov, causing “huge frustration” among other EU countries, four EU diplomats told Euronews. Slovakia has long pushed for Usmanov and another Russian oligarch, Mikhail Fridman, to be removed from the EU’s sanctions list targeting individuals close to Vladimir Putin’s regime and the military-industrial complex sustaining the war in Ukraine. But Bratislava is no longer alone. Paris has also called for Usmanov, who has been under EU sanctions since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, to be…
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Until recently, Sunday’s upcoming vote seemed like it would be a comfortable victory for Andersson’s Social Democrats and their political allies in smaller parties on the left. But their poll lead shrank dramatically in the past two weeks to as low as 2.6%, within the statistical margin of error. Far-right friends Kristersson’s center-right coalition has been governing for the past four years with the support of the far-right Sweden Democrats. He defended his decision to cooperate with a party opponents claim is too extreme despite its internal efforts to clean up its past neo-Nazi links. “I have full respect for…
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on Thursday criticised a proposal by left-wing French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon to cancel France’s debt held by the central bank. Lagarde said the proposal by the La France Insoumise (LFI) leader was “really not a good idea” during a press conference following the ECB’s announcement of another increase in its key interest rates. The president added that the move would amount to a “clear violation of the treaty” on the European Union. Mélenchon’s proposal essentially entails cancelling the 18% of France’s debt that is currently held by the country’s central bank. He…
A major fire broke out early Thursday at the Marché du Soleil in Marseille, a large market near Saint-Charles station known for selling counterfeit goods. Flames tore through around 2,000 square metres of the 3,600-square-metre site. Marseille marine firefighters deployed 110 personnel and 35 vehicles to tackle the blaze. Nearby residents were evacuated during the operation, but no injuries were reported. The market had been closed since February and recently ordered by a court to shut down permanently following concerns over fire safety and compliance with regulations.
Thriving or surviving Von der Leyen has sought to take ownership of the bloc’s policy to vet corporate deals — in response to demands from France and Germany to bend the EU’s antitrust rulebook to allow for the creation of “European champions.” In particular, she has championed an overhaul of the EU’s merger guidelines that would give increased weight to considerations such as innovation, saying these would help companies “to thrive, scale, and innovate.” But von der Leyen’s assertiveness has put her at odds with Ribera, her Spanish number two, who has defended the traditional role of EU’s trustbusters in…