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Strengthening a partnership based on shared values. This was the message of the 7th Summit between the European Union and the African Union, which concluded on Tuesday in Luanda, the capital of Angola. Participants particularly emphasised the need to achieve peace on all continents through multilateralism. “There is no alternative to the multilateral and rules-based international order because the alternative is simply chaos. And we need to avoid chaos; we need to uphold the international order in Ukraine, in the DRC, in Gaza, in Sudan and elsewhere”, António Costa, President of the European Council said. For his part, João Goncalves…
The Guardian newspaper spoke to 20 of Farage’s contemporaries, some of whom claim Farage used racial slurs, told pupils to “go home,” and said “Hitler was right.” Asked categorically to deny the allegations, the Reform UK leader said: “I would never, ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way,” adding: “I’d just entered my teens. Can I remember everything that happened at school? No I can’t.” Farage said he had never been part of an “extremist organization” and hadn’t engaged in “direct, unpleasant, personal abuse.” Pressed further, Farage said any inappropriate comments he had made were “not with intent.”…
Published on 25/11/2025 – 18:41 GMT+1 •Updated 18:42 The European Commission warned today that public spending in countries like Spain, Hungary, Malta, and the Netherlands is drifting away from the agreed fiscal paths and risks falling into non-compliance with EU budget rules. Under the current fiscal framework, EU governments must keep their budget deficits below 3% of GDP and public debt under 60% of GDP. The Commission must assess not only each country’s budget for next year, but also whether their longer-term deficit plans are credible. “We invite the member states where there are risks to take necessary measures to…
By Euronews Published on 25/11/2025 – 18:02 GMT+1 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has warned the Western Balkan country faces a major crisis as its largest oil refinery prepares to shut down unless US sanctions authorities approve an operating license by Thursday. The Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS) refinery is currently operating in “warm circulation” — a reduced-capacity mode — and has four days until complete shutdown unless approval comes from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control, Vučić said in an address to the nation. “It will take 14 days to restart, but in reality it will be more than that.…
Beim Arbeitgebertag des BDA muss Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz liefern – und bekommt die Skepsis der Wirtschaft deutlich zu spüren. Seine Wachstumserzählung verfängt kaum, der Rentenstreit um die 48-Prozent-Garantie dominiert das politische Klima. Für Aufmerksamkeit sorgt JU-Chef Johannes Winkel, der im Saal Rückenwind erhält – und damit den innerparteilichen Druck erhöht. Arbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas erlebt dagegen ein echtes Auswärtsspiel. Ihre Aussagen zur Finanzierung der Renten stoßen auf offenen Unmut, während hinter den Kulissen Zweifel wachsen, ob die Regierung den Rentenstreit rechtzeitig befrieden kann. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es jeden Morgen ab 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team liefern…
Published on 25/11/2025 – 17:42 GMT+1 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will travel to Moscow on Friday to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to media reports. The information came from Hungarian government sources who were involved in the preparations of the trip, according to investigative central European outlet VSquare. The Hungarian government has not confirmed the visit at this time, with Budapest saying it would inform the public about Orbán’s programme in due time. The agenda for the meeting is not yet known. But Orbán has maintained ties to Putin since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and…
Gaza is facing heavy winter rains that have flooded makeshift camps and left displaced families trying to save what little they still own. In Deir al Balah, people spent Tuesday morning clearing muddy water from tents after a night of downpours. Some shelters, made of wood and metal, collapsed under the weight of the rain. Roads around the camps turned into streams, and parents carried children through the water to reach safer ground. Aid groups say the weather is making an already fragile situation worse, as most residents rely on basic pits for sewage that overflow in storms. The UN…
But there is trouble ahead. Germany plans to continue its spending spree next year to juice growth, only curbing expenditure later. That won’t be easy, as China threatens the country’s export-driven economy and Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s grand coalition needs to deliver reforms to revive growth. Berlin is taking a huge gamble. Brussels too. France: C- France is in the middle of a budget crisis and is not even sure that it will manage to adopt the 2026 budget by the end of this year. That doesn’t seem to worry Brussels too much for the time being, especially considering that France received its EDP…
A post from Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard went viral online last Thursday, claiming that EU imports from Russia since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine exceeded the amount of aid given to Kyiv by Europe. According to Stenergard, “European countries and Europe” have supported Ukraine with €187 billion. “During the same period, we have imported Russian oil and gas to an amount of €201 billion,” Stenergard said. “And then, if you add the other imports, then the total is €311 billion.” She told reporters in Brussels that this represents “negative support to Ukraine of €124 billion”.…
The EU and Africa have agreed to further green investments and regional infrastructure as the bloc’s representatives gathered in Angola’s capital Luanda for two days of the European Union-African Union summit. The EU is on a path to achieve net neutrality by 2050, a binding goal that will require large-scale deployment of renewable energy such as solar and wind, and batteries for electric vehicles. While the 27-member bloc is invested in domestic production, it sees Africa’s abundant sunlight and vast deposits of key raw materials such as lithium and cobalt as crucial to the energy transition. “We commit to continue…