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Moral of the story: don’t mess with the French. For the last few days, a tongue-in-cheek anti-French trend originating in the US has been flourishing on social networks, especially on TikTok. It began – like a lot of good things – with a Lady Gaga song. Her 2009 hit ‘Bad Romance’ features the lyrics: “I want your love, and I want your revenge / I want your love, I don’t wanna be friends.” Some bright sparks recognised the remix potential in that last word and transformed “friends” to “French”, thereby creating the ideal musical vehicle to diss the French, their culture…
“I do not compare Marine Le Pen with Jesus Christ but she is innocent and so am I,” Gollnisch said. The 75-year-old, a former close ally of Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie, claimed that the verdict meant “the end of democracy in France” and compared Le Pen’s fate to that of Romanian ultranationalist Călin Georgescu. Georgescu was disqualified from running for president after his country’s top court found undeclared campaign financing and fraudulent use of digital technologies, with an alleged Russian operation seen as having influenced the result. Asked about the risk of violence erupting as a result of the verdict,…
The incident is the latest in a series of suspected arson attacks targeting Elon Musk’s company. Italian police are investigating a possible arson attack after more than a dozen Tesla cars were burned at a dealership at the edge of the capital early on Monday morning.A total of 17 cars were damaged in the fire after a blaze was reported around 4:30 am, Italian news agency Ansa reported. No injuries were reported.It appears to be the latest in a series of incidents targeting Elon Musk’s electric car manufacturer. Police on Saturday were investigating a fire that destroyed seven Teslas in…
By Bakhtiyor Mustafayev, Deputy Director, Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. The upcoming EU–Central Asia summit in Samarkand presents a unique opportunity that will undoubtedly give new impetus to the development of multifaceted cooperation between the regions, Bakhtiyor Mustafayev writes. On Thursday and Friday, Samarkand will host the first-ever high-level meeting between the European Union and the Central Asian countries. This landmark event will open a new chapter in relations between the regions, marking a transition to a…
Messages of support for the National Rally’s founder, along with attacks on the French judicial system, came from her political allies. Leaders from Marine Le Pen’s Patriots party across EU countries rallied to her support after the French court ruling on Monday found her guilty of misappropriation of public funds and barred her from running for the next presidential elections in France.No joint statement has been issued by Patriots.eu, the European political party to which Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) is affiliated. However, leaders from the Patriots’ parties have expressed solidarity with the RN’s founder.“Je suis Marine,” (I am Marine),…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is urging Donald Trump not to impose sweeping tariffs on the EU this week. “You have friends and trusted allies from Portugal to Poland, from Denmark to Greece. In our common European-American interest are strong U.S., strong EU, and a strong NATO, not weaker,” Tusk told the United States president in a video posted on X on Monday. “Think about it, Mr. President and dear American friends, before you decide to impose tariffs against your closest allies. Cooperation is always better than confrontation,” he added.
Myanmar, where an ongoing civil war began in 2021, was already one of the most challenging places in the world for aid organisations to operate in. The death toll from last week’s powerful earthquake in Myanmar has risen above 2,000, as the UN and aid groups warn the disaster could exacerbate hunger and disease outbreaks in a country already wracked by food shortages, mass displacement and civil war. Friday’s 7.7-magnitude quake, whose epicentre was near Mandalay, the country’s second largest city, killed at least 2,056 people, the ruling military junta said on Monday.More than 3,900 people were injured and 270 others remain…
The council is holding itself to strict standards on energy and EVs as it seeks to be close to carbon-free by 2030. The Swedish city of Gothenburg has put itself in the unusual situation of being fined for missing environmental targets.Sweden’s second biggest city is believed to be the first local government in the world to take out a “sustainability linked loan” or SLL. This type of financing requires the borrower to meet agreed environmental and social goals each year or face financial penaltiesUnder the terms of the arrangement the City of Gothenburg made with six banks in 2022, it…
Le Pen and 24 other codefendants were accused of illicitly siphoning European Parliament funds to pay for party employees who seldom or never dealt with affairs in Brussels or Strasbourg. The court estimated that the accused had over 12 years embezzled more than €4 million, €474,000 of which Le Pen was held personally responsible for as an MEP. All but one of them, an accountant, were found guilty and handed a mix of fines, ineligibility bans and suspended prison sentences. The National Rally party was also found guilty and handed a €2 million fine, though that can be reduced by…
The tech giant has introduced MetaAI across Europe, after it halted the launch in the bloc last year due to ‘regulatory uncertainty’. The Irish data protection authority still has open questions about Meta’s AI tool which the tech giant started to roll-out across Europe last week, a spokesperson for the privacy watchdog told Euronews.“The DPC, as Lead Supervisory Authority for Meta, has been examining Meta AI over recent months with our colleague Supervisory Authorities across the EU/EEA and we will keep it under review as it rolls-out to users over the coming weeks,” the spokesperson said, adding: “However, in terms…