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Le président des Républicains a pourtant multiplié les mises en garde, tant en public et qu’en privé. “Nous ne participerons pas à un gouvernement dirigé par un macroniste ou un socialiste”, avait ainsi prévenu Retailleau, avant même la réunion, appelant Emmanuel Macron à “déprésidentialiser” la fonction. Dit autrement : à nommer une personnalité indépendante de lui. Ce vendredi après-midi, face au président, le Vendéen a réitéré ses avertissements, tandis que Laurent Wauquiez, qui préside le groupe à l’Assemblée nationale, s’est contenté d’annoncer qu’il s’en remettrait au vote de ses ouailles. Car il le sait : les députés de leur famille…
Today’s visual showcase (Monday, October 13) in Brussel’s European Quarter invites the public to experience an empty schoolroom symbolizing the European children whose lives have been blighted by sexual abuse, online and offline, because of political inaction. Children like Alba, from Sweden, who was groomed and sexually exploited online at age nine, or the group of girls from Belgium and the Netherlands who were targeted by a predator on a social media platform and subsequently raped, show the real-life impact of legislative delays. Their stories will be central to Thursday’s (October 16) high-level discussion with EU policymakers, civil society, young…
Hunting for new recruits Russia’s rising recruitment efforts in Africa and the Middle East also suggest it’s finding it harder to sign up new soldiers at home. Frontelligence Insight has obtained several thousand records with personal details of African and Middle Eastern citizens fighting for Russia in Ukraine, and has seen a significant uptick in activity. “For example, one dataset of 1,045 sign-up records shows that between 2023 and 2024, 394 people from Africa and the Middle East signed contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense, while in just the first half of 2025, 651 contracts were recorded — nearly…
By Euronews Published on 12/10/2025 – 22:34 GMT+2 •Updated 22:41 France’s newly re-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named a new government Sunday, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil. Lecornu’s second government in the space of one month was formalised with 34 ministers on Sunday night. The Cabinet includes several members who served in previous governments, from Macron’s centrist camp and allied conservatives, as well as a few people from outside the political sphere. Sebastien Lecornu was reappointed prime minister on Friday and has been working to quickly appoint key cabinet members before Monday’s budget…
Dear Commissioner Kadis, We write on behalf of hundreds of thousands of European Union citizens, as well as scientists, small-scale fishers and civil society organisations, with one demand: End bottom trawling in Europe’s marine protected areas (MPAs). This year has seen unprecedented momentum and mobilisation toward that goal. The EU Ocean Pact consultation was flooded with submissions calling for a ban on bottom trawling. Over 250,000 citizens signed petitions. Legal complaints have been filed. Courts ruled for conservation. Scientific studies continued to reinforce the ecological and social benefits of removing destructive gear. And member states are moving ahead on marine…
Lescure faces the difficult task of passing a budget for next year while cutting France’s massive public spending deficit, which is worrying financial markets and international institutions. Lecornu is expected to unveil his budget plans for next year on Monday, and outline his policy priorities in a speech before the French parliament in the coming days. Conservative Catherine Vautrin, who served as health and labor minister under former Prime Minister François Bayrou, is the new armed forces minister. Conservatives Annie Genevard and Rachida Dati — the latter of whom is running for Paris mayor next year — will stay on…
Separate exit polls commissioned by the SIC television network indicate that Socialist Party candidate António Pina has scored the most votes in Faro, the capital of the southern Algarve region, where Chega had hoped to win over voters who feel abandoned by the hyper-centralized Portuguese state. The ultranationalist party seems to have similarly underperformed in Sintra, the country’s second-most populous municipality, where far-right influencer Rita Matias is projected to come in third place. The housing crisis was the top issue in the election, with voters demanding that local leaders do more to rein in soaring home and rental prices. The…
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A row erupted in Germany’s Bundestag on Thursday over the new European asylum system CEAS. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants tougher measures to control illegal migration. One topic on the agenda concerns the deportation of migrants to centres in third countries. “Balancing humanity and order,” that is Dobrindt’s guiding principle. In other words: not all burdens should fall on the shoulders of just one state, but they must be equally distributed across Europe. Up to now, the Dublin Regulation was meant to ensure fair distribution. Under its rules, refugees must apply for asylum in the first EU country they enter. In…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, for a second consecutive day on Sunday, calling the conversation “very productive.” The pair discussed a range of topics, which were agreed on a day prior, including on defence, the use of long-range weapons such as the Tomahawk cruise missile, and Ukraine’s energy sector. Zelenskyy also urged Trump to broker peace in Ukraine like in “the Middle East,” adding that Russia is currently taking advantage of the conflict in the region. “Moscow allows itself to escalate its strikes, openly exploiting the fact that the world is focused…