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The EPP proposals, if passed into law, would significantly raise the thresholds for the size of companies that would be subject to the corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence rules, with only those with 1,750 employees and revenue of €450 million a year having to comply. The Commission had proposed setting the threshold at 1,000 employees. It would also scrap the requirements for companies to have climate change transition plans under the due diligence rules. “We all know it can pass with the right-wing bloc,” said an EPP MEP, granted anonymity to speak candidly. “It is what it is.” However, officials…
By Gavin Blackburn & Euronews Romania Published on 12/11/2025 – 18:05 GMT+1 Thousands of protesters marched in Bucharest on Wednesday to demand higher wages, measures to curb inflation and tax reductions for workers as the government pushes on with austerity to tackle the country’s large budget deficit. Protesters gathered outside government headquarters in Romania’s capital, then marched toward the Palace of Parliament. They honked horns and banged drums and some held placards that read: “We want decent salaries” or “Don’t hit those who save you,” the latter accompanied by a photo of an ambulance worker. The rally was organised by the National Trade…
Musk was reacting to von der Leyen’s unveiling of the European Democracy Shield, a new strategy to step up the fight against foreign interference online, including in elections. “Democracy is the foundation of our freedom. Democracy is the foundation of our prosperity. Democracy is the foundation of our security,” von der Leyen wrote on social media. The German politician had pitched the Democracy Shield idea in a campaign speech at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit last year as she sought another term as Commission president ahead of the 2024 European election. The Commission president — head of the EU’s executive, though…
Ukraine’s foreign minister has pressed diplomats of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations for support to fend off Russian aerial attacks that have caused rolling blackouts across the country. Speaking at a meeting to discuss defence cooperation, Andriy Sybiha warned that Ukraine must overcome what will be a “very difficult, very tough winter.” “We need the support of our partners,” Sybiha said at the gathering in Canada attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his counterparts. “We have to move forward to pressure Russia, to raise the price for the aggression, for Russia, for Putin, to end…
Celui-ci cite explicitement la circulaire, signée par Sébastien Lecornu, instaurant un moratoire sur les dépenses de communication de l’Etat et ses opérateurs cette année — ouvrant aussi la voie à une une baisse de 20% en 2026. Sylvain Waserman anticipe également une diminution des moyens alloués à l’Ademe dans le cadre du projet de loi de finances, toujours en cours de discussion au Parlement. “Ces évolutions conduisent à remettre en cause le besoin sur lequel reposait la procédure de consultation. Dans ces conditions, je renonce à la passation du marché”, précise-t-il. La circulaire du Premier ministre n’étant juridiquement pas contraignante…
Published on 12/11/2025 – 21:08 GMT+1 The UK’s former Prince Andrew may have lost his title, his house and assets granted by the Crown along with his reputation after his connection with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came to light, but on Wednesday he gained something. And that something was a hyphen to his new name. The disgraced royal will from now be known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and not, as was previously announced, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The change makes the name’s style conform to the double-barrelled surname adopted by his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, for…
Chrupalla went on to insist that any country can potentially pose a threat to Germany. “Take Poland, for example,” Chrupalla said, citing the country’s refusal to extradite a Ukrainian citizen German authorities suspect of sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022. “Poland can also be a threat to us.” German centrists are increasingly portraying the AfD as a party that represents Russian interests from inside Germany, with some going so far as to argue the Kremlin is taking advantage of the party’s access to official information for espionage. Marc Henrichmann, the conservative chairman of the Bundestag’s intelligence oversight committee,…
By Euronews Published on 12/11/2025 – 20:39 GMT+1 Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, approved a measure on Wednesday to suspend a controversial pension reform. The votes, which passed by 255 to 146, followed a major concession by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to the Socialist Party to avoid censure and ensure the government’s survival. Budget debates in France have taken on extra significance since President Emmanuel Macron’s snap election last year resulted in a hung parliament and earlier this year, lawmakers voted to remove Prime Minister François Bayrou after he called an unprecedented confidence vote over his…
France is under pressure to cut its massive debt, and Lecornu has pledged to reduce the country’s budget deficit to no more than 5 percent of gross domestic product next year. While the retirement reform suspension has dialed down the domestic political temperature, it has also sparked concerns that France isn’t serious about getting its public finances in order as more workers retire and people live longer. The European Commission has called on France to compensate for the fiscal cost of the suspension by taking other steps and ratings agencies have warned of the economic impact of suspending the reform.…
Published on 12/11/2025 – 19:07 GMT+1 The European Union and Indian navies have taken over a ship used by pirates off the coast of Somalia that was used to seize a Malta-flagged tanker, the EU force said Wednesday. The Iranian fishing vessel, the Issamohamadi, had been abandoned off Somalia following the seizure last week of the Hellas Aphrodite, which had been carrying a load of gasoline from India to South Africa. The pirates used the Issamohamadi, a type of traditional ship known across the Persian Gulf as a dhow, as a “mother ship” for a series of assaults capped by…