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Published on 24/09/2026 – 16:28 GMT+2•Updated 18:23 Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland are pushing for changes to the EU’s carbon market to give European industry more time and flexibility to cut emissions without losing competitiveness, according to a document seen by Euronews. The five countries argue that companies face enormous costs to decarbonise factories while competing with producers outside Europe that are not subject to the same carbon price. “We need something like an ‘export discount’ because we have a huge problem when we start doing business outside,” Austrian Industry and Energy Minister Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer told reporters on Thursday.…
By Simon Ormiston & Euronews Published on 24/09/2026 – 7:38 GMT+2•Updated 16:15 CNN, MS NOW and Politico say their reporters were once again denied entry to the White House by the Secret Service on Thursday, despite a court ruling ordering their access to be restored. In response, the three media outlets have requested an urgent court hearing, alleging that the White House has defied the judge’s order. Earlier in the day, a federal judge had ordered the White House to reinstate press access for the three outlets after their reporters’ credentials were revoked. Judge Timothy Kelly ruled the bans violated basic due-process protections,…
Crowds gather in Riyadh and Ad Diriyah to mark Saudi National Day, waving green flags, joining street festivities and watching a Saudi military parade. Traditional performances and decorated cars add to the atmosphere. For many residents, the annual event is a chance to spend time with friends and family. Some say taking part has become a long-standing tradition. This year’s festivities come amid heightened regional tensions involving Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group. Fireworks and drone shows planned across Saudi Arabia were postponed until further notice. National Day is held each year on September 23.
New electric car registrations soared in the EU in August, against a backdrop of rising fuel prices and geopolitical uncertainty. Battery electric car registrations rose 62.7% from a year earlier, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Their share of all new EU car registrations climbed from 17.8% to 27.7% over the same period. The increase also boosted the wider market. New car sales across the 27 EU countries rose 4.5% in August from a year earlier and were up 5.3% in the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year. According to an EY…
“There is history. It matters to me. I never believed that the Germans crossed the border several times just for the sake of crossing borders,” Mélenchon said — though he insisted he is not “anti-German.” Jean-Luc Mélenchon speaks at the POLITICO Playbook Paris Live event in Paris on Sept. 24, 2026. | François Le Guen and Mathias Filippini for POLITICO Berlin aims to become Europe’s predominant military power in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and American retrenchment from Europe — a move Mélenchon argued was motivated by economic interests, with Germany hoping that a stronger defense industry can…
Published on 24/09/2026 – 17:43 GMT+2 France, Germany and Spain are split over what should count as “Made in Europe”, as the EU prepares new rules designed to favour European industry amid growing competition from China. The European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act would give European-made products, including cars, steel and green technologies, preferential treatment in public contracts. But EU governments disagree over where Europe ends: France wants a strict EU preference, Germany wants to include trading partners, while Spain is proposing a compromise between the two. Strict approach France is pushing for a strict EU approach but Germany wants…
Hundreds of trucks wait at the Gurbulak border crossing in Turkey’s eastern Agri province, with drivers standing beside their vehicles as they face long waits to enter Iran. Truckers say the delays have sharply reduced the number of journeys they can make. One driver says a route that once took 24 hours now takes a week, while rising fuel costs have further cut profits. Another says he now makes only one journey every 40 days or two months, leaving his family dependent on his income. The queues have grown as Iran relies more heavily on overland trade following disruption to…
IT’S THE AFTERMATH, STUPID: The intrusion wasn’t sophisticated, no one was harmed, but it’s still a political timebomb. The problem is what comes next — when the same thing happens but then agents start colluding to take it further, and personal data is breached or systems are shut down. Wow! OpenAI had no idea for two months, and then had no idea how to handle this with the Australian government. Ryan Heath explains each of the major mistakes, and why this drama is part of a long history of large tech companies not taking non-American markets and governments seriously. THE…
Published on 24/09/2026 – 19:30 GMT+2•Updated 19:31 NATO is prepared to respond to sabotage and drone incidents across Europe and has plans in place to address such threats, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Thursday. “Russia is doing more and more when it comes to the cyber etc. domain, but… NATO is ready for this,” Rutte said at an event in New York commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. “We have all these response options in place… when it comes to hybrids to make sure that we stay strong,” he added. Rutte argued that the growing…