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Italy’s Chamber of Deputies approved a new electoral law on Thursday, clearing the way for its use in the next general election, due in 2027. The legislation, backed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government and formally known as the Stabilicum, – dubbed the Melonellum by opposition parties, – passed by 227 votes to 164 in a secret ballot. The vote effectively marks the unofficial start of the election campaign. While the current legislature runs until September 2027, speculation about an early election is already circulating in the corridors of parliament, though as we explain below, a vote before 14 April…
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By Etienne Paponaud with AFP Published on 08/10/2026 – 18:30 GMT+2•Updated 18:32 Sophie Adenot spent 235 days 400 kilometres above the Earth. After a day-long journey, the French astronaut splashed down on Thursday 8 October at 5:35 p.m. (French time), together with three other members of the International Space Station crew, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California. The final minutes of the flight brought intense sensations for the Frenchwoman, Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fediaiev and the two Americans Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway: a high-speed plunge through the atmosphere, then a slowdown under powerful parachutes, all while communications were…
Michael Jackson’s fashion legacy is going under the hammer, with more than 100 pieces of clothing and accessories from his career going up for auction. Among the items is the rhinestone-covered glove Jackson wore while performing ‘Billie Jean’ during his 1983 Motown 25 performance, where he debuted the moonwalk, as well as the red leather jacket he wore in the 1983 music video for Thriller. The loafers he wore in the video are also up for grabs. The ‘Michael Jackson: The Fashion Legacy’ evening auction will be part of Julien’s Celebrity & Pop Culture Experience, taking place from 7 to…
Qui sortira vainqueur de la campagne express et des trois débats de la primaire organisée par le PS, Place publique et GRS ? Près de 140 000 personnes sont appelées à voter vendredi et samedi. Ce corps électoral est difficilement sondable. Présenté comme le favori, le président de Place publique Raphaël Glucksmann peut-il sortir triomphant et indemne après avoir été durement attaqué par plusieurs de ses adversaires, dont Ségolène Royal et Olivier Faure ? Anthony Lattier en discute avec Marcelo Wesfreid, le directeur adjoint de la rédaction de POLITICO.Des questions ? Des commentaires ? Ecrivez-nous sur Whatsapp au +32 494…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 16:33 GMT+2 Europe could face a gas shortfall of 12% to 15% of demand if a severe cold snap hits this winter, according to a report published on Thursday by the EU’s gas transmission operators. The warning comes as the bloc enters winter with gas storage facilities just 72% full as of October 1, down from 83% at the same point last year, following what the report describes as a “challenging injection season”. The winter supply outlook, published by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG), examines two scenarios that assume no Russian…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 18:20 GMT+2 US authorities charged former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Thursday with conspiring to torture Venezuelan citizens to remain in power. “He authorized the use of torture against specific individuals and oversaw a system designed to use torture, arbitrary detention and violence as a means of repression against the political opposition,” says the revised indictment. The indictment alleges that thousands of Venezuelans were “harassed, threatened, arrested, prosecuted, assaulted, tortured, or killed” by people acting on behalf of Maduro’s government. The alleged abuse included electric shocks, beatings and asphyxiation. Maduro is…
The Government submitted this Thursday afternoon to Parliament the draft State Budget bill for 2027, two days ahead of the deadline, after approving it in the Council of Ministers this morning. The document was delivered by the Minister of Finance, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, to the President of the Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco. The third State Budget of Luís Montenegro’s government once again has its approval guaranteed thanks to the Socialist Party (PS). Socialist secretary-general José Luís Carneiro announced last week the intention to abstain in the initial overall vote, which takes place on 28 October, after Prime…
Burnham and Merz were due to talk about possibilities for Britain’s future relationship with the EU — after the British prime minister put rejoining the bloc back on the table of U.K. politics for the first time in a decade. Berlin’s position on EV tariffs is significant as Germany has broadly backed a tolerant policy towards the U.K. on trade matters since Brexit — in contrast to more hard-line positions taken by countries like France. The EU is in the process of drawing up new Made in Europe rules that would favor European producers over those outside the bloc —…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Portugal on Thursday for the final stop of his tour of three NATO allies. The visit comes a day after he urged European countries to preserve Western civilisation by upholding the values and traditions of ancient Greece during a speech in Athens. “Portugal is a great ally, very cooperative ally of the United States and a country with which we already have a solid and growing relationship. And we visit these countries in order to reinforce those ties,” Rubio said before departing Athens. “That’s the purpose of the trip.” Rubio is expected…