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The vice chair of the European Parliament’s right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists group began gathering signatures Friday to force a vote on asking the EU political-parties watchdog to investigate the European Left Alliance (ELA) for breaching EU values, according to an email seen by POLITICO. The process could ultimately lead to the deregistration and loss of EU funding — effectively a ban — for the ELA. It’s home to Spain’s Podemos, Denmark’s Enhedslisten, Italy’s Left and Portugal’s Bloco de Esquerda. The vote would take place in the plenary session on Oct. 19. Parliament should take action because the office of…
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In recent years, we’ve seen demonstrations at ports across Europe against the cruise industry over environmental and overtourism concerns. But has the cruise industry unjustly become the poster child for the travel industry’s problems, and can it repair its dirtied reputation? In this episode of The Big Question, Gianni Onorato, CEO of MSC Cruises, sat down with Hannah Brown to discuss how the cruise industry is responding to its biggest criticisms to ensure its survival. How big is the cruise industry? Gianni stressed that while their ships may be big, the cruise industry is not, with this segment making up…
The race for some of the EU’s most coveted diplomatic jobs is under way. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur unpack why this year’s routine EEAS rotation is attracting unusually strong interest from senior Commission officials — and what it says about the mood in Brussels. Then, we head to France, where a wave of student protests is spilling into the presidential campaign, sharpening the contrast between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen and adding to what one government adviser called a “maxi merde” moment for French politics. Plus, Brussels’ revamped Schuman roundabout is becoming a new protest hotspot — close…
Published on 05/10/2026 – 6:08 GMT+2 Flávio Bolsonaro, a Brazilian Senator and ally of US President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff on the 25th of October 5 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy after neither won a majority in Sunday’s presidential vote. The country’s electoral court in the capital Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth non-consecutive term, nor the 45-year-old son to embattled former President Jair Bolsonaro garnered the majority vote needed for an outright win. The court had Bolsonaro with just…
Friedrich Merz reist überraschend am Wochenende nach Kiew, ausgerechnet während massiver russischer Drohnenangriffe. Am heutigen Montag danach werden die Chefs der deutschen Nachrichtendienste wohl deutlich: Wie nah ist der hybride Schattenkrieg bereits in Deutschland angekommen? POLITICO-Reporter Hans von der Burchard ordnet ein, welche Botschaften der Kanzler aus der Ukraine mitbringt und was die öffentliche Anhörung des Geheimdienst-Ausschusses über Sabotageakte verraten wird. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview warnt Thüringens SPD-Innenminister Georg Maier vor einer Zunahme russischer Attacken auf die heimische Infrastruktur. Er skizziert, wie sich Deutschland gegen Spionage und Cyberangriffe wappnen muss und ob Betreiber kritischer Anlagen künftig selbst feindliche Drohnen abschießen dürfen. Zurück…
All four broadly back a shift from pragmatic dealmaking inside the Parliament toward more offensive mobilization, gearing up for , and getting lawmakers out of Parliament and onto the streets. POLITICO spoke to all the candidates. The vote takes place on Tuesday, with a press conference scheduled for 6.15 p.m. to announce the winners. Terry Reintke — the continuity candidate Germany’s Reintke has helped lead the group since 2022 and is widely expected to win one of the two co-chair posts. “I’m quite optimistic, quite confident,” she said in an interview. Reintke says she believes the Greens can exert influence through…
Reste que pour le moment, l’intérêt d’Emmanuel Macron pour le grand raout des discussions climatiques demeure timide : invité à prendre part à la pré-COP, qui se tiendra du lundi 3 au jeudi 8 octobre aux Fidji, il a laissé la priorité à sa ministre de la Transition écologique, Monique Barbut. De “Make our planet great again” au détricotage Cette attitude tranche avec les débuts au pouvoir de celui qui se plaçait alors en héritier de l’Accord de Paris, dont l’objectif est de contenir le réchauffement climatique “bien en dessous” de 2 °C. A peine un mois après son élection,…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 04/10/2026 – 21:09 GMT+2•Updated 21:26 Welcome to Baku, Azerbaijan, where new legends will rise to claim their red back patches at the Baku World Judo Championships 2026. At -48kg, Italy’s Assunta SCUTTO claimed her place in the final for the third time in a row with impressive judo all morning. Her third time in a World final, but could she take the gold for a second time? Meeting her there was Japan’s KOGA Wakana. The Japanese judoka was in fantastic form, with high quality judo throughout the day. KOGA already has a World bronze and silver, would…
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held talks with ministers and PSOE leaders on Sunday as he weighs whether to call an early general election, after Congress rejected two housing measures put forward by the government. According to government sources quoted by RTVE, Sánchez began this period of reflection after Friday’s defeat in Parliament and is seeking the views of ministers and senior figures within the PSOE. His deliberations are also taking into account the demonstrations and housing protest camps held in various parts of Spain. No decision has yet been taken. Some socialist figures have openly backed going to the polls.…