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“Ultimately, I’m less fussed about what we end up calling it. I’m more fussed about that we have initiatives that are really going to drive prosperity, economic security, and a range of things moving forward,” he said. The EU and Canada are in the process of identifying areas to upgrade their partnership, including critical raw materials, AI, research and innovation. Asked when those deals could be signed, Wilkinson said they would be coming “pretty soon,” with several planned for the joint EU–Canada summit in October. “This is not something that you commit to do, and it’s five years later. This…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 15:41 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to rule out including a pledge to rejoin the European Union in Labour’s next election manifesto, according to UK media reports. Burnham, who has been in office since late July, made the comments to reporters as he was travelling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week. Asked whether he could rule out such a promise in a manifesto, Burnham was quoted as saying questions about rejoining the bloc were “for another day” and that his current focus remained a long-awaited UK/EU summit – which…
Hundreds of artists and performing arts students protested outside Colombia’s Ministry of Cultures in Bogotá, using music, dance, puppets and giant banners to voice their opposition to government budget cuts. The government has proposed reducing the ministry’s 2027 budget by nearly 30%, while the National Incentives Program’s awards and recognitions have been suspended for 2026. Protesters are demanding the release of funding and greater support for the cultural sector.
“We should go beyond that. On some issues, I think that they [the far right] are relatively sane. On some other issues, there’s insanity,” he added, while insisting a majority of votes in Parliament will involve the mainstream parties. Since the 2024 EU election, the EPP has repeatedly passed legislation with support from right-wing and far-right groups, particularly on migration and green policy — topics where the centrist groups have the widest gaps between them — sidelining its traditional centrist and center-left partners. Liberals and Social Democrats are now pushing for binding, coalition-style commitments among the three centrist forces to prevent…
A fake photo circulating online of two alleged Israeli passports belonging to Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, allegedly shows that the Ukrainian president and his family have chosen Israel as their homeland instead of Ukraine. The Facebook post was published at the beginning of September alongside the caption: “You can twist it any way you like, but we always come back to the same point: Zelenskyy and his family have a homeland of choice that inspires, protects and supports him in everything he does, and that homeland is certainly not Ukraine. This is common knowledge, just as it…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 22:09 GMT+2 Typhoon Dujuan left at least four people dead and 22 injured in Japan, while thousands of houses near Tokyo were without power after the storm swept through the region, authorities said on Tuesday. Officials warned that the death toll may continue to rise as six people remain missing, noting that search and rescue operations were underway to locate them. The typhoon moved away from Japan’s coast and out into the Pacific by the morning, allowing authorities to lift or downgrade most heavy rain and landslide warnings. Dujuan had already led to the early closure…
Budget Minister David Amiel estimated that the country would end up spending €1.4 billion in subsidies this year. France has since March favored combatting rising energy prices with targeted fuel subsidies as opposed to across-the-board tax cuts, which would likely exacerbate France’s dire fiscal outlook. Lescure said that approach would remain “unchanged.” But the conflict in the Middle East has pushed oil prices to near their highest level since May, while gas prices were more than double their level before the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran in February, prompting the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. French President Emmanuel Macron…
European affairs ministers met in Brussels on Tuesday for another round of negotiations on the EU’s next seven-year budget. Despite a shared ambition to reach a deal by the end of the year, negotiations appear to have stalled, with significant differences still unresolved. “This is my fourth [Multiannual Financial Framework] negotiations, so I have to admit that some of the discussions come with a large sense of déjà vu,” European Commissioner for the Budget Piotr Serafin said during a debate with EU ministers on Tuesday. “Many positions are quite predictable, as they have been consistently repeated over the last decades,”…
Ancient Roman Pula on Croatia’s Adriatic coast is being transformed by contemporary light art as the Visualia Light Festival brings installations to 16 locations across the historic city. More than 2,000-year-old Roman architecture becomes the backdrop for projections, interactive installations and contemporary artworks exploring themes including peace, nature, human relationships and technology. Artists from across Europe and beyond are taking part, while the city’s Roman amphitheatre and historic centre provide a contrast between ancient architecture and some of the newest developments in light art. All in all, the artists come from Croatia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Finland, France, the United Kingdom,…
La menace russe s’intensifie en Europe, alertent Emmanuel Macron et plusieurs de ses homologues sur le continent. Comment ont été planifiées les opérations d’ingérence ayant récemment touché la France ? Des camps d’entraînements secrets dans les Balkans aux navires de la flotte fantôme, quelle organisation à grande échelle a été mise en place le Kremlin pour déstabiliser l’Europe ? Anthony Lattier reçoit dans le podcast Playbook Paris Marion Solletty, grand reporter Europe à POLITICO, autrice de Les agents du chaos, et Laura Kayali, notre spécialiste défense, qui a contribué à ce livre-enquête. N’hésitez pas à vous abonner et à laisser…