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The case arose in 2015 after the Parliament noticed that 20 parliamentary assistants were listed as having political roles in the party’s organizational chart. “The European Parliament never advised us, nor did they blame us for our assistants,” Le Pen told the presiding judge, Michèle Agi, noting that the legislature’s “rules and regulations are 150 pages long.” She suggested the institution was not doing enough to help MEPs navigate their human resources needs. Parliament Director General Didier Klethi later took the stand and pushed back against that claim. “In practice, it is very easy to see whether a contract is…
Speaking to Euronews at Davos on Tuesday, Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Prévot accused United States President Donald Trump of seeking to “replace the United Nations’ system” with his transitional “Board of Peace”, a body ostensibly set up to administer post-war Gaza. While it remains unclear exactly how many leaders have been asked to join the body, Prévot told Euronews that Belgium has not been invited, decrying the project as “totally unacceptable” and adding that Trump was trying to “create his own personal board”. Trump began inviting world leaders to join the Board of Peace on 16 January in exchange…
Published on 20/01/2026 – 18:01 GMT+1 California’s Governor Gavin Newsom urged Europeans on Tuesday to stop playing nice with US President Donald Trump over Greenland, “develop a backbone” and “punch him in the face.” In blunt remarks to reporters at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the prominent Democratic politician called Trump “weak” and said the European Union should “push back very aggressively” against the US leader. “He’s good at exploiting weaknesses, but he backs down when he’s punched in the face,” Newsom said. “You can’t play all sides. Enough of the niceties,” he added. “Stop trying to appease him.…
Published on 20/01/2026 – 17:38 GMT+1 •Updated 17:54 Elon Musk has set his sights on Europe’s favourite low-cost airline, at least according to his statements on X, musing about buying it and then putting a “Ryan in charge of Ryan Air”. The world’s richest man kicked off the exchange after Ryanair’s famously mischievous social media team took a swipe at the thin-skinned tech entrepreneur during an outage on X by asking “perhaps you need Wi-Fi @elonmusk?” in a post on the Musk-owned platform. Musk responded by floating a mock takeover in a response over the weekend, asking whether he should…
The process would kick the can down the road by up to two years. This vote is effectively a dry run of where the majority would stand on final approval. Many of the lawmakers who support the deal are expected to reject sending it to court. However, that is not the case for some: The 12 German Green lawmakers, for example, are in favor of the deal but also support sending it to court to assess its legality — making Wednesday’s vote even tighter. In the Council of the EU, the bloc’s intergovernmental branch, the agreement won a qualified majority…
By euronews Published on 20/01/2026 – 17:19 GMT+1 In an exclusive interview in the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev said that the world order is changing. “International relations are entering a new era, an era where it is not the rule of law, but the rule of strength that is ruling the situation”, said the president. “Every country should base their strategy and policy on their potential”, he added. Asked about the situation in the Southern Caucasus and the vicinity of Azerbaijan, he hoped “it will not deteriorate”. “I hope every country will contribute…
Updated: 20/01/2026 – 17:13 GMT+1 Europe has “strong tools” and should use them “when the rules of the game are not respected,” says French President Emmanuel Macron at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Europe is weighing countermeasures after Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on European countries over the Greenland standoff. … More
Over the past few years, hiking trails have become one of the most popular tourist attractions. They are luring visitors looking to travel slowly, see more authentic sides of destinations, and escape soaring summer temperatures. Dozens of new routes have opened or been renewed, from the world’s longest circular route in Portugal to the Path of Love in Italy. But there’s another side to the hiking boom. Extreme weather phenomena and global warming are making some trails unsafe, while excessive visitor numbers are damaging local environments. Together, it means many paths are restricting access, introducing higher visitor fees, or closing…
“Well, nobody wants him because he’s going to be out of office very soon,” Trump told reporters. Then he threatened to hit French wines and Champagnes with 200 percent tariffs. Syria On the morning of 8 December, as rebel troops first entered Damascus, Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow. | Chris McGrath/Getty Images WHAT HE SAID “We are totally in line on Syria“ WHAT HE MEANT Syria is, undoubtedly, an area of agreement for the duo. Both support the former Al-Qaeda member Ahmed al-Sharaa as Syria’s leader, despite ongoing issues over reconciling the country’s different communities. Highlighting Syria seems to be…
By Euronews Published on 20/01/2026 – 16:19 GMT+1 Seven Dutch lawmakers resigned from Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party (PVV) on Tuesday to form their own faction, dealing a significant blow to the controversial anti-Islam firebrand who narrowly missed out on victory in last year’s national elections. In a statement on X, Wilders said: “A black day for the PVV. But we always keep going. For the Netherlands. And the sun will shine again.” Wilders told reporters in parliament that the departing lawmakers were not happy with his plan to pursue a policy of “hard opposition” to the new government once it…