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By Euronews with AFP Published on 25/02/2026 – 18:05 GMT+1 The allied military drill Orion-26,” France’s largest military exercise since the Cold War, is ongoing at Base 123 in Orléans Bricy, with paratroopers being dropped over the Coëtquidan base in Brittany, western France. The airborne manoeuvre involved around 1,500 paratroopers deployed between the French and UK forces, testing the ability of European armies to work together. “It’s quite a bold operation,” Colonel Colomban de Poncharra, commanding officer of the French 3rd Marine Corps parachute regiment, said. The drill aimed at three main objectives: speed of action, endurance and autonomy. “An airborne force dropped…
Here’s everything you need to know about the battle for Gorton and Denton. Why it matters Gorton and Denton is the prime minister’s biggest electoral test since last May, when Nigel Farage’s Reform UK snatched Runcorn and Helsby (also in north west England) off Labour by just six votes. On the same night, Reform also stormed into the lead in local elections across England. In recent weeks, Starmer has lost key personnel, survived a call from Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar to resign, and has faced major questions over the short-lived appointment of Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador in Washington,…
Published on 25/02/2026 – 17:15 GMT+1 One hundred and five members of the European Parliament sent a letter on Wednesday to the Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen, asking for a European-funded pathway that ensures real and effective access to abortions. The letter aims to put pressure on the Commission, the day before the decision on the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice”, which collected 1,124,513 signatures across all 27 countries and asked to improve access to safe abortion in Europe. This initiative calls to establish financial support to perform safe termination of pregnancies for women abroad their countries,…
Spain published 153 classified documents on Wednesday relating to the failed military coup of 23 February 1981, also known as 23-F, ending 45 years of secrecy around one of the most dramatic moments in the southern European country’s transition to democracy. The documents were made available on the government’s La Moncloa website from midday Wednesday, following the publication of a ministerial order in the Official State Gazette that lifted the classified status. The release includes transcripts of telephone conversations between military commanders, intelligence reports from the former CESID intelligence service, and records from the defence, interior and foreign ministries during…
A row over anti-Semitism and the response of the Berlin Film Festival committee is the subject of a hastily arranged government meeting to be held on Thursday. Germany’s Culture Minister, Wolfram Weimar, has called an extraordinary reunion of state’s culture commission (KBB) with the fate of Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle also expected to be decided. According to Germany’s Bild newspaper and government sources, the supervisory board will also discuss the future direction of the Berlin International Film Festival and other personnel changes at the special talks. Wolfram Weimer and Tricia Tuttle are reportedly said to be in agreement that she…
Le traité révisé ouvre la voie à une plus grande intégration de l’économie mexicaine, fortement axée sur la production manufacturière, avec l’industrie européenne, en particulier dans le secteur automobile. Il ouvre également la voie à une augmentation des investissements européens au Mexique. Pour ce dernier, il s’agirait d’un moyen de réduire sa dépendance écrasante à l’égard de l’économie américaine. Mais c’est cette même dépendance qui rend cet accord actualisé délicat. “Les Etats-Unis sont une variable commerciale importante pour tous les pays, mais pour le Mexique, c’est un partenaire crucial”, pointe Renata Zilli, chercheuse au European Centre for International Political Economy,…
The European Commission has asked Ukraine to accelerate repair works on the Druzhba oil pipeline to defuse the crisis triggered by Hungary’s double veto, which has paralysed a €90 billion loan for Kyiv and a fresh round of sanctions against Russia. At the same time, the Adria pipeline, also known as JANAF, which begins in Croatia and connects several Central European countries, has emerged as the most viable alternative to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia continue to receive oil supplies. “As a strategic energy hub of the European Union and the only secure crude oil supply route for Central Europe,…
Without an agreement, the U.K. can still take part in joint procurement projects in which a maximum of 35 percent of the value of a weapons system is paid for by the scheme. The U.K. had been negotiating for a higher percentage, which would benefit the country’s large arms industry. The armed forces minister predicted: “You’re going to see more work on that. I think you’re going to see far greater collaborations.” Keir Starmer talked up his desire for deeper EU-U.K. collaboration on defense financing at the Munich Security Conference, as did Chancellor Rachel Reeves in a recent speech. However,…
Published on 25/02/2026 – 15:01 GMT+1 Millions of people across countries in Europe on Tuesday commemorated the fourth anniversary of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine. In Paris, the Eiffel Tower was illuminated in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Thousands, including Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, and Vadim Omelchenko, Ukraine’s ambassador to France, participated in the commemoration. Ukraine’s ambassador to France, Vadim Omelchenko, said that the past four years had been a time of suffering and struggle but had also shown the perseverance and courage of the Ukrainian people. In Warsaw, the Polish capital, many people…
Die AfD kämpft an mehreren Stellen und diesmal kommt der Druck von innen. Recherchen von Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler zeigen, wie sehr Vorwürfe rund um Vetternwirtschaft und Überkreuz-Anstellungen die Parteispitze um Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla belasten. Drohen nun personelle Konsequenzen und trifft es am Ende ausgerechnet denjenigen, der die Missstände öffentlich gemacht haben soll? Auch die erst im November gegründete Jugendorganisation „Generation Deutschland“ sorgt weiter für negative Schlagzeilen. Gegen Vorstandsmitglied Kevin Dorow läuft ein Parteiausschlussverfahren. Wie Dorow davon erst aus der Presse erfuhr und warum seine NS-Bezüge sowie die Nähe zum Rechtsextremisten Martin Sellner die Geduld der…