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Published on 15/09/2026 – 17:02 GMT+2•Updated 17:53 In a document sent to EU legislators and seen by Euronews, the US has threatened the EU with retaliation if it does not scrap European preference provisions in its multiannual budget. EU member states are currently discussing the EU’s long-term budget (2028-2034), which includes a €402 billion fund dedicated to competitiveness that favours the production of key goods within the EU, including in defence. The measure would potentially exclude foreign firms from EU financing to protect strategic and economic security interests. “With further expansion of European preference measures in EU defence funds, the…
Published on 15/09/2026 – 18:48 GMT+2•Updated 18:53 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has reassured the US that Canada will remain a key partner despite an ongoing trade war that has seen relations between Ottawa and Washington unravel. Speaking at the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto on Tuesday, Carney said: “To our American friends, let me say this. We will always be neighbors, and Canada will continue to be the US’s most important partner in many key areas.” “Even at times of disagreement over our long-shared history, we have always maintained deep ties,” Carney went on, while pledging that Canada would…
Published on 15/09/2026 – 18:23 GMT+2 In a letter seen by Euronews, European Central Bank staff members have questioned the institution’s stability in the face of rumours of the early departures of its president, Christine Lagarde, and board member Isabel Schnabel. The staff calls the board to provide “appropriate clarity regarding potential leadership transitions”, as discussions of major departures can affect both monetary policy and ECB internal reforms. “We do not take a position on the accuracy of these reports, nor do we question the right of any individual to consider future professional or public responsibilities,” the staff members write,…
Plus possible de se dérober : Edouard Philippe s’apprête à dévoiler enfin sa réforme des retraites, cinq ans après avoir promis qu’il était prêt à décaler l’âge légal de départ à 65, 66 ou 67 ans. Plusieurs fois repoussée, l’annonce est redoutée par son équipe. Encore plus depuis que le candidat Horizons se voit accusé d’être un “flemmard” sur les réseaux sociaux. Anthony Lattier fait le point avec Elisa Bertholomey, cheffe du service politique de POLITICO. N’hésitez pas à vous abonner et à laisser vos commentaires !
Spain’s Supreme Court has refused to apply amnesty to Puigdemont for the alleged offence of embezzlement in the “procés” case — Catalonia’s independence movement, which peaked in the 2017 referendum and unilateral declaration of independence. The court is also keeping in force the national arrest warrant for Catalonia’s former president. Investigating judge Pablo Llarena, who is leading the case, has dismissed the request filed by Carles Puigdemont following the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 16 July. The court agreed with the Socialist-led government’s argument that the 2024 amnesty law for Catalan separatists complies…
By Euronews Baku bureau Published on 15/09/2026 – 18:10 GMT+2•Updated 18:13 Azerbaijan has committed up to 1 billion manat (€540 million) to climate-resilient irrigation infrastructure under its 2026-2030 state programme, as the country hosted a regional climate week two years after staging COP29 in Baku. The figure, announced by Agriculture Minister Majnun Mammadov at Baku Climate Action Week, represents nearly 40% of the state agricultural budget earmarked for climate adaptation. The funding will support modern irrigation systems across the South Caucasus, where water shortages, shifting growing seasons and soil degradation are accelerating. The government also launched an AI-based farmer scoring system…
Members of the European Parliament voted Tuesday to waive the parliamentary immunity of far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun, who is facing Holocaust denial charges in Poland. Braun, who leads the ultranationalist Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP) party, is accused of having denied the crimes of genocide committed by Nazi Germany in Auschwitz during a public debate in Warsaw in September 2025. Braun was already charged with genocide denial in a separate case, after he said in a July 2025 radio interview that “Auschwitz, with its gas chambers is, unfortunately, a fake.” The offense carries a sentence of up to three…
A European Parliament debate on the situation in Ceuta on Tuesday descended into a bitter internal clash between the political groups backing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, just one day before her landmark State of the Union address. The two main groups underpinning the centrist majority — the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) — clashed over the aftermath of the mass influx of migrants into the Spanish exclave on 30-31 July, when around 80,000 people crossed the border irregularly and more than 150 people died. “The EPP has been exploiting Ceuta for more…
Footage shows protesters pushing and scuffling with security forces, throwing objects and knocking down barriersbefore gendarmes deployed tear gas. The demonstration began peacefully in Victory Square (Piața Victoriei), where farmers gathered to protest problems affecting the livestock and farming sectors. Tensions later escalated when some protesters tried to block roads around the square and confronted gendarmes, who responded with tear gas. The protest was organised by Romanian sheep farmers and other agricultural producers, with several hundred to more than 1,000 people taking part. Organisers had called on protesters to bring sheep, tractors and hay bales to the square, but restrictions…
In an exclusive interview with Euronews, the President of World Athletics Sebastian Coe defended the organisation’s decision to keep Russian athletes barred from its events. The International Olympic Committee announced in the summer that it was easing the relevant restrictions, but left it to each international sports federation to take its own decisions. Euronews asked whether, in the light of those developments and of decisions taken by other federations, World Athletics plans to change its stance. Athletics is, after all, the sport often described as “the king of the Olympic Games”. Coe’s answer, however, leaves no room for misinterpretation: “We…