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Despite these extensive ties, AfD leaders have sought to distance themselves from the Trump administration over concerns that the U.S. president’s unpopularity in Germany could turn into an electoral liability. AfD scored a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt’s state election on Sept. 6, winning 43.8 percent of the vote — more than twice its 2021 result. It grants the party 39 of the 83 seats in the state parliament, leaving it three seats short of an outright majority and raising the prospect of Germany’s first far-right state government since World War II. The right-wing party advocates a sharply restrictive immigration policy,…

The mass entry of around 80,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco was a “hybrid attack” on an “external border of the European Union”, Spain’s former foreign minister Arancha González Laya has told Euronews. The goal was to “use migration as a tool” to “weaken” the European Union at a time when migration is a “sensitive social issue”, the former minister added. Rabat’s potential role in orchestrating the border breach has come under the spotlight after leaked police reports suggested Moroccan security forces could have played a role in facilitating the incident. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 9:16 GMT+2•Updated 9:18 Thai authorities said on Wednesday they are investigating a Bangkok clinic where a Nigerian-born British businessman and influencer underwent a penis enlargement procedure that led to his death. A coroner in London ruled last month that the 6 March death of 43-year-old Igho Ubiribo in the Thai capital was caused by the hyaluronic acid injection he received hours earlier. The case has reignited debate about medical tourism, with Thailand a leading destination for visitors from abroad seeking healthcare, including cosmetic procedures. Ubiribo, reportedly known as “Tiny” and “Ego”, had 185,000 followers on Instagram,…

September is, par excellence, the month of the grape harvest in Portugal. It is during this period that, across the country, the grape harvest comes to life and often turns into a leisurely opportunity for discovery for those who want to learn more about this age-old tradition. A practice that, in recent years, has been affected by the consequences of climate change. According to Frederico Falcão, president of ViniPortugal, the Interprofessional Organisation of Portuguese Wine, speaking to the Lusa news agency, the “greater frequency of periods of intense heat” has brought the harvest forward in several regions of the country,…

Brussels’ simplification drive has continued, with a weakening of anti-deforestation rules, watered-down 2040 climate targets, and a decision to put the brakes on the EU’s most important climate policy, the Emissions Trading System. But a European summer of extreme heatwaves, wildfires and drought, combined with renewed anxiety over dependence on foreign fossil fuels, has injected new energy into the decarbonization and environmental push.  Overall, the push to slash green rules has found a natural limit with EU legislators, where weakening the rules is acceptable, but gutting them outright is not. Protecting the environment remains embedded in Europe’s political mainstream, even…

The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, suffered another political defeat when member states torpedoed her latest initiative to set up an expert group on European defence, at a time when her diplomatic service is under growing pressure to reform. On Sunday, the European External Action Service (EEAS) cancelled, at the last minute, the launch of a new high-level group tasked with producing a report on how to boost the EU’s defence capabilities by identifying strategic investment gaps. Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, had announced the initiative just days earlier, saying it aimed…

Move over “Lake America.” Donald Trump has opened a fresh front in his running battle with Canada, and this time the target is the drinks cabinet. The US president on Tuesday escalated his trade war against Ottawa, banning imports of alcohol and other goods and hiking tariffs elsewhere, with the dispute showing no sign of cooling. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stood firm, acknowledging that loosening economic ties with the United States would come at a cost but insisting the benefits would outweigh the pain. A range of Canadian products, from mattresses to motorboats and golf carts, will face a…

“We will continue to discuss the campaign, ways to avoid inflicting irreparable damage [on each other], and agree on a code of conduct,” he said. Attal and his advisers started organizing the meetings in the spring, after Philippe launched his campaign but before Attal’s announcement, to ensure the centrist bloc remained united. But the encounters have been marred by disagreements over how to rally around a single champion. A lawmaker from Philippe’s party, Horizons, concurred that Tuesday’s meeting would not lead to a breakthrough. Portrait of Marine Le Pen during La REF of MEDEF at Roland Garros in Paris, on…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2•Updated 8:04 Mared Gwyn reports on why Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas is asking Brussels for help after 80.000 migrants illegally crossed into the city last month. Interviews with Arancha González Laya, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain, on the Ceuta crisis; and Maciej Jakubowski, Director of Poland’s Educational Research Institute, on the newly released PISA results. Sasha Vakulina breaks down a new report claiming the UAE explicitly warned Benjamin Netanyahu of the Hamas 7 October attack days in advance. According to the report, the Israeli Prime Minister failed to inform the country’s security and…

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