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Last year’s European election reshaped EU politics. The Commission president must acknowledge a new alternative right-wing majority even as she fights to preserve her signature political achievement. Jun 25 6 mins read

Each day begins with Hadayed’s seven children crying from the oppressive heat trapped inside their nylon shelter, while outside, humidity clings to the air like a second skin. The 32-year-old mother fans her children with scraps and pours precious water over them, if any is available.Across the Gaza Strip, heat has deepened suffering, with water shortages, failing sanitation, and limited space threatening public health.Aid agencies warn that with only 40% of water facilities operating and fuel blocked from entering, Gaza’s humanitarian crisis may rapidly worsen, especially for its children.

Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy serve up their essential guide to the day in British politics. After Chancellor Rachel Reeves was seen visibly sobbing at PMQs, the prime minister last night confirmed she would be chancellor for a long time to come – but will that be enough to calm fears in the markets? And what do we think is really going on with the chancellor? Sam and Anne discuss. And what about Keir Starmer’s fate – are some in his own party questioning his longevity? Also, the NHS 10-year plan includes the creation of 200 new…

COURSE AUX SCOOPS. Paris Influ s’attend aussi à de la concurrence du côté des autres rédactions. Plusieurs équipes de confrères ont doublé (voire triplé !) leur taille pour couvrir l’événement. Votre infolettre, qui a plus d’un tour dans son sac à malices, vous fait cette promesse : les ReAix côté médias, c’est ici que ça s’passe. Non mais oh ! EN AIXTRAS. Les Rencontres, ce sont aussi des soirées, officielles ou officieuses. Vous n’avez pas reçu toutes les invitations ? Pas d’inquiétude ! On vous dit dans quelles contre-soirées vous pouvez espérer croiser du gratin autour d’un rosé piscine.  Jouer…

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has once again been targeted by pro-Russian actors, who this time have used its likeness to attack the LGBT movement in Moldova.This image, posted on Telegram and other social media networks, states that “Moldova has chosen a new religion”.It depicts people at Moldova’s pride march, brandishing the LGBT rainbow and Moldovan flags, chasing away an Orthodox priest.Comments from some users sharing the image read that the priest is being hounded by a “crowd of crazed perverts”, while others say Moldova is being pulled towards Europe, “whose religion is sodomy”.However, the statements are all based on…

“The Commission has so far — fortunately — pushed back against the most immediate German instincts,” Kleimann said. “At the same time, the Commission now appears to be willing to accept an agreement — with a landing zone involving sectoral carve-outs from a 10 percent U.S. baseline tariff — that would …  erode fundamental principles of the rules-based trading system and undermine EU strategic autonomy.” Symmetry in asymmetry At the other end of the spectrum are Paris and Madrid, which want to resist the U.S. president’s roughhouse negotiating tactics, according to two EU diplomats who were granted anonymity to discuss…

Es ist zurück: Das Chlorhuhn. Jahrzehnte nach TTIP geistert das Symbol des transatlantischen Handelsstreits erneut durch die europäische Debatte – denn Donald Trump droht mit Strafzöllen, wenn die EU nicht bei Agrarstandards nachgibt. Friedrich Merz drängt auf eine Einigung mit Washington, doch selbst der CDU-Wirtschaftspolitiker Tilman Kuban warnt wenigstens leise im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Europa muss selbstbewusst verhandeln – und auch pragmatisch neue Märkte erschließen. Auch im Inland herrscht Zugzwang: Gesundheitsministerin Nina Warken will die umstrittene Klinikreform von Karl Lauterbach abmildern, weil das Wunsch auch der Unions-geführten Länder ist. Jürgen Klöckner erklärt, warum der Kanzler das Krankenhaus-Problem direkt vor der Haustür hat…

“Already last year, the delays in the European aviation network were the worst in 25 years, and the situation this year is likely to deteriorate further,” Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas wrote in a letter to transport ministers in April, seen by POLITICO. “Last year, Europe saw 35,000 flights on a busy summer day, this year we expect to reach 38,000,” Tzitzikostas added. “High demand puts considerable pressure on Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), some of whom continue to struggle with staff and capacity shortages,” the commissioner acknowledged, calling on governments to start “hiring and training additional controllers where needed.” But…

Published on 03/07/2025 – 5:04 GMT+2An arson attack on a restaurant and supermarket in Estonia last year were ordered by Russian intelligence, an Estonian court said on Wednesday.The attack was one in a series across Europe tracked linked to Russia by Western officials. The goal, they asserted, is to sow division in Western societies and undermine support for Ukraine as it continues to fend off Russia’s more than three-year long full-scale invasion.The Harju County Court in Estonia said the perpetrators were two Moldovan men who are cousins, both named Ivan Chihaial.One was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for the…

U.S. tech giant IBM, a frontrunner in quantum tech, recently announced it expects to have the first workable quantum computer by 2029. That underlines the urgency of securing critical data. “The fact that we have this roadmap now and that all of the EU member states agreed on this … I think this is really a big step,” said Stephan Ehlen, a cryptography expert at the German cybersecurity agency and one of the authors of the roadmap. But making a plan is just the start. “This is not only about these algorithms, it’s a huge migration problem … It affects billions and…