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By euronews Published on 08/09/2025 – 14:00 GMT+2 The European Investment Bank (EIB) is investing €17.5 million to support Joltie, a Greek electric vehicle (EV) charging company, in expanding its public charging network across Greece and Cyprus. This funding, backed by the InvestEU programme, aims to install approximately 2,200 new charging points by 2029, enhancing EV infrastructure in the region. By expanding access to reliable charging infrastructure, the project aims to decarbonise road transport, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate the transition to sustainable mobility in the cohesion regions. Supporting Europe’s green transition The project fits perfectly with InvestEU’s ‘Future Mobility’…
After the rebranding of the Department of Defense as the “Department of War”, Donald Trump has once again used an AI-generated image of himself to seemingly threaten “war” on the city of Chicago. The image depicts him as Robert Duvall’s character, Lieutenant Colonel William Kilgore, in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film Apocalypse Now. The backdrop depicts Chicago’s skyline peppered with helicopters and fire, seemingly imitating an active war zone. “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” the image caption reads, with an altered version of one of the film’s most famous quotes to refer to…
Sinn Féin leaders are meeting Monday in the Dublin suburb of Dún Laoghaire to discuss, behind closed doors, who — if anyone — should be their candidate. Ahead of that meeting, McDonald told RTÉ radio it wouldn’t be her — and stressed the party wouldn’t announce its decision until a final Sept. 20 meeting, four days before the nomination period closes. The 56-year-old McDonald said she must stay focused, as opposition leader in the Dáil Éireann parliament, on winning Ireland’s next general election. This may not happen until 2029. According to an opinion poll of the party’s own members, 17 percent…
Local police estimated 70,000 participants, while organisers said 110,000 joined the 3.5-kilometre march, supported by more than 200 human rights groups and aid agencies, including Oxfam, Amnesty and Doctors without Borders. The protest followed Belgium’s announcement that it will recognise Palestine at the UN General Assembly later this month and impose sanctions on Israel under certain conditions. Demonstrators welcomed the move but demanded uncompromised measures, warning that EU governments remain far behind public opinion as Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepens.
The Greens proposed an amendment calling for an extra €4.5 billion for Ukraine, partially to fund additional air defense systems. The money would have increased Berlin’s Ukraine spending from €8.26 billion to €12.76 billion for this year. Green budget lawmaker Sebastian Schäfer linked the demand to ongoing Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities. After Moscow struck civilian targets over the weekend, Schäfer wrote on X: “With the 2025 budget we could provide extra air defense. Unfortunately, Jens Spahn (CDU) and [Matthias] Miersch (SPD) reject it — despite their promises in Kyiv a week ago,” referring to parliamentary group leaders of the…
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“Protecting your country and your society is one thing; bombing hospitals and starving children is another,” he added, stressing Spain’s responsibility to do whatever it can to halt “what the U.N. special rapporteur and many experts consider a genocide.” The package of measures announced by Sánchez forbids people who have “directly participated in genocide, human rights violations and war crimes in the Gaza Strip” from entering Spain. The prime minister did not clarify how the participation would be assessed, or how those individuals would be identified. The package also includes new restrictions on consular services offered to Spanish citizens residing…
Shabana Mahmood Mahmood’s recent promotion to home secretary demonstrates her strong standing with Keir Starmer and would make her an obvious candidate favored by No. 10. But her Blue Labour-style politics will put off those party members who still tilt left, while her burgeoning Home Office in-tray means she has a lot on her plate. David Lammy After taking the deputy prime minister mantle from Angela Rayner (a consolation for losing those cushy government flights) there could be a case for Lammy going for her old deputy leader gig too. But huge pressure from MPs and unions for a female…
In a damning report on Monday, the parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee warned that “alarming amounts” of meat and dairy products were still being illegally imported for both personal consumption and sale. The committee welcomed the government’s ban on personal imports of meat and dairy from the EU but described it as “toothless,” with prohibited products continuing to enter the U.K. through airports, seaports and the Eurotunnel in freight, parcels, personal baggage and passenger vehicles. “It would not be an exaggeration to say that Britain is sleepwalking through its biggest food safety crisis since the horse meat scandal,”…
“This was a bad summer for Europe,” said Bas Eickhout, co-chair of the Greens in the Parliament, a different political group from von der Leyen but one that voted her into office. “What we clearly want as a message from the president of the Commission is that things need to change.” Barely 10 months into her second period at the helm, von der Leyen is under severe pressure ― from the democratically elected Parliament, from within the broader EU setup, and from global events. Political groups that for decades have been friendly toward center-right Commission presidents are now questioning those…