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Lawmakers oppose the Commission’s “national plans,” an idea to pool funds for farmers and regions — which make up around half of the total EU budget, worth €1.8 trillion — into single pots managed by the bloc’s 27 governments. This is a change from the current system, where regions play a crucial role in handling the funding. “As the current proposal on the [national plans] does not take our core requests into consideration, it cannot constitute a basis for negotiations,” the draft says. “We therefore look forward to seeing our key requests meaningfully reflected in an amended proposal of the European…
Published on 28/10/2025 – 18:19 GMT+1 Voters in the Netherlands are gearing up for a snap parliamentary election expected to be a knife-edge race on Wednesday. As party leaders do their final stretch of campaigning, many voters have signalled they haven’t made up their mind yet. Speaking to Euronews from The Hague, one voter explained he wants to be “very precise,” weighing his options before making a final decision, but wants his vote to “make a positive change to society”, mentioning the housing crisis as a major problem he hopes the next government will tackle. Another voter said “I am…
Reform voters, however, think Andrew should lose that title too due to his alleged behavior. Two-thirds of Reform voters (68 percent), Green voters (69 percent) and Liberal Democrat voters (63 percent) reckon he should have the honorific title of prince “officially removed,” according to a survey by the More in Common think tank. That compares with just 51 percent of mainstream Conservative and Labour Party voters. Officially removing Andrew’s prince title would require either an act of parliament, or could be done using the legal powers of the royal prerogative, but that would likely need to be done on the…
In Douala, barricades burned and gunfire echoed through the streets as security forces clashed with protesters denouncing what they called a stolen vote. At least four people were killed and more than a hundred arrested as anger swept through major cities. Opposition supporters, led by Issa Tchiroma Bakary, claimed the election was rigged and demanded transparent results. The unrest left neighbourhoods paralysed and fear spreading fast, with residents describing scenes of chaos. Although tensions have eased in recent days, the situation remains fragile, with sporadic clashes still reported on 28 October.
Published on 28/10/2025 – 16:58 GMT+1 •Updated 16:59 Apple’s stock reached new heights on Tuesday, trading above $269 a share and pushing the company’s market capitalisation to a record $4 trillion (€3.4tr). That followed stronger-than-expected demand for its latest iPhone 17. The Cupertino-based technology giant therefore joins the elite club with Nvidia and Microsoft, which both surpassed the same valuation earlier this year. Nvidia, the semiconductor powerhouse, became the first company in history to hit the $4tn milestone in July 2025. News of soaring AI investments and the firm’s strong profit outlook have continued to lift its share price since…
“This announcement only reinforces climate policy as a dividing line in our politics, rather than being the unifying issue it once was,” May told fellow members of the House of Lords. “And, for the Conservative Party, it risks chasing votes from Reform at the expense of the wider electorate.” May also lambasted the “villainization of the judiciary” by politicians “peddling populist narratives” and said this would “erode public trust in the institutions of our democracy and therefore in democracy itself.” Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick, who narrowly lost the Tory leadership contest last year, used his conference speech earlier this month as a tirade against…
Nordic leaders have ruled out the idea of issuing common debt at the European Union level to provide a €140 billion reparations loan to Ukraine, insisting the money should come from immobilised Russian assets rather than national budgets. “I think, to be honest, it’s the only way forward and I really like the idea that Russia pays for the damages they have they have done and committed in Ukraine,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday. The project, known as a “reparations loan”, was blocked last week by Belgium, which holds the bulk of the frozen assets from the…
“Even for a small country, Lithuania, it is petty,” he said, adding: “We are not talking about any extraordinary smuggling.” The Belarusian strongman, who has cracked down on civil dissent in his country, is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies. Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė said Monday the balloons, used to smuggle cigarettes, were a “hybrid attack” and vowed to respond with the “strictest measures,” including shooting them down. She also did not rule out invoking NATO’s Article 4, which convenes the alliance’s member countries for urgent talks. Lithuania’s roughly 680-kilometer border with Belarus was temporarily closed pending a government meeting on Wednesday, which will likely result in it being shut indefinitely. However, diplomats and EU nationals…
By Euronews Published on 28/10/2025 – 14:53 GMT+1 Social media users are sharing a video that seemingly shows European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy and other Western leaders admitting to damning allegations that dogged their time in power. The video also features former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former US Presidents George W Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. It is often shared with identical captions asking: “Do you ever wish Western leaders would be a bit more honest?” — a sweeping statement which points towards a disinformation sign. “Did I help bomb Libya…
Published on 28/10/2025 – 15:44 GMT+1 French senators criticised the Louvre’s security on Tuesday and called for improved measures following a brazen jewellery heist at the Paris landmark earlier this month. Thieves stole jewels valued at €88 million from the world’s most-visited museum on 19 October. It took them just eight minutes to pull off the robbery. The intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre’s façade, forced open a window, opened a breach in display cases and fled, according to French officials. The haul included a sapphire diadem, necklace and an earring from a set linked to 19th-century…