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For all his contrition, Dürr told journalists that he and Secretary-General Nicole Büttner will both run for re-election at a party conference in May, where a new leader will be chosen. “I have already read in some media reports that the FDP leadership and I are giving up. I have no intention of giving up,” Dürr said. At a Monday party meeting Dürr offered to submit to a confidence vote by the party’s executive board, but the board declined. A new 40-member board will also be elected at the May conference. Dürr was elected to the FDP leadership in May…
By Euronews Published on 22/03/2026 – 16:03 GMT+1•Updated 21:07 Slovenia’s elections see the Liberals holding a narrow lead over the Conservatives, according to the first exit poll. The vote comes down to two main players: Prime Minister Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement and the right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), led by three-time prime minister Janez Janša, ally of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and an admirer of US President Donald Trump. The race is expected to be tight, and will decide whether the country stays on its centre-left course or sways towards the right. While Janša was initially polling ahead of Golob,…
“We’re anxious to get this through the process. We understood they had to go through a process, but it’s been long enough. And hopefully we’ll get through it on Thursday and we can both move on to more economically beneficial endeavors,” Puzder stressed. Trade lawmakers backed amendments at the committee stage to strengthen the EU’s protections in case Washington doesn’t respect its side of the deal. They for instance introduced a suspension clause if Trump threatens the EU’s territorial sovereignty, as he did earlier this year when he pushed to annex Greenland. MEPs also added another provision that foresees that…
Updated: 23/03/2026 – 9:21 GMT+1 EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Bartjan Wegter told Euronews’ flagship show Europe Today that instability, conflict or violence always creates opportunity for violence, including for the Tehran regime. … More
Johannes Hahn has resigned as the European Commission’s special envoy for Cyprus, the European Commission has announced. The former European Commissioner cited other commitments as reasons for his resignation in a letter sent to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the United Nations. A Commission spokesman was asked about this development at a press briefing in Brussels. “Mr Khan has resigned from his post as the Commission’s special envoy because of other commitments,” Commission spokesman Maciej Beretetski said. “The Commission respects Mr Khan’s decision and thanks him for his valuable contribution to the conciliation process…
Ten years ago, two terrorists from Daesh (also known as the so-called Islamic State) blew themselves up at Brussels Airport. Another explosion tore through a metro car at Maelbeek station, in the heart of Brussels’ EU district. Thirty-two people were killed, and hundreds more injured. The attacks came just months after terrorists killed 130 people in attacks on a concert hall, a stadium, restaurants and bars in Paris, exposing gaps in information-sharing in the bloc’s free-travel area. The terrorists had moved between countries, planning the attacks in one and carrying them out in another, said Wegter, who is Dutch. “That’s…
Radicalisation in Europe has been on the rise, especially among young people, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Bartjan Wegter told Euronews, with Europe’s security services now dealing with cases involving children as young as 12. “We’re talking about minors (and youth) aged between 12 and 20 years old,” Wegter told Euronews’ 12 Minutes With, adding that a huge challenge for law enforcement is that young people radicalise very quickly. “Sometimes, it’s a matter of weeks.” Wegter explained that at that age, minors are generally very susceptible and are therefore targeted online for criminal activity, even if in real life they do not…
A long-awaited trial into Greece’s worst train tragedy opened on Monday only to be adjourned until 1 April amid chaotic scenes in a courtroom too small to handle the huge interest in the case, officials said. Hundreds of people turned up for the trial into the 2023 train collision that left 57 dead, leading to complaints from lawyers that the venue was “insultingly” unsuitable and potentially violated fire safety regulations. Amid angry booing from the public, presiding judge Georgia Stefanidou said: “The court is adjourned until 1 April, owing to conditions that could cause fainting.” The hall was so stifling…
“Due to developments in the region there were difficulties or cancellations with the flights not only to Cyprus, but also to other countries in the region, so we had to be flexible,” a Cypriot official says. Mar 6 2 mins read
Published on 23/03/2026 – 15:25 GMT+1•Updated 16:12 The European Commission has called on Hungary to clarify “concerning” reports claiming Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó regularly shared sensitive information from European Union meetings to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. The Washington Post reported over the weekend that Szijjártó was routinely in contact with Lavrov during EU meetings in Brussels, communicating with him during breaks. The allegations are explosive as EU member states are bound by the principle of sincere cooperation and the content of the meetings is understood to be confidential. The Hungarian government denied the allegations, calling it fake news.…