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The Third Way’s presidential candidate, parliament Speaker Szymon Hołownia, won just 5 percent of the vote in the first round of the election, exacerbating tensions both inside the Third Way and within the broader coalition. His candidacy was seen as having undermined Tusk-backed liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski. Tusk’s government now faces a reinvigorated Law and Justice (PiS) party backed by Nawrocki in the next general election in 2027. Since February, polls have shown the Third Way on the verge of the 8 percent threshold a coalition needs to win seats in the Polish parliament. Individual parties face a lower 5…
China has hit back at the intervention of Ursula von der Leyen at the G7 summit, during which she excoriated Beijing for perpetuating what she called a “pattern of dominance, dependency and blackmail” vis-à-vis its trading partners.”We express strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to those baseless and biased remarks that reflect double standards,” Guo Jiakun, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry, said on Wednesday at a press briefing.The exchange of accusations upends the perceived momentum in EU-China relations triggered by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which have targeted allies and adversaries alike and spread panic across the…
Die Ministerpräsidentinnen und -präsidenten kommen erstmals unter Kanzler Friedrich Merz im Kanzleramt zusammen – und bringen klare Erwartungen mit: Der Bund will investieren, doch die Länder warnen vor Steuerausfällen und fordern Entlastung. Rasmus Buchsteiner erklärt, warum ein Vermittlungsausschuss droht – und wie sich Merz als Vermittler und Lars Klingbeil als harter Verhandler inszenieren. Im Raum steht ein Milliardenpaket – und der Streit darum, wer es zahlen soll. Die Länder wollen mehr Mehrwertsteueranteile, der Bund bietet Antragsprogramme. Hinter den Kulissen sortieren sich die Rollen: Harmonie mit Merz, Druck auf Klingbeil. Und Markus Söder? Der setzt auf Alleingang statt Länderlinie. Das Berlin…
While last-minute preparations for US billionaire Jeff Bezos’ lavish Venice wedding next week should be under way, protesters are drawing up plans in parallel to block streets and waterways and send a message: the Amazon founder is not welcome in their city.For some Venetians, the wedding of Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, a former TV journalist, which is rumoured to be costing some €10 million, represents the sell-off of their city to the highest bidder – and they are mobilising against it. Marta Sottoriva, an organiser of the No Space for Bezos campaign, told Euronews that activists are demonstrating against Bezos’ wedding…
Israel stunned and hobbled Iran last week when it pulled off an intelligence and military operation years in the making that struck high-level targets with precision.Guided by spies and artificial intelligence (AI), the Israeli military unleashed a nighttime fusillade of warplanes and armed drones that it smuggled into Iran to quickly incapacitate many of its air defences and missile systems.With greater freedom to fly over Iran, Israel bombarded key nuclear sites and killed top generals and scientists. By the time Iran mustered a response hours later, its ability to retaliate — already weakened by past Israeli strikes — was greatly…
The ministry said the number of migrants on the boats was up 42 percent this year compared to 2024 partially due to favorable weather conditions, an influx of nationals from the Horn of Africa and the evolving methods of smugglers. It added that while there hadn’t been an increase in the absolute number of boats or a decrease in the proportion of boats intercepted, the average number of passengers on each boat had gone up. British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has repeatedly called for tougher action from France after images of authorities watching boats set off for England without any…
Authorities raised the volcano’s alert status to its highest level and widened the exclusion zone to 8 kilometres from the crater. The eruption, one of several in recent months, produced over 50 seismic events in just two hours, far above the daily average.Footage captured towering mushroom-shaped ash plumes, visible from cities up to 150 kilometres away.No casualties have been reported, but residents have been warned of potential flash floods and falling ash.The eruption follows a deadly event last November that killed nine people.
The comments came a day after Trump said that U.S. patience with Iran was “wearing thin” and called for the country to surrender. Trump also said that the U.S. could easily eliminate Khamenei but was currently choosing not to. “We know exactly where the so-called “Supreme Leader” is hiding,” Trump wrote on social media. “He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now.” Trump recently rejected a plan from Israel to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader, as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to intensify. Iran’s…
By Shona Murray & Maïa de La Baume Published on 18/06/2025 – 14:51 GMT+2•Updated 15:19The EU is unlikely to suspend its association agreement with Israel in the context of its current conflict with Iran, sources familiar with the issue have told Euronews.Last month a majority of the EU foreign ministers backed a Dutch proposal to review the bloc’s ties with Israel over its actions in Gaza.The EU’s diplomatic corps, the External Action Service (EEAS), has been reviewing the bloc’s wide-ranging trade and cooperation agreement with Israel over its military offensive in Gaza and the West Bank as well as its blocking of food,…
The EU has summoned Moscow’s ambassador to Brussels to explain an assault on a European diplomat in Russia. A diplomat with the European External Action Service was attacked on May 26 in Vladivostok, an eastern Russian city near the North Korean border, where she was on official business, Der Spiegel reported Tuesday. “We can confirm that a member of our staff was assaulted in the early hours of Monday, May 26, in Vladivostok,” European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper said Wednesday. “We condemn any violence against EU diplomats. They must be able to carry out their duties free from fear and…