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At the center of the dispute are the Commission’s plans for changes to regional and agricultural payments, which MEPs claim cut the Parliament and regional leaders out of decision-making regarding budget allocation. Serafin said he was working with other commissioners with responsibility for this element, which he acknowledged was “the bone of contention,” on how to “address concerns of the European Parliament.” He added: “It has never been the intention of the Commission to eliminate the regions from the picture. I mean, this is not a coincidence that we do not talk about national plans, but national and regional partnership plans.…

Au niveau mondial, les investissements dans les énergies propres sont aujourd’hui deux fois plus importants que ceux consacrés aux énergies fossiles, selon l’Agence internationale de l’énergie. “Aujourd’hui, on peut parler de déploiement de technologies énergétiques propres en raison de leur compétitivité-coût et de leur capacité à réduire les coûts des systèmes énergétiques”, a expliqué Robbie Orvis, directeur senior de la modélisation et de l’analyse à l’institut de recherche Energy Innovation. “Pour beaucoup d’entre elles, ce n’est même pas nécessaire de parler de climat, ce qui n’était pas le cas il y a dix ans.” Les tendances économiques de la dernière…

Published on 05/11/2025 – 22:17 GMT+1 Above is the first ever episode of Euronews’ brand new debating show “The Ring” that aspires to bring a flavour of the European Parliament chamber to your couch. As you know, 720 elected members of the European Parliament meet regularly in the Chambers of Strasbourg and Brussels and debates can often get heated. In our first episode, we are joined by centre right German MEP David McAllister and the Belgian Left MEP Marc Botenga. They touched on topics from workers rights to the geopolitics of EU enlargement and debated live in front of a…

Healey stressed that the work of the coalition of the willing — allies of Ukraine pledged to offer security in the event of a ceasefire — was being “regularly refreshed so that we can genuinely feel we’re ready at the point of peace, whenever that comes, to step in and help secure that.” The headquarters of the coalition is now up and running in Paris, and includes senior British military personnel. Healey made his comments following a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force in Bodø where they signed a new partnership with Ukraine. Putin has not budged since a planned…

A top Ukrainian official told POLITICO that a member of Jolie’s traveling party had an incident with local military recruiters at a checkpoint, but that the Ukrainian authorities are still trying to figure out what has exactly happened. The official also told POLITICO that Jolie had not informed the Ukrainian government about her intention to visit the country, and that she entered on foot. Separately, the Ukrainian Army Land Forces shared a four-paragraph statement offering numerous details of the incident, including that the person drafted was Jolie’s driver, but later deleted their statement and told POLITICO they could neither confirm…

Published on 05/11/2025 – 20:21 GMT+1 British police were undertaking two more searches on Wednesday, following the news that two prisoners had been mistakenly released from prison over the past week, just days after the government brought in more stringent checks. Police said the two were wrongly freed from Wandsworth Prison in southwest London and which last year was put into special measures after another prisoner escaped by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck. London’s Metropolitan Police said Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was wrongly freed on 29 October while Surrey Police said it is hunting for William Smith,…

However, visa issuance remains a national competence, meaning that while the European Commission can make the process harder, it cannot impose a total, sweeping ban on Russian visitors. In 2024, more than half a million Russians received Schengen visas, according to data from the Commission — a marked increase from 2023, though still far below prewar levels, with more than 4 million issued in 2019. Hungary, France, Spain and Italy continue to liberally grant tourist visas to Russian nationals. The new, stricter rules, part of a package of measures intended to reduce the number of Russians entering the bloc, are…

Published on 05/11/2025 – 18:15 GMT+1 •Updated 18:20 Albania is committed to joining the European Union by 2030, Prime Minister Edi Rama told Euronews, labelling his country as “the most Euro-optimistic nation in Europe”. “2030 is not a date that I saw in a dream, but it’s a deadline that is the result of a very simple calculation,” he said during his interview at Euronews’ EU Enlargement Summit on Tuesday. He expects to conclude talks in the next two years, giving national parliaments across the EU another two years to ratify the decision, he added. The timeline is considered assertive…

The German government banned a Muslim group over accusations of violating human rights and the country’s democratic values on Wednesday and conducted raids against two other Muslim groups. The Interior Ministry said Muslim Interaktiv represented a threat to the country’s constitutional order by promoting antisemitism and discrimination against women and sexual minorities. Several hundred police officers searched seven premises in the northern city of Hamburg linked to Muslim Interaktiv, as well as 12 other premises in Berlin and the central state of Hesse in connection with two other Muslim groups, Generation Islam and Reality Islam. Authorities in Hamburg confiscated assets…

“In Europe and Romania, the American presence is more powerful than in 2020,” echoed Romanian President Nicușor Dan, speaking from a vast marbled Union Hall in Bucharest’s sprawling Cotroceni Palace. “So there is no concern, no worry.” The comments come as the alliance faces escalating airspace violations and hybrid attacks. Russian drones have been intercepted and shot down over Poland in recent months while another Russian drone was tracked over Romania; drones of unknown origin have disrupted air traffic at airports in Denmark, Norway and Germany. In response to the incursions, NATO has agreed to deploy more warplanes and air…