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It’s an effort to reassure investors and businesses that Reform can be trusted with the British economy. It was only last month that his party leader, Nigel Farage, told the World Economic Forum in Davos he doesn’t like banks, would scrap interest payments lenders receive through the BoE’s quantitative easing program, and refused to rule out appointing his own governor to the central bank. Earlier this year Farage stated that he was giving “serious thought” to scrapping the OBR, which provides independent analysis of government spending plans. In November, Farage and his deputy Richard Tice U-turned on a plan to…
Good morning. I’m Mared Gwyn. Just in: The US ambassador to the EU, Andrew Puzder, has hailed State Secretary Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference as “positive” for the trans-Atlantic alliance, adding that it’s a “hallmark of a great diplomat” to be able to say the things the audience “wants and doesn’t want to hear.” Puzder also hailed European “progress” in aligning its approach to migration policy with the US’s, and defended Rubio’s call for more alignment between both blocs. He also suggested that the Trump administration has helped Europeans to stop hitting the snooze button and “wake…
The chancellor’s remarks are the most explicit public signal yet that Berlin could abandon the project if the core design dispute cannot be resolved. At the center of the disagreement is the aircraft itself. France wants a next-generation jet capable of carrying nuclear weapons and operating from aircraft carriers — capabilities Germany does not currently seek. “The French need a nuclear-capable and carrier-capable aircraft in the next generation. The Bundeswehr doesn’t need that for now,” Merz said. That divergence raises a structural question for the program on whether partners build one aircraft or separate versions, he added. “France wants to…
The Trump administration has helped Europeans stop hitting the snooze button and “wake up,” US Ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder said, hailing Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call for greater alignment between the two in his speech at the Munich Security Conference as “positive” for the trans-Atlantic alliance. It is a “hallmark of a great diplomat” to be able to say the things people “need to hear and may not want to hear,” Puzder told Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today on Wednesday. Rubio’s speech comes a year after US Vice President JD Vance appeared on stage at the…
Residents in Gaza City visited markets Tuesday to prepare for Ramadan, shopping at roadside stalls set up among heavily damaged buildings. Shopkeepers sold bread, nuts and dried fruits as people navigated streets lined with rubble. Several residents said rising prices, lack of cash and widespread destruction have changed the atmosphere compared to previous years. Ramadan, a month of fasting and prayer for Muslims worldwide comes months after a fragile ceasefire took effect in October following more than two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
The European Central Bank on Wednesday said Christine Lagarde has not made a decision on when to stand down as president, following a media report suggesting that she was considering an early resignation. According to the Financial Times report, Lagarde is expected to leave her position before her eight-year term expires in October 2027, allowing outgoing French President Emmanuel Macron to plan the succession for one of the EU’s most important institutions, ahead of France’s presidential elections in April next year. Macron cannot run again and the far-right National Rally is consistently polling ahead of rivals, which would shake up…
Brussels is opening the door to one of Europe’s most coveted careers. After a seven-year pause, the European Personnel Selection Office has relaunched the AD5 competition, the main entry route to becoming a permanent official at the European Commission. The job offers starting salaries of up to €6,758 a month and long-term security, so between 50,000 and 60,000 are expected to apply. Fewer than 3% will make it. Applicants must pass tough online tests on reasoning, EU knowledge, digital skills, and policy writing. This hiring effort comes as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen focuses on bringing in a new…
Updated: 18/02/2026 – 8:29 GMT+1 Rescue crews on skis and snowcats battled blizzard conditions Tuesday as they searched for backcountry skiers caught in an avalanche in Northern California. Officials said 16 people were caught in the slide near Castle Peak in the Tahoe area. Six have been accounted for, while 10 remain missing. … More
Sweden’s tech sector is booming, but it faces a paradox: as government officials ask startups what support they need, many founders tell them to step back and deregulate. This tension came into focus at Stockholm’s Techarena event, where Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch urged the Nordic nation’s startups to “tell us what you need.” Speaking to Euronews Next from the stands of the Strawberry Arena, Tobias Bengtsdahl, a general partner at VC firm Antler, had a direct response: “Get out of the way.” “One of the things [the government] does right at the moment is not doing too many things,”…
“Cast off sadness and melancholy. Life is gentle, its days are few and it is only now that we must enjoy it.” The poetry of Federico García Lorca inspires ‘Cry, wedding and blood’, a play being staged being staged at Madrid’s María Guerrero Theatre that reimagines “Blood Wedding” and other parts of Lorca’s work through sign language and deaf community culture. Ángela Ibáñez Castaño, the first deaf director to lead a production at the National Drama Centre, has conceived this play from within sign language. Its protagonists are two deaf actresses: Emma Vallejo and Mari López. This piece is a…