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Laurent Wauquiez, a prominent lawmaker from the neighboring region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes who used to lead the Les Républicains conservative party, has been pushing hard to ensure his constituency hosts much of the action. The president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Renaud Muselier, told POLITICO he and Wauquiez had butted heads before agreeing to split certain events between their respective jurisdictions. Musilier said he and Wauquiez had agreed to have alpine skiing events in the north, while freestyle skiing and events on ice would be held further south. But Wauquiez, according to a parliamentary adviser who has closely followed planning for…
By Euronews with AP Published on 22/02/2026 – 21:17 GMT+1 Civil organizations held a demonstration in Budapest on Sunday to mark the upcoming 4th anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among their demands are an end to the aggression. Around 200 people are thought to have attended the event. Many Ukrainians report feeling safe and well received in Hungary, even if it is a country considered an ally of Putin. “Wherever Ukrainian refugees arrived, they were welcomed with love here in Hungary — near the border, here in Budapest, and in many other places. Orbán and the Hungarian people are not the…
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron has picked 33-year-old David Amiel to become France’s new budget minister, the French presidency announced on Sunday — a crucial role as the French government attempts to get its deficit under control amid a deep political crisis. Amiel replaces Amélie de Montchalin, a close ally of Macron who was appointed as head of France’s top court of auditors earlier this month. The controversial move led to accusations that the French president was politicizing a key French institution. Navigating budgetary debates has proven tricky since the 2024 general election in France, which led to a hung parliament.…
French President Emmanuel Macron has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to lift sanctions imposed last year on a raft of prominent Europeans including former EU tech chief Thierry Breton, arguing the measures were “unjustly imposed.” “I would like to personally draw your attention to the sanctions imposed by the United States against several European citizens, including two Frenchmen, Nicolas Guillou, judge at the International Criminal Court, and Thierry Breton, former European Commissioner,” Macron wrote to his U.S. counterpart in a letter sent last week, according to a report on Sunday by La Tribune. “I ask you to reconsider these decisions…
By Lucy Davalou &  with AP Published on 22/02/2026 – 14:36 GMT+1 Russia targeted Ukraine with another heavy night of bombing as it launched 50 missiles and nearly 300 drones across different Ukrainian regions, days ahead of the four-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The country’s energy infrastructure remains one of the main targets, as well as logistical infrastructure such as railway facilities and water infrastructure in cities, according to a social media post by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Fifteen people, including four children, have been injured, and one man has been killed in a Russian strike on the Kyiv region, including…
“At our extra meeting tomorrow, I will therefore propose to the EP-negotiating team putting legislative work on hold until we have a proper legal assessment and clear commitments from the U.S. side,” Lange said. One day after the Supreme Court struck down his signature tariff policy, Trump on Saturday announced he plans a new global tariff rate of 15 percent, lifting the rate from 10 percent. To do so, he invoked Section 122 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974, which allows the president to impose tariffs up to 15 percent to address a “large and serious balance-of-payment deficit,” which…
Ukraine condemned “ultimatums and blackmail” by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia on Saturday, after Budapest and Bratislava threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv restarts flows of Russian oil. Shipments of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia have been cut off since Jan. 27, when Kyiv says a Russian drone strike hit pipeline equipment in western Ukraine. Slovakia and Hungary accuse Ukraine of slow-walking the repairs for political purposes. Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday that he would cut off emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv resumes Russian oil transit to Slovakia over Ukrainian territory. Hungary’s Viktor Orbán…
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Published on 22/02/2026 – 10:26 GMT+1•Updated 11:01 A coalition of 14 Arab and Islamic countries, along with the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League, condemned US Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s comments suggesting Israel could control Arab territories. The countries said the remarks were reckless, inflaming tensions and undermining peace efforts in the region. Joint statement and condemnation The foreign ministries of Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine issued a joint statement together with the GCC, Arab League and OIC. They expressed…
In der rheinland-pfälzischen Landeshauptstadt Mainz bereitet sich Alexander Schweitzer auf seine erste Bewährungsprobe als gewählter Regierungschef vor. Es ist ein Spiel gegen die Zeit und gegen den Bundestrend, bei dem der SPD-Ministerpräsident auf die Karte des regionalen Pragmatismus setzt. Während die Bundespolitik in Berlin oft von schrillen Tönen geprägt ist, kultiviert Schweitzer auch im Wahlkampf bis zum 22. März das Image einer soliden, fast schon demonstrativ unaufgeregten Regierungsarbeit als Markenkern. Um die jahrzehntelange Vorherrschaft seiner Partei an Rhein und Mosel gegen eine erstarkende CDU zu verteidigen. Im Gespräch mit Alexander Schweitzer geht es um das Spannungsfeld zwischen sozialdemokratischen Gerechtigkeitsfragen und…