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Getting sign-off from the EU’s 27 governments would be a major coup for Dublin, which is chairing legislative negotiations in Brussels until the end of the year. However, six diplomats close to the negotiations gave contrasting views on whether a deal would be possible this week. According to one, anywhere from eight to 17 countries could band together to block an agreement. The diplomats did concede that the countries opposing the carveout are not unified in their position, however, as they all want different things from a potential deal. But the Deutsche Börse issue remains the most contentious. Securing a deal…
Touchdown in Beijing: EU Trade Chief Maroš Šefčovič landed in China yesterday with a crucial task in hand: secure commitments from the Chinese to rebalance the trading relationship. The stakes couldn’t be higher, my colleague Peggy Corlin writes in this morning. The EU faces a record €1 billion-a-day trade deficit with Beijing, with low-cost Chinese imports threatening entire sectors of EU industry. Curbing Chinese imports: Brussels is pushing for product quotas that could curb Chinese imports into the EU, but Beijing has already rejected so-called “voluntary export restrictions” on EVs. The European Commission must also find a way to rebalance…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 8:08 GMT+2 Texas has carried out the first execution in the US since Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived a failed lethal injection last week. Jamaal Howard, 46, received a fatal dose of pentobarbital at the state prison in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 8:03 pm. Howard had been convicted of shooting and killing 42-year-old clerk Vickie Swartout in a convenience store robbery in Silsbee, Texas, in 2000. Howard is said to have gasped and taken a few breaths as the drug took effect, before making snoring sounds and coughing. All movement stopped within…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2 The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is adding a glamorous new stop to its European routes in 2027, with Monte Carlo joining the itinerary for the first time. From May, the legendary train operated by Belmond will travel from Paris along the Côte d’Azur before arriving in Monaco on its onward journey to Venice. It’s set to become an annual addition to the iconic rail company’s schedule and will allow guests to explore the famously glitzy city, world-renowned for landmarks including the Casino de Monte-Carlo and the star-studded Formula One Grand Prix. Travellers will start their journey…
LONDON — Zack Polanski promised to smash Britain’s two-party political system — but his campaign for a U.K. parliamentary seat has leaned heavily on the idea that he can keep the existing prime minister honest. POLITICO analysis of the online battleground in the Holborn and St. Pancras by-election – which takes place Thursday — shows the Green leader has been pitching himself as a protest vote for Labour-backing constituents in the London seat, which has been held by Labour since its creation in 1983. The party has spent nearly £5,000 pushing ads on Meta’s platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram,…
María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her longtime Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis in the country culminating in the government calling for snap elections, died on Wednesday while hospitalised. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez led the way on social media offering his condolences after housing activists and Abascal’s lawyer announced her death. Known widely as “Maricarmen,” she had become a symbol for renters struggling with Spain’s housing affordability crisis. “All my love to Maricarmen’s family and loved ones,” Sánchez wrote in a post on X. “A hug as well…
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Real wages — pay adjusted for inflation — are projected to fall in Italy, Spain, France and the UK between the first quarters of 2026 and 2027, while rising in Germany, according to the OECD’s Employment Outlook 2026. In Italy and Spain, they are expected to remain below their early 2026 levels until at least the end of 2027. “In the future, geopolitical uncertainties and a time-limited increase in energy costs may significantly weaken labour markets while exerting further upward pressure on inflation, which likely will depress wages,” the report said. The report notes that projections are “based on the…
Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is kicking off his visit to China today — and the stakes are high. On today’s show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton discuss the most important topic on the agenda: Europe’s trade deficit with China. France and Germany are finally on the same page and want Brussels to get tougher on unfair trade. So can we expect results from the meeting? Next, EU development ministers are meeting in Dublin to discuss the future of Europe’s development policy. But the timing is unfortunate, as governments prepare another round of cuts to the next long-term budget. Finally, a mysterious…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 6:14 GMT+2 Lawmakers in Kosovo elected economist and academic Justina Shiroka Pula as the country’s new president in a marathon late-night session, moments before a constitutional deadline that would have forced a snap election. The election late on Tuesday was a significant moment in a political crisis in the small Balkan nation that has caused legislative deadlock for over 19 months and two early parliamentary elections. Just before Shiroka Pula was elected, lawmakers also approved a law limiting the powers of a special court in The Hague, which was set up to investigate and prosecute war…