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ByRomain GutkindwithAFP Published on 20/06/2026 – 10:48 GMT+2 A heatwave sweeping across France this week could be produce similar conditions to August 2003when extreme heat led to the deaths of more than 14,800 people. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING This year, municipalities such as Biarritz and Limoges are calling for vulnerable people to be entered on local registers […]

Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s National Rally and the frontrunner in presidential polls for 2027, vowed on Friday to win the French elections and mark a shift in the course of the European Union. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Bardella said this on the second day of his two-day visit to Poland where he met with right-wing and […]

Published on 20/06/2026 – 7:32 GMT+2 A train driver has died after two train services collided in the Bedford area of ​​the UK on Friday, in what has been declared a major incident. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING East Midlands Railway (EMR) said its 16:40 service from Corby to London St Pancras crashed into the 15:50 Nottingham to […]

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella began a two-day visit to Poland on Thursday. The purpose of his trip is to meet right-wing and nationalist political leaders ahead of next year’s presidential election in France. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING His journey starts in Warsaw and will include a visit to the Polish-Belarusian border. It is Bardella’s latest attempt […]

Published on 19/06/2026 – 20:01 GMT+2 Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchezhas underlined from Brussels the importance of moving towards “a Europe open to the world” capable of responding to global challenges with deeper integrationstrategic autonomy and greater financial capacity. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Europe will not be a geoeconomic power if we do not have the financial […]

French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have issued a blistering rebuke against deportation camps outside the European Union, setting their countries on a collision course with a growing political majority. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING During a summit on Friday, 19 leaders across the bloc signed a joint declaration calling to make “full use” […]

Published on 19/06/2026 – 18:13 GMT+2 The European Commission will develop new tools to counter macroeconomic imbalances, most notably the growing and “unsustainable” trade deficit with China, including a diversification instrument, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Europe has already built an extensive toolbox in recent years. Now […]

Published on 19/06/2026 – 17:12 GMT+2•Updated 5:18 p.m As Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, attended his first European summit, the European Commission approved Hungary’s revised Recovery Plan, Euronews has learned. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The document is central to the new government’s strategy to gain access to €10 billion from the EU’s post-pandemic recovery funds. The […]

EU leaders meeting in Brussels have agreed to produce a preliminary deal on the €2 trillion EU long-term budget for 2028–2034 by October, according to a draft statement published on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In a gathering on Thursday and Friday, the bloc entered a sensitive phase of the negotiations, trying to reach a common understanding […]

Andy Burnham is returning to Westminster. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Greater Manchester mayor stormed to victory in the Makerfield by-election on Thursday night, winning 55% of the vote and comfortably seeing off Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain parties. His return to parliament means he is now free to launch a challenge to […]