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Published on 02/23/2026 – 18:43 GMT+1•Updated 6:50 p.m The European Parliament has turned down a request from the far-right Patriots for Europe (PfE) group to observe a minute of silence this week in memory of a French nationalist student who was killed in Lyon two weeks ago, internal sources told Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Parliament’s President […]

The top leadership of the European Union has sharply accused Hungary of breaching the bloc’s principle of sincere cooperation after the country unexpectedly decided to veto a €90 billion loan to Ukraine over an unrelated energy dispute. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The financial assistance programs was agreed in December by heads of state and government after gruelling […]

EU legislation on Monday moved to suspend the EU-US trade agreement after the United States Supreme Court ruled last week that some of the tariffs imposed in 2025 by Washington were illegal, prompting President Donald Trump to announce fresh 15% duties on imports. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The European Parliament holds the keys to implementing the deal, […]

The climate crisis is no longer measured only in degrees and carbon targets, but in hospital admissions, lost working hours, failing infrastructure and public money drained from already strained budgets, according to a new academic study. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Between 1980 and 2021, extreme weather and climate events caused economic losses of over €560 billion in […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 13:59 GMT+1 Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó engaged in a heated exchange with Ukrainian journalists after his country said it would block an emergency loan at a meeting in Brussels, with the confrontation descending into personal accusations. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The government of Viktor Orbán disrupted a planned sanctions package against Russia […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 13:58 GMT+1•Updated 14:24 EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is set to meet G7 trade ministers on Monday after United States President Donald Trump upped the pressure on trading partners with a 15% across-the-board tariffs on imports entering the American market. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Trump’s move came after a US Supreme Court ruling […]

The European Commission will once again delay the presentation of the bloc’s plan to re-industrialize the European economy, Industrial Strategy Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné’s cabinet said on Monday, signaling that divergences among European Union member states remain. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The French-led Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) was originally scheduled to be presented in December, but resistance from […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 10:48 GMT+1 On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the European Union has become effectively paralyzed by two back-to-back Hungarian vetoes. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A €90 billion emergency loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow are being held up by Budapest over an […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 10:30 GMT+1•Updated 10:40 Lithuania is calling for an overhaul of the European Union’s voting system following Hungary’s announcement it is blocking two key decisions in relation to Ukraine because of problems with Budapest’s access to cheap Russian oil through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Ahead of Monday’s foreign affairs meeting […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 10:26 GMT+1 There is a famous joke from Soviet times. You turn on the radio and hear about Lenin. You open the newspaper and read about Lenin. You are terrified to open your fridge. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING These days, one could say the same about US President Donald Trump and his global […]