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Bundestag fines AfD MP over left-wing MP’s own clitoris remark
“Mr Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings – and yet you are even more sensitive,” Gebel told the chamber.
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German state secretary leaves ministry for climate foundation it funds
The foundation’s supervisory board appointed Flasbarth as CEO on October 5, in a decision made public the following day.
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Russia takes over assets of five European companies
Western governments and international legal experts have described the takeovers as unlawful expropriation.
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Germany and France move to ease EU 2035 combustion-engine ban
The joint paper, titled “Securing the future of the European automotive industry”, was published on October 16.
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Italy’s UniCredit wins ECB approval to take control of Germany’s Commerzbank
A full integration would create one of Europe’s largest cross-border banking combinations since the global financial crisis.
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Trump says US is talking to Russia and China about denuclearisation
Trump’s comments come months after the New START treaty expired on February 5, 2026.
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Houthis claim missile hit on Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon
Analysts note that the engagement appears to have been a proximity detonation rather than a direct hit, and that the pilot manoeuvred and deployed flares.
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Labour moves to end local deals with Greens over ‘Zionism is racism’ policy
Four of the party’s five MPs opposed it: Adrian Ramsay, Ellie Chowns, Carla Denyer and Siân Berry. Hannah Spencer abstained.
Philip Morris calls for consistent EU rules as it highlights €343bn economic footprint
The figures include direct, indirect and induced economic effects calculated through economic modelling.
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Belgium settles for a one-year budget as full agreement stays out of reach
De Wever has warned that parties unwilling to abandon “taboos” risk higher debt that can no longer be managed without significant loss of prosperity.
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Nearly half of French Muslims would consider leaving if Le Pen wins
The online poll, conducted between September 25-30, 2026, among a representative sample of 9,689 adults, found that 46 per cent of Muslim respondents would contemplate emigration…
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Turkish police raid pro-opposition Halk TV and halt broadcasts as trustee takes over
Financial crimes police entered the building in Zeytinburnu before 6.30am, barring staff from entry as they conducted searches.
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Europe’s mass-market carmakers face ‘enormous pressure’, Volkswagen chief warns
These companies, he said, face growing pressure to build affordable electric vehicles while keeping costs under control.
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MI5 chief throws water on PM Burnham’s claims on Russian interference in Brexit vote
He stressed, though, that there was “a really important difference between interference attempted and outcome swayed”.
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EU auditors warn greater flexibility in next long-term budget could make misuse harder to detect
ECA President Tony Murphy told Politico key elements of the plan would amount to greater reliance on national systems in a form of “self-policing”.
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Bipartisan US senators call Trump-Putin diesel deal a ‘betrayal of the people of Ukraine’
The letter was sent and led by Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal and signed by six Republicans and six Democrats.
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CDU in Saxony-Anhalt to walk out of chamber rather than risk votes for AfD
Group leader and acting minister-president Sven Schulze said the group had “agreed to do this”.
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Patriots for Europe say Brussels is the real threat to the rule of law
Hungarian, Polish, Slovenian, German and American speakers accused the EU of double standards and political bias.
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Hungarian parliament amends Orbán-era ‘child protection’ law, removing anti-LGBTQ provisions
According to the government, the changes strengthen child-protection rules “regardless of sexual orientation” while bringing Hungary into line with European Union requirements.
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Greta Thunberg joins French high-school protests
She stood with students who have blockaded the school and addressed journalists while wearing a keffiyeh over her shoulders.
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Brussels police officer shot dead during interception of stolen vehicle
Reports describe the shooting as occurring at close range; the victim was described in some accounts as a 41-year-old father.
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Foreign nationals make up nearly 40 per cent of Germany’s long-term welfare recipients
This chronic demographic accounts for roughly two in five of all employable welfare beneficiaries nationwide.
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Audi and parent company Volkswagen see big drop in sales
Volkswagen Group deliveries there plunged 38.5 per cent in the third quarter and are down 30.2 per cent year-to-date.
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Pupil, 14, shoots school principal and teacher in southern France
The 53-year-old head and the 37-year-old teacher were hit in the lower body; the former in the hip, the latter in the thigh.
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Glucksmann wins social-democratic primary outright and names the ‘far right’ as his main opponent
“I am the candidate who can defeat our long-standing enemy, the far right,” he said, adding that Marine Le Pen would not be in the Élysée in 2027.
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German labour minister Bärbel Bas resigns from cabinet and SPD leadership
“After the death of my stepdaughter, I realised that I need time to come to terms with my grief. I want to take sufficient time for this,” she wrote.
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Brussels frees minors held after riot as youth detention places run out
Prosecutors had sought placement in a closed institution for eight of the youths, citing the seriousness of the alleged offences.
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The Africanisation of Europe
Europe, once a global teacher to Africa, now mirrors structural decline and resource vulnerability, losing global status and facing industrial downfall due to self-inflicted…
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Irish presidency proposes 8 per cent cut to Commission’s 2028-2034 EU budget plan
The proposal sets total commitments at roughly €1.62 trillion in 2025 prices, or about €1.83 trillion in current prices.
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German transport minister calls EU combustion-engine ban a ‘big mistake’
“The federal government is united in jointly advocating in Brussels for a reversal of the ban,” he said.