RN sets out budget plans with a deficit below 3 per cent and €140 billion in savings
Le Pen said the adjustment required had been raised from the €125 billion previously promised to "€140 billion net of savings in 2032 compared with 2026".
French LFI MEP accused of throwing EU and Israeli flags on the ground at October 7 exhibition
Rima Hassan published a photograph of the two flags on the floor and called for her to be “sanctioned without delay”.
‘Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped,’ UK Home Secretary admits
Home Office statistics record the sex, age and nationality of those detected on arrival, not what happened to them before they embarked.
Key witness in Bardella anti-Semitism case says Mediapart manipulated his words
"Mr Bardella never told me that he admired Adolf Hitler, at any moment, and it is not something I sensed either".
Hackers access records of 8.8 million people in Denmark’s population register
The register holds about 11 million entries, including the dead and those who have left the country.
Son of a Congolese minister held over €100,000 bounty on a French judge
The suspect, named only as Floriano, was already in prison on the pimping case when he is said to have planned the attack.
Anonymous staff accuse EESC leadership of contract-rigging cover-up and a hunt for whistleblowers
The latest letter, signed "All United Against Corruption" and circulated to members and staff, was reported by Rapporteur on October 2.
France charges five over alleged Hamas fundraising through charities
Two are the presidents of French humanitarian associations. They deny any link to the group.
UN rapporteur warns France after journalist fined for prison remarks on transgenderism
The judgment included a €1,000 fine, with damages to the civil parties and their legal costs making up the rest.
Former Prince Andrew asks High Court to quash the warrants behind his Epstein-files arrest
The warrants covered Marsh Farm on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England, and Royal Lodge at Windsor, his former home west of London.
Latvian Right wins record mandate as Kulbergs takes 41 seats
Latvian Way's 36 seats in 1993 had been the previous high. Turnout was 51.8 per cent.
AfD MP denied the right to adopt a dog over party affiliation
Vanessa Behrendt, family-policy spokeswoman for the AfD group in the state parliament, contacted Fortuna Animali about a dog the association is offering for rehoming.
Violence spreads as French school blockades enter second week
The Union syndicale lycéenne, the main pupils' union, called for nationwide blockades on September 28.
Merz plunges in poll to lowest chancellor support ever measured
Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces an unprecedented low approval rating of just 10 percent, marking the worst support ever measured for a German chancellor since 1997.
EU officials dismiss ‘absolute sh*t’ alternative to Microsoft Teams imposed by Brussels
Element Pro is described in the memo as an "internal back-up … that helps ensure our business continuity" if there is a disruption and the US-based service becomes unavailable.
UK borrowing costs rise to highest level since 1998
Five-year yields, which are more sensitive to the outlook for interest rates and inflation, reached their highest since July 2008.
Italy asks Brussels for more wiggle room in the budget rules
Higher inflation, she said, had to be taken into account when the permitted deficit was calculated.
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Prisoners thank Burnham as first early releases begin
About 5,000 are due out in stages over the next year, down from 6,000 after ministers excluded rapists and the most serious child-sex offenders.
German taxpayers’ association lists worst 100 cases of public waste
The black book is not an official audit but still offers a telling insight into the choices Berlin made.
Berlin Left invites investors out and backs expropriation of 220,000 flats
"We have no problem at all if private capital, the housing corporations and the investors finally go home and leave us Berliners, our flats, in peace".
Violent high school protests spread around France
Police detained 625 people, after 440 the previous day and 164 on September 28, most of them minors.
EU halts millions in budget support to Sierra Leone over fugitive Dutch drug lord
The Netherlands hopes a further €20.5 million in 2027 can also be blocked; talks among member states on that sum are still open.
Brussels asks capitals to ban patio heaters as gas stores sit low
Wholesale gas for winter has roughly doubled since January, to about €70 a megawatt-hour.
Dutch intelligence service warns not to hold secret talks in a modern car
Microphones fitted for voice control and emergency calls can, in technical terms, be switched on from outside the vehicle.
Passengers stop dramatic cockpit attack on Dubai–Tel Aviv flight
Flight FZ1073 left Dubai International in the morning with about 170 to 180 people on board, most of them Israelis, including children.
Vance says deporting illegal migrants would cut rents, house prices and violent crime
He added that there was a lot of economic evidence on the issue, both in the US and abroad.
Sharia4Belgium founder seeks Belgian asylum to block a return to Morocco
Belkacem was born in Rumst, in Antwerp province, northern Belgium, in 1982 but is of Moroccan descent.
Bardella’s Jewish ex-girlfriend rejects Mediapart anti-Semitism claims
He was accused by the left-wing investigative French outlet Mediapart on September 28 of having made anti-Semitic remarks in 2013.
Brussels plans Frontex rapid-reaction force after Ceuta crossings
The European Commission plans to enhance Frontex's capabilities, enabling rapid response to border crises within 24 hours as part of a new five-point package addressing migration…