Sweden’s centre-left fails to form a government after Left Party breaks ranks
The Social Democrat leader told a press conference on Monday that there was “currently no possibility” for her to put a cabinet together.
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Total control has never been so cheap
The emergence of totalitarian states has become easier due to low-cost surveillance technology, increasing digital dependence, and the erosion of social bonds.
19 months prison for Turkish comedian who ‘insulted’ Erdogan
He was acquitted of praising crime and criminals, a charge added later over a joke about an organised-crime family known as the Daltons.
Brussels prosecutor says regional MP asked him to free a prisoner
Under the criminal code, using an elected position to pressure a magistrate constitutes trading in influence, an offense that escalates to obstruction of justice if any element…
National Rally wins ‘historic victory’ in French Senate elections
The party had three senators whose terms were not up. Nine RN names were added on Sunday, and two UDR seats in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Spanish army intelligence identifies 72 Moroccan military personnel inside Ceuta
Some are said to watch Spanish patrols. They stay in private homes, train in groups and receive money from across the border.
MEP Alexander Sell demands APPF scrutiny of European Greens over antisemitism
In a statement issued on September 27 he said EU values “cannot be enforced selectively.”
Israel expels Dutch diplomats over settlement goods ban
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced the decision on Sunday, once The Hague’s ban on settlement goods had entered into force.
Peter Thiel calls much of the media a ‘left-wing hate factory’ as Axel Springer honours him in Berlin
The media landscape, he said, was “very, very one-sided” and “nowhere near as free as we would like it to be.”
German industry calls for stricter China policy
“Systemic competition with China’s economy is increasingly challenging the open social market economy and requires an appropriate industrial and trade policy response”.
Netanyahu accuses Britain and France of colonial hypocrisy at the UN
Israel, he said, occupied "a tiny sliver of land" equal to about a third of one per cent of the Arab world's landmass.
Eight far-left activists arrested over the killing of Quentin Deranque in Lyon
Prosecutor Thierry Dran said at least six people took part in the beating.
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Sweden’s Left Party leader plays down Borlänge vote-buying probe as ‘about few votes’
The accusations were "very serious", she said, and the police had to be allowed to work in peace.
Blair tells Burnham to put rejoining a reformed EU of nation states at heart of 10-year plan
He wants a Europe "on a credible path to reform, a Europe of nation states, a Europe capable of being a genuine global power".
AfD leads North Rhine-Westphalia on a federal ballot for the first time
The governing CDU-Green coalition would still have a majority. No other two-party deal without AfD would work.
Milei tells UN it has become a ‘useless organisation’ feeding ‘fatally arrogant parasites’
He added the “gender agenda, environmental extremism and unchecked immigration”, along with Agenda 2030.
Die Linke MP in Remmo clan row sought operational detail on anti-clan raids
They asked which operations had taken place, at which places, on which days and at which hours.
Swedish prosecutors investigate two vote-rigging cases in national election
A separate corruption inquiry is examining possible vote-buying, while Sweden’s Election Review Board can assess the validity of the result without waiting for the criminal…
Audi sues German importer over Chinese AUDI electric cars
The cars are the E5 Sportback and the E7X, developed with SAIC Motor for young, tech-minded Chinese buyers and never listed for official sale in Europe.
Ratcliffe mothballs Hull chemical plants as UK gas hits 12 times US price
Ineos said almost 4,000 jobs in the Humberside supply chain hang on the plants if the pause becomes permanent.
MCC Brussels team launches new think tank after Hungarian funding cut
The group says it is building its own funding and partnerships and is already fundraising. Donations are solicited on the site.
Belgian law opens prison door for Bataclan attacks logistician
Bakkali, a 39-year-old Belgian-Moroccan from Verviers, eastern Belgium, helped with the logistics of several terrorist attacks.
German chemical giant Evonik cuts 3,200 jobs amidst crisis
The figures match a plan first set out in June under the “tailor Made” programme.
UN Palestine rapporteur Albanese says NATO keeps Ukraine war open and backs halt to arms
The political calculation that kept "that front" open, she said, "does not originate in Europe, but inside NATO, NATO led by the United States".
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Brussels presses Beijing to cap hybrid car exports after imports rise more than tenfold
Trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is due in Beijing next month with an October deadline for “tangible results”.
Google fined €403 million for EU location-data breaches
Ireland is Google’s lead EU supervisor because the company’s European headquarters are in Dublin.
BBC cuts 11 ‘racist’ Mitchell and Webb sketches from iPlayer anniversary release
Viewers and Reddit users noticed the gaps after the iPlayer upload. Neither Mitchell nor Webb has commented. BBC News said it had asked them.
Infantino offers FIFA governance review after World Cup investment plan collapses
UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation and Concacaf later called for changes to FIFA’s leadership.
CDU still a ‘people’s party’ despite state parliament wipeout, deputy group leader says
Krings acknowledged "crafting errors" in the federal government and said he was "not satisfied with all aspects of the government reshuffle".
Jet fuel shortfall set to persist in Europe until year-end as Asian imports rise
The third-quarter pattern was similar.