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Prominent SPD MPs reject proposed Berlin coalition with Die Linke
The internal pushback coincides with broader policy disagreements regarding foreign affairs, law enforcement and migration.
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Volkswagen plans global pay freeze until 2030
Volkswagen’s management is seeking increases in worker productivity, greater scheduling flexibility and a reduction in overtime payouts.
Trump says Zelensky never wanted to end the Ukraine war
The US President defended his waiver of new sanctions on Moscow as European governments moved in the opposite direction.
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Bukele claims France could restore order in ‘one week’
About 90,000 people have been arrested under the measure, renewed by parliament every month since.
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State funding for Spanish unions nearly quadruples as membership falls to record low
Between 2018 and 2025, total public funds allocated to both federations, alongside their territorial branches and linked foundations, exceeded €569 million.
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French interior minister offers to resign over riots, Macron refuses
In many cities the marches were overtaken by large-scale violence by migrant youths and left-wing agitators.
Albanian Government refuses to resign and says EU accession depends on it
Six days of student-led rioting have left the Balkan candidate country in its worst political crisis in years, with only four of 33 negotiating chapters closed.
Fire kills four Canadian soldiers at base that prepares troops for Latvia
Canada has lost four soldiers and seen 39 injured in a grass fire at its main army training centre, as Ottawa builds up the NATO brigade it leads on Europe's eastern…
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Bardella calls Macron’s riot address ‘cowardly’ as France counts the cost
The National Rally president said the French Government had nothing left to offer voters after the worst disorder in years.
Ben Gvir accuses Netanyahu of promising EU governments to drop him from cabinet
Israel's national security minister says European foreign ministers were given private assurances that he will not sit in the next coalition.
Rioters loot shops and attack police in Milan for a second night
More than 200 people were taken to police stations, about 80 per cent of them minors, after a night of looting and clashes around the Duomo.
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Looters return to Paris after riots leave 1,000 police injured
Officers made 108 fresh arrests in the capital on a second night of disorder, as the French Government held crisis talks and resisted calls for a state of emergency.
Trump endorses Netanyahu and warns Israelis against the ‘wrong leader’
The US president's late intervention lands with Likud trailing Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party in most polls and neither bloc near a Knesset majority.
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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.
EU leaders say the bloc must reform itself before taking in new members
Summit conclusions set no deadlines, leave the Commission's institutional proposals untouched and task ministers with further analysis.
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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.
EU leaders back Zelensky over diesel deal but offer no new money
Leaders put their regret at Washington's sanctions waiver in writing, though Kyiv leaves Brussels without fresh funding decisions.
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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.
Costa takes over EU budget talks and looks to new Brussels taxes
Leaders spent more than five hours arguing in Brussels without moving, leaving the European Council president to redraw the 2028-2034 package himself.
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ECB policymakers lose patience with Lagarde’s silence on early exit
Frustration inside the central bank has grown as the president weighs the chairmanship of the World Economic Forum and prepares to launch her memoirs.
Rutte meets Bulgarian and Romanian leaders as Black Sea drone attacks spread
NATO has offered more surveillance and counter-drone capability, though Sofia and Bucharest are pressing for a joint regional command and a halt to strikes on civilian…
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Trump says Zelensky ‘not a good guy’ and rules him out of any Russia deal
The US President has turned on his Ukrainian counterpart days after agreeing to buy Russian diesel, deepening the rift between Washington and Kyiv.
EU innovation funding rarely reaches the market
Around half of a €17 billion push for industrial leadership went to universities and research centres rather than to companies, the European Court of Auditors…
Spanish and American thinkers challenge the Black Legend and Europe’s rejection of its Christian roots
They defended the cultural and religious heritage of the Hispanic world at the European Parliament and challenged the historical narratives that have contributed…
Minibus carrying lorry drivers hits shuttle train at Channel Tunnel terminal
All 19 people aboard the vehicle were hurt, two of them seriously, in what French officials called the first accident of its kind on a Eurotunnel loading platform.
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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.