Italy keeps Schengen checks on Spain two months after Ceuta invasion
Rome says the risks left by the July invasion have not receded, while the European Commission has still not ruled on either set of controls.
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Balázs Hankó: ‘A country cannot be built on political revenge’
The “minister for everyday patriotism” gave this interview shortly before his arrest, at a point when he was already taking it for granted.
Romania lodges final EU recovery claim hours after another cabinet falls
Bucharest met the deadline with minutes to spare, though five months without a government have already cost the country hundreds of millions of euros.
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.
Drug clan leader says she was asked to ‘eliminate’ judge who investigated Sánchez’s brother
Guardia Civil officers travelled in secret to Badajoz to question two members of drug clans approached by Leire Díez's network.
Member states back near-zero residue limits for banned pesticides in imported food
The Council has agreed a negotiating mandate that tightens import rules while handing longer approvals to pesticides still used inside the EU.
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.
Burnham stakes next election on scrapping first past the post
The Prime Minister used his first Labour conference speech to promise a manifesto pledge to replace Britain's voting system, without once naming Nigel Farage.
Ulrich Siegmund sets December date for bid to lead first AfD state government
Germany could see its first AfD-led state government as Saxony-Anhalt prepares for a December vote that could challenge the CDU’s long-standing refusal to cooperate…
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What is the Cardiff pact, the Irish, Scottish and Welsh memorandum to dissolve the UK with Trump’s backing
The three first ministers signed as party leaders a text with no dates and no mention of the word 'referendum'.
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.
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EU’s top court rejects Poland’s bid to suspend Mercosur trade deal
The deal also triggered mass protests by European farmers, who fear competition from cheaper imports that do not meet EU standards.
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…
Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko calls for new Russia-West coexistence model
The EuroChem founder says Russia and Europe will ultimately have to find a way to coexist and trade, and that the question is what rules will govern them.
Dutch police arrest alleged ShinyHunters leader suspected of plotting murders abroad
The 24-year-old was seized in Amsterdam six days before the hacking group claimed to have broken into an FBI recruitment site.
Burnham reopens the Brexit question
The British Prime Minister has promised to put options for a new relationship with the European Union to the country at a summit delayed since July, and has not…
Rama says ‘science’, not ‘ideology’, will decide fate of Kushner project
Albania's Prime Minister used a Brussels platform to defend the Adriatic resort scheme that has brought protesters onto the streets since late May.
Mohammed VI makes El Mansouri Morocco’s first woman head of government
The PAM leader takes charge of a government Brussels relies on to police the EU's southern border, six days after an election in which fewer than four in 10 voters…
Brussels plans to bypass national vetoes in enlarged EU
Leaked drafts show Brussels intends to drop unanimity at most stages of accession and to cut nine countries out of the College of Commissioners.
Spanish Government approves housing decrees it lacks the votes to pass
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Portugal’s ruling parties move to charge non-resident foreigners for healthcare
A bill from the two parties backing Prime Minister Luís Montenegro would oblige illegal migrants and non-residents to pay for treatment, with an exception for emergencies.
Dutch prosecutors clear doctor in first child euthanasia case
The child, born at 26 weeks with severe brain damage, died at the end of 2025 in the first use of a regulation that exists nowhere else in the world.
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Magyar’s Hungary is prosecuting Orbán’s ministers without a prosecutor general
Parliament turned down the president's nominee for the vacant post hours before it stripped two former ministers of their immunity.
Fidesz writes to every MEP after two Orbán-era ministers are detained
The Hungarian opposition has asked the European Parliament to look at what it calls the building of an 'authoritarian regime' in Budapest.
Brussels asks capitals to curb gas and electricity use as storage runs low
The European Commission's energy chief wrote to national ministers before an informal council in Dublin, warning that reserves had entered the heating season far…
Orbán denounces ‘neo-communist tactics’ as Fidesz rallies behind detained ministers
Fidesz MEPs and the party's leadership have compared the cases against Balázs Hankó and Miklós Seszták to communist-era show trials and to the prosecutions of…
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.
Pope Leo XIV sets out Europe’s moral foundations in Schuman’s Metz
The Pontiff closed his French visit with a defence of the family, the welcome of the stranger and human life at every stage, in the city of one of the European Union's…
Hungarian prosecutors detain two Orbán-era ministers after immunity vote
Balázs Hankó and Miklós Seszták were taken into custody by a prosecution service that has had no confirmed chief since its last one resigned under pressure from…
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…