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AfD and ESN set out plan to strip Brussels of its powers
Weidel said that if the Union were not rebuilt along those lines, the AfD would press for a referendum on Germany’s continued membership.
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Milei calls Sánchez a ‘dictator’ in Madrid
The Argentine President accused the Spanish Government of encouraging the invasion of Ceuta, five weeks before a general election.
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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.
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.
Czech parliament overrides Pavel veto on law easing dismissal of civil servants
The reform strips state officials of special severance and places them largely under ordinary labour law, a decade after Brussels made civil service protections…
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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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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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Gentiloni warns Italy against defying Brussels: ‘Ask Orbán how that worked out for him’
The former PM remarks reignite debate over national sovereignty, democratic choice and the European Commission’s use of financial pressure.
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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.
Burnham now says Russia interfered in Brexit referendum
No intelligence assessment has been published to support the claim, which lands as London reopens the question of its relationship with Brussels.
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BMW withdraws official-car offer to AfD state parliament president
The company gave no reason, though German media have linked the move to the vote in Magdeburg.
AfD moves to take first German state parliament presidency
Sahra Wagenknecht's party has pledged the votes that would put an AfD politician in the chair in Magdeburg, breaking the cordon sanitaire in a German State parliament…
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.
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".
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EU trademark office clears way for challenge to Vannacci’s party name
A conservative think tank close to Italy’s governing right has filed the challenge as the former League general faces mounting attacks from figures across Giorgia…
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Nawrocki wants French-style presidential system in Poland
The 47-member advisory body tasked with coming up with a new constitution includes constitutional lawyers, judges, academics and politicians.
UK village votes for independence in symbolic protest against plans to house male asylum seekers
The Home Office wants to convert it into basic accommodation as part of a drive to empty asylum hotels.
YouGov puts CDU/CSU at record low as talk of replacing Merz grows
The AfD took 43.8 per cent there on September 6, a record for the party in any state election, against 17.2 per cent for the CDU.
Celtic nationalist leaders tie the break-up of the UK
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Poland’s PiS has its man chosen as leader of ECR
Adam Bielan, a close ally of Jarosław Kaczyński, replaces Mateusz Morawiecki at the head of Europe's conservative party family, keeping the post in Law and Justice…
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Irish, Scottish and Welsh leaders sign Cardiff pact demanding votes on leaving the UK
The three attended as party leaders rather than heads of government, two days after Donald Trump said he would like to see Ireland united.
Trump drops US neutrality and says Irish unification will happen
Washington has kept out of the question for decades, but the president repeated his call a day after Downing Street ruled out a border poll.
Most Europeans say the EU is in decline
Sixty-eight per cent of those interviewed described Europe in terms of “general deterioration or a loss of normality”.
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Little enthusiasm for AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt victory on Poland’s Right
President Nawrocki's senior aide Paweł Szefernaker said that the AfD's views on history and Russia were "unacceptable".
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Italy’s governing coalition splits over AfD victory
Salvini celebrated, Forza Italia strongly condemned the result, while Meloni remained silent amid concerns that it could strengthen AfD ally Roberto Vannacci.
Italian military prosecutor examines soldiers in Vannacci’s party
The case could nevertheless develop into a wider investigation into Futuro Nazionale and the possibility of its dissolution under Italy's anti-Fascist legislation.
Wagenknecht’s BSW implodes in Thuringia as MPs abandon party
Ten of the 12 remaining BSW members of the Thuringian parliament announced on Friday that they were leaving the party.
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Fratelli d’Italia senator revives run-off plan for new electoral law
Around 697 amendments have been filed in the Senate committee, with a final vote set for September 15.
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Matteo Salvini’s League heads towards a showdown over its leadership
Pressure on Salvini to change the League's political direction, and to give up at least part of his grip on its leadership, has been building for months.
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Meloni set to become Italy’s longest-serving prime minister since 1946
Only four cabinets before Meloni passed 1,000 days: Berlusconi II, Berlusconi IV (1,287 days), Bettino Craxi I and Matteo Renzi.