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A Spanish court has ordered the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Begoña Gómez, to stand trial by jury for corruption and banned her from leaving the country, according to a court order released Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Judge Juan Carlos Peinado ordered Gomez to hand in her passport and to…
By Romain Gutkind with AFP Published on 20/06/2026 – 10:48 GMT+2 A heatwave sweeping across France this week could be produce similar conditions to August 2003, when extreme heat led to the deaths of more than 14,800 people. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This year, municipalities such as Biarritz and Limoges are calling for vulnerable people…
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s National Rally and the frontrunner in presidential polls for 2027, vowed on Friday to win the French elections and mark a shift in the course of the European Union. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Bardella said this on the second day of his two day visit to Poland…
Published on 20/06/2026 – 7:32 GMT+2 A train driver has died after two train services collided in the Bedford area of the UK on Friday, in what has been declared a major incident. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT East Midlands Railway (EMR) said its 16:40 service from Corby to London St Pancras crashed…
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella began a two-day visit to Poland on Thursday. The purpose of his trip is to meet right-wing and nationalist political leaders ahead of next year’s presidential election in France. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT His journey started in Warsaw and will include a visit to the Polish-Belarusian border.…
On 23 June 2016, UK voters cast their ballots in a referendum that will live forever in European history books. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT 51.9% of voters decided to leave the EU, while 48.1% favoured remaining. The outcome was followed by the resignation of the then UK Prime Minister, David Cameron and…
Updated: 19/06/2026 – 13:48 GMT+2 Tomi Huhtanen, Executive Director of the Wilfried Martens Centre, believes the EU should be “involved” in the peace deal. Huhtanen said the bloc needed to be “in the same group chat” when discussing potential contacts with Russia, arguing that coordination among European countries “has not…
Published on 19/06/2026 – 18:13 GMT+2 The European Commission will develop new tools to counter macroeconomic imbalances, most notably the growing and “unsustainable” trade deficit with China, including a diversification instrument, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Europe has already built an extensive…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have issued a blistering rebuke against deportation camps outside the European Union, setting their countries on a collision course with a growing political majority. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT During a summit on Friday, 19 leaders across the bloc signed a joint declaration…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said now is the right time to be prepared and consider a mandate to negotiate with Russia, speaking at a closed-door meeting with EU leaders on Thursday ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The head of the Commission said the EU should start considering a negotiating mandate…
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