It was the highlight of Emmanuel Macron’s two-day visit to the United Kingdom, which began on Wednesday: the French president and the British prime minister joined King Charles III and Queen Camilla for a private viewing of the Bayeux Tapestry. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The masterpiece of medieval art, which depicts the…

Published on 02/09/2026 – 20:30 GMT+2 On Sunday, Saxony-Anhalt could become the centre of a political earthquake. The AfD party is polling at more than 40 percent, far ahead of Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Such a strong result could give the far right a path to governing…

The Spanish government was plunged into crisis on Wednesday after a leaked police report suggested Moroccan forces played a role in pushing migrants into Ceuta in an unprecedented border violation, putting Madrid on the defensive. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Multiple media outlets, citing a law enforcement document, alleged Moroccan authorities helped push…

Published on 02/09/2026 – 16:52 GMT+2•Updated 17:04 Around 500 people gathered in front of the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday to protest against the Spanish government’s handling of the crisis in Ceuta, where several thousand of more than 70,000 migrants who arrived in the exclave on 30 July remain.…

Belgium has forcefully pushed back against a new attempt to tap into the Russian Central Bank’s immobilised assets to provide additional support to Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The European Union holds €210 billion in these assets, the bulk of which is kept at Euroclear, a depository in central Brussels. The hot-button…

Published on 02/09/2026 – 17:41 GMT+2 EU member states agreed to press ahead with an EU-wide visa ban for former and current members of the Russian army, alongside tougher visa restrictions for Russian tourists, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “There was broad support to…

Brussels is assessing a new payment request from Kyiv worth several billion euros to bolster Ukraine’s air defences, as Russia intensifies its aerial attacks and Ukraine seeks more US-made Patriot interceptors. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We have received a new payment request. It is worth several billion euros and would cover Ukraine’s…

The European Union’s worsening exposure to extreme weather and imported fossil fuels makes decarbonisation as much a matter of economic and security policy as climate policy, a senior European Commission official said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Russia’s war against Ukraine and the disruption around the Strait of Hormuz have raised successive warnings…

Published on 02/09/2026 – 14:31 GMT+2 The Dutch central bank (DNB) said on Wednesday it had moved 86 tonnes of its gold stock out of the United States and Canada to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The DNB said gold reserves held in London could be traded more…

Russia may attempt to influence next year’s general election in Italy, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday, calling it an “issue that concerns the entire European Union.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It cannot be ruled out that there may be attempts to influence the elections in the countries where the vote…