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Macron’s final budget hinges on Le Pen’s backing … for now

Since snap elections delivered a hung parliament in 2024, the budget process has become treacherous territory. Lecornu’s two predecessors lost their jobs trying to pass their spending plans in parliament by year-end.…

Wie Trumps Energieminister die EU zur Freigabe von Dieselreserven drängt

So berichtet ein hochrangiger europäischer, für Energie zuständiger Regierungsbeamter eines großen EU-Landes, sein Land sei vergangene Woche bilateral in den USA angesprochen worden. „Es war sehr hypothetisch: ‚Was…

Kubilius: Russian attack on arms factory would trigger NATO military response

This week, Estonia said Russian secret services were behind last month's arson attack on arms contractor Milrem Robotics. Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia and other countries are also investigating similar suspicious…

Chris Battle: Why don’t our politicians read anymore?

Westminster is full of highly educated people. Many have passed through Oxford or Cambridge, having studied PPE, economics or law. Some even made it onto the intellectually rigorous Civil Service Fast Stream, which has…

Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s

Under the proposals, young people who are fit to work but have not worked for six months continuously would face new rules to qualify for payments, including daily attendance at a job centre or courses. The party says…

British Sikh activist released from Delhi jail after nine-year detention

Johal has been incarcerated for nine years without any full trial. The court order was issued after Johal's lawyers issued a writ of habeas corpus alleging he was being detained against the express direction of the…

Burnham is right that ‘hope comes from honesty’. That’s why Labour must make the case for rejoining the EU | Sadiq Khan

A national social care system , greater public control of water and energy, help for first-time buyers and a crackdown on rogue landlords and empty homes. With clarity and conviction, Andy Burnham set out a bold plan to…

French government calls crisis meeting as some school blockades turn violent

The head of the greater Paris region, Valérie Pécresse, said Thursday that more than 200 schools were affected and the damage had exceeded €1 million, Le Monde reported . Protesters and their supporters have accused the…

Water system a 'disaster', Green deputy leader says

Millward told the BBC the country's water system was an "absolutely unmitigated disaster", arguing there had been "radical underinvestment" over decades. She said Burnham's plan, which involves removing limits on…

Peter Ainsworth: Cut taxes in Wales – and prove the case for the rest of Britain

Now he is moving his tax residence to Greece. He joins Nik Storonsky, Malcolm Healey, Richard Gnodde and a lengthening list of high earners deciding that Britain is no longer worth the price. Meanwhile Gary Stevenson…