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Spanish rail infrastructure chief steps down after Toledo train crash

Adif, responsible for Spain’s rail infrastructure, signaling and traffic control, is under intense scrutiny after last week’s devastating crash near Urda, Toledo, that claimed 69 lives. De la Peña's resignation was first…

Hungary releases secret police files from communist era

Orbán instead protested that he, his wife and colleagues were “under constant surveillance” and were “targets of the state party’s secret investigations.” More files are being digitized and will be made available by Feb.…

MEPs fear fundamental rights will take a hit under plans to expand EU border agency

Under the Commission plan, Frontex could also help deport people from EU countries to hubs in countries outside the bloc, and from those hubs to third countries, the commissioner confirmed. Centrist and left-leaning…

The pollsters had got it wrong on the US midterms, said Nige. That aged well | John Crace

Not something you can often say. Despite Reform UK tanking in the polls, Nige still regards himself as the official opposition and considers it a major insult that he isn't given six questions every week. Today he was…

The need for a nationally relevant message

It’s true that as Ed says the Lib Dems have increased their representation in Parliament from less than a dozen to 72 MPs. It’s true that they run more councils now than do the Conservatives. But it’s also true that…

Midterms : 5 points que l’Europe doit surveiller après l’écrasante victoire des démocrates face à Trump

Pour se faire une idée de leur magnitude sur le plan politique : c’est comme si vous aviez le scandale du Whitewater de Bill Clinton et la première procédure de destitution contre Donald Trump réunis, avec en prime…

Damaged Chernobyl nuclear site needs urgent funding, warns European development bank

“Everybody should feel concerned about nuclear safety globally.” The EBRD is joint-owned by the European Union, the European Investment Bank and 77 other countries, including the U.S., China and Russia. It was originally…

Government not removing need to show ID to vote in some elections

In the UK you need photo ID to vote in some elections , such as general elections and local elections in England. However, voters in Scotland and Wales do not need to show photo ID at Scottish or Welsh Parliament…

UK politics: Burnham says US midterm results have created ‘opportunity’ for world to focus on cost of living and ending Iran war – as it happened

In an interview at the Commonwealth summit in Antigua, asked if he was worried the results might make Trump more unpredictable, Burnham replied: President Trump has accepted the results, and I feel the world has an…

Mélenchon a-t-il déjà son ticket pour le second tour ?

Toute coïncidence avec la situation française n’est pas fortuite, alors que le scénario d’un second tour opposant Marine Le Pen à Jean-Luc Mélenchon devient de plus en plus probable, sondage après sondage. Pourquoi les…