French presidential hopeful Attal vows to build ‘United States of Europe’
Attal also advocated for joint European debt, removing intra-bloc trade barriers and encouraging bloc-wide mergers, especially in telecoms and financial services. Attal’s advisers told reporters that the former prime…
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French PM to propose €54B budget squeeze for 2027
Lecornu, who vigorously opposes tax hikes on any segments of the population, said the country needs to find an additional €10 billion to finance the debt. “The debt burden is weighing increasingly heavily on the budget…
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New issue of Liberator out
You can sign up to be emailed when each new issue comes out here . What’s in this issue? There’s Commentary, Lord Bonkers’ Diary and find out in Radical Bulletin, among lots more, about an attempt to scrap spring…
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Khan addresses Polanski in Urdu at London assembly, mocking Green leader’s byelection video – as it happened
Polanski is a member of the London assembly and today Sadiq Khan , the Labour mayor, was appearing before the assembly to take questions. As Polanski asked him a question about data centres, Khan, whose parents came to…
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Carburants, budget, présidentielle : le cocktail explosif
Cela rebat-il les cartes de la présidentielle ? Quelles sont les marges de manœuvres de l’exécutif alors qu’il met un point final à sa copie budgétaire ? Anthony Lattier en débat avec Marcelo Wesfreid, directeur adjoint…
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Scottish council corrects outdated asylum seeker support figure
Earlier this week, a page on the council’s website —which was recorded as having last been updated on —said: “Asylum seekers receive small allowances (£49.18 a week or £8.86 a week if meals are provided).” While…
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Security for Ireland’s easy-access politicians dealt a blow
While the attacker fled on foot, police helped Healy-Rae reach a nearby hospital to have his facial wounds stitched up. Prime Minister Micheál Martin said the attack on Healy-Rae — who had been a junior minister in his…
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European Investment Bank chief heads to Ottawa amid warming EU-Canada ties
Ahead of this year’s G7 summit, Canada extended a behind-the-scenes offer to alliance members for “priority access” to its critical minerals stockpile, according to a letter seen by POLITICO from Hodgson. Canadian Prime…
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Are the men of violence back in British politics?
We do not yet know why she was killed, and it would be wrong to speculate. But Britain already knows where political violence can lead: Jo Cox. David Amess. Still others whose plots were mercifully foiled by the police.…
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Arthur Ellis: Has politics ruined the first date?
He writes about how political decisions, public debate and government policy shape communities across the country. Dating in a big British city as a millennial is already difficult enough. You spend a week exchanging…
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