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Macron and Merz Hold the EU Budget Lock

Negotiations over Brussels' seven-year spending plan have deadlocked on enormous reductions, but a bilateral bargain could finally unlock agreement.

Frontex Freezes Reintegration Aid as Removals Surge

Frontex froze reintegration funding after returns spiked, exposing a strategy that relentlessly demands deportations and starves voluntary departures.

The EU’s War on Plastic: From Packaging Waste to Tiny Pellet Pollution

The EU boosts recycling and targets microplastic pellet leaks with new rules to curb waste and protect Europe’s environment.

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Western Split Over Putin Could Sink Abu Dhabi Talks

Prisoner exchanges and Nordic diplomacy revived negotiations. Could coordinated European leverage turn momentum into enduring peace?

Glaciers Cough Up Relics but Take Back Far More

Slovenia’s Triglav glacier has disappeared after a record hot...

Ottawa is ‘Building Big’ Partnerships Over Holdouts

Canada's Emirati trade pact and Britain's defence bank refusal give dependable partners a considerable advantage over Washington's unpredictable moods.

Gen Z Organised: From ‘Be Water’ to October 17 Movement

Gen Z protests start as memes, yet the ones that change things need unions, organisers and a plan.

Political Violence Now Reaches Politicians’ Families and Homes

Politicians have bodyguards, but their parents and spouses do not, and that gap is getting harder to ignore.