The protests that began in December 2025 are not about prices alone. They represent a sustained challenge to a political system widely perceived as irreparable. Recognising that reality is not radicalism. For Europe, it is strategic realism, writes Babak Rezaeedaryakenari from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.

The EU's earmarked €620m in aid for Syria is largely aimed at restoring basic services and living conditions in an effort to encourage Syrian refugees in Europe to go home.

EU foreign relations chief Kaja Kallas has cast doubt on Germany's prediction that the Iranian government will shortly fall.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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