The European Parliament has defeated a mostly rightwing and far-right motion of censure against the commission — for the fourth time since Ursula von der Leyen took office in December 2024.

EU leaders signalled relief after US president Donald Trump backtracked on his tariff threat over Greenland, following an extraordinary EU summit in Brussels that ended early on Friday.

Bulgaria and Hungary have joined Donald Trump's Board of Peace as EU member states remain perplexed by a concept that challenges the United Nations.

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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