Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised European leaders over inaction on frozen Russian assets, defence and the shadow fleet, saying Europe looked “lost”.

Ongoing disputes over a series of deportation amendments in the European Parliament suggest that the liberal MEP steering the negotiations is edging closer to the far-right.

The EU and the West's premise is simple and comforting: Hamas must go, Israel will not rule Gaza, and therefore a reformed Palestinian Authority must step in. But this consensus rests on a political fiction, writes Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah.

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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