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Shaking up the status quo with news and commentary from the European Union's capital ING Economics, the think-tank of international lender ING Bank, has warned that the planned €800 billion spending spree on defence announced by the European Commission on March 4 was poorly timed. That was, it said, because many countr
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Lagarde plays down neutral rate
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (474+ words) The European Central Bank President said the theoretical benchmark carried little weight while the energy shock from the Iran war kept inflation above target. European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has played down the importance of the so-called neutral interest…...
Fico’s Smer party drops in Slovakian polls
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (521+ words) A September survey by NMS Market Research in Slovakia puts Robert Fico’s Smer only a fraction ahead of Milan Uhrík’s right-wing nationalist Republika Party, while opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) remains in front. The same poll is the latest sign that…...
Dutch Volt branch skips memorial for 105 murdered Jews
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (661+ words) A woman with an Israeli flag and a pro-Palestinian activist face each other during the commemoration of the deportation of Jewish Rotterdammers during the Second World War, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 30 July 2026. EPA/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN Group leader Anna Kaal, Volt's…...
US steps up pressure on NATO allies over ICC
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (464+ words) Every member of the alliance except the US and Turkey is party to the Hague-based court Washington has vowed to dismantle. The United States has stepped up pressure on NATO allies over their backing for the International Criminal Court (ICC), widening…...
Spanish government ignored spy warning
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (483+ words) Spanish troops guard the Tarajal beach on the border between Spain and Morocco in Ceuta, Spain. Joan Amengual/VIEWpress The alert reached Madrid's office in the city on July 29 and went no further, and the official in charge now refuses…...
Brussels releases emergency funds for Ceuta invaders as the city remains occupied
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (465+ words) Most of the emergency package falls under the EU's asylum and migration budget, paying to house and process the thousands who broke through at El Tarajal and remain in the city six weeks on. The European Commission has granted Spain…...
UK and Belgium sign first post-Brexit police pact to target Channel smugglers
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (452+ words) Belgian officers would be allowed to carry weapons on some Eurostar trains and join the UK-France intelligence cell in northern France under the deal. Belgium and the UK have signed a police cooperation agreement designed to speed up intelligence sharing…...
Bardella presses France to shut ‘radical’ mosques
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (458+ words) Jordan Bardella, a member of the European Parliament and president of Rassemblement National, participates in the Country Fair event organized by Rassemblement National in Lievin, France, 04 July 2026. EPA/Firas Abdullah The National Rally leader wants the Muslim Brotherhood banned outright,…...
Moroccan man held with Kalashnikov in Brussels has Spanish residence permit
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (428+ words) Belgian prosecutors suspect the 23-year-old of belonging to a criminal organisation as investigators examine links to the drug war in the capital. A Moroccan man detained with a loaded Kalashnikov at Brussels-Midi station has been remanded in custody on suspicion…...
Ukraine???s prosecutor general resigns
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (880+ words) Kravchenko, appointed in June 2025, said the step was a "political decision" taken so that the post would not become "a tool for political confrontation". Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, has submitted his resignation after anti-corruption investigators raided his office and…...