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Several MEPs and social media users have falsely claimed that “claqueurs” were brought in to support Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel, as she received the European Order of Merit award at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This newly created prize aims to honour individuals who have contributed to “European integration”, along with the values enshrined in the EU treaties, according to the European Parliament. But several MEPs alleged that the additional non-MEP attendees in the chamber were “extras”, “random types” or “claqueurs”, while others suggested the applause had been staged while Merkel received the “European Order…

European Commissioner for the Economy Valdis Dombrovskis has said in exclusive comments to Euronews that the EU “should not” look to cheap Russian fossil fuels and gas for relief as the energy crisis persists. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If anything, we need to strengthen sanctions against Russia, not ease, because actually Russia is a country benefiting from this conflict in the Middle East and those higher energy prices, getting substantial windfall profits, so we should not facilitate it further,” Dombrovskis told Euronews’ Europe Today programme. On Tuesday the UK government published an open-ended licence allowing the import of diesel and jet fuel…

Donald Trump posted an unexpected statement late on Thursday evening, Polish time, on his social media platform Truth Social. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “In view of the electoral success of the current president of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, whom I proudly endorsed, and our relations with him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will send to Poland an additional 5,000 troops,” Trump wrote. Shock on both sides of the Atlantic The decision took both the Polish authorities and the US administration itself equally by surprise. US media report that Trump is thought not to have consulted anyone before taking this…

Published on 22/05/2026 – 7:55 GMT+2•Updated 8:07 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Euronews’ Luca Bertuzzi reports on the EU’s economic outlook for 2026 and what European leaders like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni or Hungary’s Péter Magyar are proposing to curb the energy crisis. Interview with Javi López, Vice-President of the European Parliament (S&D), on the EU-Mexico summit. Explainer by Jakub Janas: Can Hungary’s new prime minister Péter Magyar revive the Visegrád group? Euronews’ Sándor Zsíros reports on whether a post-Orbán Visegrád alliance could regain influence in Brussels. We talk to journalist and writer Jada Yuan live from France about why…

Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, his administration has pursued an aggressive trade policy, imposing tariffs on the EU and other partners in an effort to secure more favourable deals. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT As part of this approach, Washington has sharply criticised European regulations it views as harmful to U.S. interests and has actively solicited grievances from American businesses to deploy in diplomatic disputes with EU officials. Yet the administration’s public confrontations with Europe — the United States’ largest trading partner — have divided American companies, many of which fear they could prompt a broader recalibration…

Published on 22/05/2026 – 6:11 GMT+2•Updated 6:15 The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas said on Thursday that the modernisation of its commercial agreement with Mexico will eliminate trade barriers as the world’s economies lean towards protectionism. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mexico and the EU will sign the update to the agreement on Friday. The signing takes place as the Mexican government negotiates the revisions to the USMCA free trade agreement with its largest trade partner the United States as well as Canada. “This agreement will remove the remaining barriers to trade and investment, and these include strategic sectors…

The European Union has vowed to stand firm with its strategy to squeeze Russia’s war economy, as the United Kingdom scrambles to reassure its allies that its latest decisions fall short of lifting sanctions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The British government caused confusion and dismay on Tuesday when it published an open-ended licence allowing the import of diesel and jet fuel made from Russian crude oil in other countries, such as Turkey and India, where the oil is purchased at discounted prices. A separate licence enables the provision of short-term service contracts with Russia’s Sakhalin-2 and Yamal LNG projects until January 2027.…

For the first time, researchers have managed to detect and track in wastewater all the main viruses associated with the development of tumours. A discovery that could open up new prospects for prevention, health surveillance and monitoring of oncogenic infections in the population. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The study, coordinated by Anthony Maresso and Justin Clark of the Baylor College of Medicine and published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, was carried out in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The researchers analysed wastewater samples collected between May 2022 and May 2025 at more than 40…

Published on 21/05/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 NATO foreign affairs ministers are meeting in Sweden for a two-day summit amid uncertain times for the alliance. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Top of ministers’ minds is an announcement by the Trump administration that it will incrementally withdraw the US from European security, meaning its support will not be guaranteed even in times of war. The attendees will also discuss how the alliance can ramp up its defence production as the war in Iran drains its stockpile of advanced US-made weapons. The exact details of where US support and capabilities will be withdrawn is due to…

When the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act entered into force in August 2024, it was hailed as the world’s strictest AI law. Almost two years later, Europe has already agreed to change it. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On May 7, EU governments and European Parliament lawmakers struck a deal on the so-called “AI omnibus”, a package of targeted amendments within a broader digital simplification drive. The goal is to cut red tape, fix overlapping rules, and give businesses more breathing room without dismantling the law’s core risk-based logic. The result is a retooled rulebook that extends deadlines, narrows obligations, and reshapes how the…