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The EU has been carrying out a decade-long campaign to censor American free speech and infringe on their rights by pressuring major social media platforms in secretive meetings to change their global content moderation rules, according to US Republican lawmakers. In a report by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee entitled ‘The Foreign Censorship Threat, Part II’, US politicians claim that European Commission officials aggressively pressured social media networks to censor content — particularly American and conservative publications — under the false guise of combating bigotry and fake news. “In response to this pressure campaign, major social media platforms censored true…
By Jakub Janas & Servet Yanatma Published on 09/02/2026 – 9:40 GMT+1 Europeans are getting richer. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, real household income has jumped by about 7%. But if you look closely at the map, you realise: this is not a shared meal. It is a very unequal dinner party. And right now, the continent’s east is ordering seconds. Poland, Romania, Hungary and Croatia are feasting, with their real incomes growing by around 15-20% in just five years. Meanwhile, the north is on a diet. Sweden, Finland, and Denmark have barely touched their food, stuck with almost zero growth. Even the heavy…
Published on 09/02/2026 – 9:04 GMT+1 The 2025 annual turnover of the European gun industry reached an all-time high of €183, while the Commission’s mobilisation of €800 billion for security and defence through ReArm Europe boosted weapon and ammunition manufacturing capacity from roughly 300,000 rounds in 2022 to 2 million rounds in 2025. Europe accounts for about 25% of global arms exports. Latest data report over 33,700 arms export licences in 2023, with a value of more than €298 billion for military equipment and technology. While this strong position in the arms market has led to debates about the balance…
Published on 09/02/2026 – 7:38 GMT+1•Updated 8:07 On today’s show: Our EU Editor Maria Tadeo reports on why US Vice President JD Vance was booed at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony and why some Italians are protesting the event. Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, joins us in the studio for an exclusive interview. We connect with Euronews Portugal for the latest on the second round of Portugal’s presidential elections. Our Jakub Janas explains how wages in Europe have evolved in recent years. We speak live with Iranian chess grandmaster Mitra Hejazipour When and…
Two exit polls have given centre-left candidate António José Seguro a convincing win over far-right rival André Ventura in Sunday’s Portuguese presidential election. Seguro, 63, had won between 67% and 73%of the vote to 43-year-old Ventura’s tally of between 27% and 33% according to projections from two national television stations based on exit polls. 11 million people in Portugal and abroad were eligible to cast their ballots for the election. António José Seguro was a favourite to win the runoff against André Ventura, whose Chega party was created in 2019 and is now the largest opposition force in parliament. In…
Published on 08/02/2026 – 12:41 GMT+1•Updated 15:40 Portugal began voting in the second round of its presidential election on Sunday, as the country chooses between centre-left Socialist (PS) candidate António José Seguro and leader of the far-right Chega (Enough) party, André Ventura. 11 million people in Portugal and abroad are eligible to cast their ballots, with the first exit polls expected at around 8 pm local time (9 pm CET) António José Seguro is a expected to beat Andre Ventura, whose Chega party was created in 2019 and is now the largest opposition force in parliament. Seguro won 31.1% of…
Published on 07/02/2026 – 12:02 GMT+1•Updated 12:05 European officials have called for the negotiation of a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the Gulf nations to be fast-tracked, as the bloc looks to diversify trade ties worldwide to counter the impact of US tariffs and an inundation of Chinese exports. Speaking at a panel discussion moderated by Euronews at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, Latvia’s Prime Minister Evika Silina said the EU should reach out to new partners in a pragmatic fashion. “This is a good, historical time for Europe to strengthen new partnerships,” she said on Thursday.…
Published on 06/02/2026 – 7:37 GMT+1•Updated 9:32 On today’s show: Our Shona Murray brings the latest on the US–Iran nuclear talks We hear from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Our Sasha Vakulina breaks down what the end of the START treaty means Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of US Army Europe, joins us live for an interview We connect with Euronews Spain for the latest on the clash between Elon Musk and Pedro Sánchez, after Spain’s Prime Minister proposed banning social media for minors under 16 Member of the European Parliament Alexandra Geese joins for her take on a…
Almost a quarter of all EU LGBTQ+ citizens have been subjected to some form of conversion practices, according to the latest ILGA Europe report. Greek respondents claim to have been the most exposed to it in the EU, at 38%, while French, Italian, and Dutch respondents said they had the least exposure, all at 18%. Conversion practices, or so-called conversion therapy, wrongly claim to be able to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of a person. They’ve regularly been described as harmful, ineffective and pseudoscientific. These practices can take a variety of forms, including intervention by family members, religious…
Published on 06/02/2026 – 14:57 GMT+1•Updated 15:27 Leaders of the socialist and liberal groups in the European Parliament raised concerns over the attendance of European Commission Vice-President Raffaele Fitto and Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius at a European People’s Party (EPP) political gathering in Slovenia on Thursday. Iratxe García Pérez and Valérie Hayer, the leaders of the S&D and Renew Europe groups, sent a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, claiming that the Commissioners may have breached the internal conduct rules by appearing at a political event just weeks ahead of Slovenia’s elections. The incident adds another point of…