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The European Union should leverage development aid and visa policies to force countries to cooperate with its stance on migration, Belgium’s Minister for Migration and Asylum, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, has told Euronews’ interview programme 12 Minutes With. Belgium is already implementing this tit-for-tat approach. When in discussion with third countries for future partnerships, it makes aid and support conditional on assistance with migrant returns. “We have decided that we will have a whole-of-government approach,” Van Bossuyt said. “So what we mean by that is that we will relate development aid to the way in which the countries of origin take…
Belgium is looking to house foreign prisoners abroad as part of its crackdown on migration and is open to partnerships with countries in the Western Balkans and beyond, the country’s Minister for Asylum and Migration, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, has told Euronews’ interview programme 12 Minutes With. Asked about her recent mission to Albania and Kosovo to explore renting or building prison space to house irregular migrants convicted of crimes in Belgium, Van Bossuyt said: “We are looking at every possible solution to increase the return rate. That’s one of the possibilities that we are looking into together with the ministry…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & Léa Becquet Published on 08/01/2026 – 17:03 GMT+1 The vast majority of businesses based in the European Union have moved jobs abroad, with India being the most favoured destination outside the bloc. Outsourcing is a way for tens of thousands of entrepreneurs to save money — and perhaps to survive. However, it also means slashing positions domestically, which, in most cases, don’t get replaced. In fact, the trade balance is negative. Due to outsourcing, EU countries lost around 150,000 jobs, roughly three times more than those created through the same process between 2021 and 2023, a recent Eurostat report…
World leaders have condemned the Trump administration’s decision to pull the US out of the United Nations global climate treaty and more than 60 other international environmental organisations. In a statement announcing the move on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio framed the move in explicitly political terms, declaring that global climate institutions are no longer relevant to the country’s interests. “As this list begins to demonstrate, what started as a pragmatic framework of international organisations for peace and cooperation has morphed into a sprawling architecture of global governance, often dominated by progressive ideology and detached from national interests,”…
French MEP Virginie Joron, a member of the far-right group Patriots for Europe group, has said she will pursue legal action over what she describes as false claims that she is on a European Parliament “blacklist.” Joron, also a member of France’s National Rally party, announced on X she would file a complaint against “several media outlets” for deliberately disseminating false and defamatory information, in particular the claim she was placed on such a blacklist. The MEP insists the allegation is “completely false”, saying it has been used to politically discredit her ahead of municipal elections in Strasbourg, where she…
The European Commission is multiplying concessions for European farmers in an effort to put a date on the Mercosur trade deal signature with Latin America. From unlocking cash to relaxing regulation, the Commission is catering to demands of heavyweight holdouts, Italy and France, which have pushed a list of demands before they commit to the Mercosur. Rome is signaling it is open to signing it soon, while Paris remains cautious ahead of a week of planned protests from French farmers. On Wednesday, the Commission agreed to suspend the EU carbon border tax on fertilisers retroactively starting January 1, as demanded…
For the past year, staying in Donald Trump’s good graces has become a top priority for European leaders, who have gone the extra mile to appease the mercurial US president, rein in his most radical impulses and keep him firmly engaged in what is their be-all and end-all: Russia’s war on Ukraine. Though Europe is by far the largest donor to Kyiv, nobody on the continent is under the illusion that the invasion can be resisted without US-made weapons and come to an eventual end without Washington at the negotiating table. In practice, the strategic calculus has translated into painful…
By Sébastien Chenu, French National Assembly deputy Published on 07/01/2026 – 13:28 GMT+1 •Updated 13:33 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. French poet Jean de La Fontaine wrote in The Wolf and the Lamb that “the reason of the strongest is always the best.” We should harbour no illusions: Nicolás Maduro is nothing like a lamb. And accusing Donald Trump of being a wolf, as the left does, is a bit too easy. The most serious crises arise when the legality and the legitimacy…
Over the weekend, Cuban authorities announced that 32 Cuban nationals had been killed in the US’s raid on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. They were serving as bodyguards to President Nicolás Maduro in the military compound from which US special forces seized him. Besides Venezuela itself, Cuba has been hit harder than any other country by Maduro’s removal. Havana lost a key political ally and a pillar of its already troubled economy, and statements from the Trump administration in the raid’s aftermath made it clear that along with Colombia and Greenland, the US could soon target Cuba as well. The presence…
Shortly after US President Donald Trump announced a “large-scale strike” on Venezuela on Saturday, European social media was awash with misleading, AI-generated images of Nicolás Maduro’s capture and videos of Venezuelans celebrating around the world. Across TikTok, Instagram and X, AI-generated or altered images, old footage repurposed as new footage and out-of-context videos proliferated. Many racked up millions of views across platforms, and were shared by public figures, including Trump himself, X owner Elon Musk, the son of the former Brazilian president, Flávio Bolsonaro, and the official account of the Portuguese right-wing Chega party in Portugal. Some experts suggested this…