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Published on 23/05/2026 – 13:07 GMT+2 A key member of a terrorist cell that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks has been allowed multiple temporary prison leaves and could be eligible for conditional release. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mohamed Bakkali was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a French court in 2022 for his role in helping coordinate the deadly attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds more after gunmen stormed Paris’ Bataclan theatre and suicide bombers struck across the city. Bakkali, who was extradited to Belgium in 2018, was also sentenced to 25 years in prison in Belgium…
Published on 23/05/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The Chinese will “not win” from a foreign trade policy that jeopardises Europe’s industry and market, the French Minister for Foreign Trade Nicolas Forissier has told Euronews, as the EU executive mulls a clampdown on a glut of cheap Chinese imports. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The Chinese have to understand that they won’t win anything if they destroy the European industry and then the European market, which is an essential market for them,” Forissier told Euronews’ 12 Minutes With interview programme on Friday. “We must no longer be naive,” Forissier added, saying that there is a…
By Tomasz Lezon with Reuters, PAP Published on 22/05/2026 – 7:35 GMT+2•Updated 9:10 US President Donald Trump has announced he will send an additional 5,000 American troops to Poland. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland.” The announcement came just two days after US Vice President J.D. Vance told reporters that the planned deployment of American forces to…
Published on 22/05/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2 The Visegrád Four (V4) was set up in 1991 to guide these post-communist neighbours into the West. But beyond geography, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary are bound by the same massive Central European automotive and manufacturing supply chains and a shared goal to protect billions in EU cohesion funding. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Their most significant political impact came in 2015, when their coordinated resistance forced Brussels to abandon mandatory migration quotas. But this is no longer the poor relation of Western Europe. Central Europe enters this new chapter with economic strength. Look at the data:…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa signed on Friday a revamped trade deal with Mexico as part of the EU’s efforts to expand its influence in Latin America, shortly after the Mercosur pact entered into force. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The deal was signed at an EU–Mexico summit in Mexico, with von der Leyen and Costa joined by the country’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, amid rising geopolitical tensions and shifting global alliances following the return of US president to the White House. The economic partnership between the two medium-sized powers reflects efforts on both sides to…
Good morning, readers. Angela Skujins here, guiding you into the final stretch of the working week. A quick reminder: there’ll be no newsletter or Europe Today on Monday for the Whit Monday holiday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But before Brussels empties out for a sun-soaked public holiday weekend, Friday’s political menu is already sizzling. It’s stuffed with economic tensions, transatlantic ties and the question of how much Europe can still count on Washington. Let’s start with the cash crunch. European Commissioner for the Economy Valdis Dombrovskis spoke to Euronews’ Europe Editor Maria Tadeo about his economic analysis from February to April –…
Published on 22/05/2026 – 9:25 GMT+2 In this week’s episode of Brussels, my love?, we dive into the big conversations around Brexit after recent UK local elections reopened a Pandora’s box about Britain’s future relationship with the EU. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Host Méabh Mc Mahon unpacks why the debate has returned and what the view from Brussels is with guests Dharmendra Kanani, Natalie Sarkic-Todd and Euronews politics correspondent Stefan Grobe. “Brexit was a lie,” according to Darmendra Kanani from the pro-European think tank Friends of Europe said, arguing that “the cost of leaving far, far outweighed the benefits.” But not everyone…
The latest Council of Europe report on overall prison conditions, published on Tuesday, points to a persistent problem of overcrowding, with several countries in a critical situation and others close to maximum capacity. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Based on data supplied by the prison services of the 46 member states of the Strasbourg-based organisation, the document confirms the trend towards rising prison populations, already highlighted in the latest Eurostat survey (+2%), also made public only a few days ago. Between 31 January 2024 and 31 January 2025, the number of prisoners per 100 available places rose from 94.7 to 95.2, despite regional…
French cinema was shaken to its core just days ahead of the iconic Cannes Festival that took place between 12-23 May, as more than 600 professionals signed a petition protesting against the ever-growing hold of conservative businessman Vincent Bolloré on the country’s film industry. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Hollywood stars Javier Bardem and Ken Loach are among those who have since added their names to the petition, which includes names such as esteemed French actresses Adèle Haenel and Juliette Binoche. The petition, which now counts almost 3,500 signatures, was initiated by the collective “Zapper Bolloré”, which translates to “Zap away from Bolloré”,…
Published on 22/05/2026 – 14:07 GMT+2 Police in the United Kingdom investigating former prince Andrew said on Friday that they are also open to probing a claim of sexual misconduct against King Charles’ brother. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the second of the late queen Elizabeth’s three sons, was arrested in mid-February after new revelations stemming from his ties to the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Detectives at Thames Valley Police said they had been in touch with the lawyer of a potential victim following reports a woman was brought to Windsor, west of London, where Andrew was a resident…