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Published on 01/06/2026 – 16:15 GMT+2 Sweden said on Monday it is reforming criticised immigration rules leading to teenagers being deported even though their families are allowed to stay, including raising the age at which such deportations could occur. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The country’s migration agency halted the “teenage deportations” in March when the government announced it intended to change the rules. They refer to cases of minors who came to Sweden with their parents when the latter sought asylum in the Scandinavian country but who are being asked to leave when they turn 18. The heavily criticised rules made headlines…

Published on 01/06/2026 – 17:25 GMT+2•Updated 17:44 Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar will visit German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday and French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, in his second major European diplomatic tour since taking office. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Magyar, who swept to power in early May after a landslide election victory over Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, has made restoring Hungary’s standing within the European mainstream the centrepiece of his foreign policy agenda, following years of tensions between Budapest and EU institutions. Magyar, who visited Warsaw and Vienna two weeks ago, will be received by Merz at noon, with a…

EU member states have spent weeks debating how to respond to a growing drone threat on the bloc’s eastern flank. While there is broad agreement that more coordination is needed, national governments continue to operate in silos. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT An internal document obtained by Euronews compiles member states’ views on the EU’s drone strategy, covering response capacity, resilience, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, operational cooperation, aviation and defence. “Delegations broadly recognised the growing cross-sectoral security implications of drones and underlined the need for enhanced preparedness, resilience, detection and operational cooperation,” the document reads. The document, dated 30 May, is a report of…

Published on 01/06/2026 – 15:28 GMT+2 Chinese companies received between three and eight times more subsidies than Western firms between 2005 and 2024, according to a report published on Monday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The findings come as European policymakers struggle to stem a wave of low-cost Chinese imports across sectors ranging from metals and chemicals to cars and green technologies. Last week, the European Commission held an “orientation debate” in Brussels and concluded that “the current state of the trade and investment relationship [with China] is not sustainable.” The OECD warned that…

A suspected drone sighting brought disruption to Munich airport on Saturday morning, with around 26 flights reportedly diverted and further delays affecting departures. It’s the latest in a growing number of drone incidents at German airports. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Figures from Germany’s air navigation service, Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), show that 37 drone sightings were recorded in the first three months of this year alone. Yet one question often goes unanswered: who was flying them? In most cases, investigators are unable to determine whether a drone was being operated by a hobbyist, an irresponsible pilot or someone with more hostile intentions. Without…

European Union leaders are increasingly championing electrification as the answer to some of the bloc’s biggest challenges: high energy prices, industrial competitiveness and the transition away from fossil fuels. But achieving that goal will require massive investment in ageing power grids and energy storage systems, which many policymakers warn are not yet fit for purpose. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The urgency has only intensified following the US-led conflict with Iran, which sent energy prices soaring and exposed Europe’s continued vulnerability to external shocks. The spike comes as the bloc is still grappling with the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which triggered…

Published on 01/06/2026 – 9:52 GMT+2•Updated 12:25 Vera Jourová, who oversaw rule of law and values during her time at the European Commission, has told Euronews that the current US administration worries her more than the threats posed by Russia or China. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “In foreign policy, honestly, it’s the United States which scares me,” she said in comments to the Europe Today news programme. But when it comes to events inside the European Union, she said she was happy by the outcome of Hungary’s recent elections. “Not only that Viktor Orbán is leaving after so many years and after…

Former North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoană, said that much better defences were required by Europe to ward off drones – and the Romanian city of Galați still lives in a state of “shock” following an incursion by a Russian drone carrying explosives on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Late last week an unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into a residential building in the Romanian south-eastern port city near the border of Ukraine, sparking a fire and injuring two people. The Romanian government blamed Moscow for the incident and declared the Russian consul in Constanța a persona non grata…

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has proposed amending the country’s constitution to allow for the removal of its appointed president, potentially paving the way for direct elections. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Just as Viktor Orbán has abandoned the Hungarian people, so Tamás Sulyok, whom he appointed, has abandoned the Hungarian republic,” Magyar announced on Monday morning in front of the Sándor Palace. “The office of the president of the republic is more important and more powerful than any individual head of state. It is in Hungary’s interest that the presidency should regain the authority that has been battered in recent years by…

Hello and welcome to Monday – I’m Mared Gwyn, bringing you this newsletter from Brussels. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT European Council chief António Costa kicks off his one-week tour of the Western Balkans in Bosnia & Herzegovina’s capital of Sarajevo this morning, before traveling through six countries and concluding with the EU-Western Balkan Summit in Tivat, Montenegro on Friday. Officials close to Costa say the whistle-stop tour demonstrates the “priority and importance” he attaches to the region, and the way he sees the countries’ accession to the EU as a “necessity for Europe and investment in the security and stability of the…