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Will Viktor Orbán lift his veto on the €90 billion loan for Ukraine before or after Hungarians cast their ballots in the hotly contested elections of 12 April? ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This is the burning question that officials and diplomats in Brussels are privately debating as the dispute over the Druzhba pipeline takes centre stage on the campaign trail, where opposition leader Péter Magyar has emerged as his most serious challenger to Orbán’s nearly 16 years of uninterrupted power. “Orbán understands that he’s all the time testing the limits of how much the other member states are willing to put up…
Published on 13/03/2026 – 21:51 GMT+1 German Chancellor Frederich Merz said on Friday that six out of seven G7 countries were against the US’ decision to give Russia a reprieve from oil sanctions. US President Donald Trump carried out the move in order to boost global supply amid soaring prices, which came as a consequence the US-Israeli war that was launched against Iran on 28 February. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The leaders of Germany, Canada and Norway – all NATO member states – said they would use their channels of communication with the White House to try and change Trump’s mind. The…
Published on 13/03/2026 – 14:25 GMT+1 European Union leaders called out President Donald Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian oil as fueling the war machine against Ukraine, as Washington tries to ease energy prices after a second week of conflict in the Middle East. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Thursday night a temporary permit allowing countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea. The move is important as higher oil prices as a result of the war means Russia is able to cash in. The Trump administration is trying to deal with the fallout…
The leader of the Israeli opposition, Yair Lapid, told Euronews that no one can “push” US President Donald Trump into anything, as he denied speculations that the decision to attack Iran came from Israel and not Washington. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Does Donald Trump strike you as someone who can be pushed around? I don’t think so,” Lapid said on Euronews’ interview programme 12 Minutes With. “He’s the president of the biggest military army in the history of humanity. He’s a determined man. Israel is filled with gratitude and admiration for his courage, for his moral clarity on the issue, for the…
Published on 13/03/2026 – 15:00 GMT+1 MaiaSpace is assembling and testing Europe’s first reusable mini-launcher at its factory in Vernon, Normandy. Its project is currently the most advanced of its kind in Europe. The first flight is scheduled beginning of 2027. A subsidiary of ArianeGroup — the French industrial giant that manufactures Ariane heavy-lift launchers — MaiaSpace already has commercial contracts signed for several years. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Raphaël Chevrier, spokesperson for MaiaSpace, takes us to the workshop where full-scale prototypes of the Maia launcher are assembled. The model of the first stage alone is around thirty metres long. It’s this…
EU lawmakers in Brussels are worried that the bloc is drifting into the crosshairs of US domestic politics, as the White House launched new trade investigations into EU goods accusing the European Union is “implementing close to zero” of trade commitments. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Next week could prove decisive for the EU–US trade deal struck last summer. Washington has stepped up pressure on the EU in recent days to implement the agreement cut last summer cut between the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President Donald Trump, tripling tariffs on the EU. Still, MEPs have kept the…
Published on 13/03/2026 – 11:01 GMT+1 Weddings are peculiar events. Some people fixate on what the bride will wear. Your reporter, on the other hand, is obsessed with the wedding cake. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Because, as in the real world, what matters is not only its overall size but also how big a piece you get. And right now, the EU’s slice of the global wealth cake is shrinking. And to solve it, one proposed solution — the Savings and Investment Union (SIU) — is to finally merge Europe’s fragmented financial landscape into a single, unified market. Or, in plain English:…
Hello, It’s Friday. I’m Mared Gwyn with your morning newsletter. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Exclusive: Iran’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, has told Euronews that any military base “used to attack Iran”, including those on European territory, could be targeted as the war in the Middle East continues. “Let me make it clear, our military forces have announced a policy [that] any facility, any base which is used to attack Iran would be a legitimate target for our military force,” Ambassador Bahreini told our correspondent Sasha Vakulina on Thursday. When asked whether this could include sites located in Europe,…
By Anna Weglarczyk Published on 12/03/2026 – 22:40 GMT+1 Poland’s president, Karol Nawrocki, has vetoed legislation that would have enabled the country to access nearly €44 billion in European Union defence loans, escalating a political clash with the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk over how to finance the country’s defence spending. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The bill would have allowed Warsaw to access funds from the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, a €150 billion initiative aimed at boosting defence spending and strengthening Europe’s defence industry. Poland was set to receive around €43.7 billion in loans under the scheme, making it…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has alleged that bombings on Tehran had “no impact” on the country’s ability to continue fighting Israel and the US, crediting its strength to the “decentralised mosaic defence strategy.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The statement, posted on X, comes as the Iran war rages on, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on 28 February, which killed some 40 Iranian leaders, according to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and US President Donald Trump. The country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was among them. The conflict has since expanded into the wider region, as Tehran’s retaliatory attacks target Israel, as…