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ECB chief Lagarde rejects Mélenchon’s debt cancellation proposal
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on Thursday criticised a proposal by left-wing French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon to cancel France’s debt held by…
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The border frontline: Latvia faces migrants, drones and war fears
Along its eastern border, a fence separates the Baltic state of Latvia from Belarus. Border guards patrol the area, surveillance…
France: President Emmanuel Macron signs assisted dying law
By Romain Gutkind with AFP Published on 19/08/2026 - 9:58 GMT+2•Updated 10:42 The Official Journal (source in French) has published the law on…
Spain ignores EU and prepares urgent transfer of 500 migrant girls from Ceuta to mainland
According to Spain's Ministry for Youth and Children, work is under way on the urgent transfer to mainland Spain of…
Can the EU stop smoking and vaping? Not quite, but it can raise taxes.
That is the idea behind the European Commission's proposed overhaul of the Tobacco Taxation Directive (TTD), which aims to raise…