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Votes of confidence: Which political groups will defend von der Leyen?

The European Commission will probably stay in the saddle after the two no-confidence votes pencilled in at the European Parliament on Thursday — one proposed by the far-right Patriots for Europe (PfE) group and the other by The Left.  However, the outcome of the votes could reveal just how widespread discontent with…

Pope’s top diplomat blasts Israel’s Gaza offensive as ‘ongoing massacre,’ condemns Hamas attacks

The Vatican’s top diplomat on Monday condemned both Hamas’ “inhuman and indefensible” Oct. 7 attacks and Israel’s “ongoing massacre” in Gaza, warning that even legitimate self-defense cannot justify the destruction of a “largely defenseless population.”Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and one of Pope Leo XIV’s advisers, spoke…

Czech elections: Babiš will pave his own way in the EU, observers say

Czech billionaire businessman Andrej Babiš is expected to move to form a government in Prague after his catch-all ANO party won 35 % of the votes at the general elections, in a significant political shift for central and eastern Europe as well as the EU as a whole. Babiš does…

Misleading claims about EU COVID vaccine approval persist online

A wave of social media posts has misleadingly interpreted a recent statement made by the European Commission, framing it as a bombshell admission that COVID-19 vaccines were passed without proper checks. “Since 2020, we’ve been told that everything was secure, that everything had been tested. Now Mrs. von der Leyen…

French prime minister resigns less than month after taking office

Facing criticism from all sides, France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis.The French presidency said in a statement Monday that President Emmanuel Macron has accepted his…

What is the state of abortion rights across the EU?

Sweden (94.6%), France (85.2%), and the Netherlands (80.3%) rank best in the European Union for abortion rights, according to the European Abortion Policies Atlas 2025. The scores awarded to these countries relate to their strong legal protections that fully decriminalise abortion, wide service availability, national health coverage, government-led online information…

Steel protectionism, Newsletter

By&nbspEuronews Published on 06/10/2025 – 12:12 GMT+2 Key diary dates Tuesday 7 October : The Commission will present the AI package and measures to address the effects of global overcapacity on the EU steel market. The MEPs will vote on the revision of the visa suspension mechanism. Wednesday 8 October…

Von der Leyen faces two motions of censure as criticism persists

Three months after surviving her first-ever motion of censure, Ursula von der Leyen faces not one but two simultaneous attempts to topple her European Commission. The debate in the European Parliament will take place jointly on Monday at 5 pm CEST, while the votes will be held separately on Thursday…