EU
Marine Le Pen and her party face court over fake EU jobs scandal
As well as a maximum 10-year prison term and $1.6 million fine, the misuse of public funds also carries a potential five-year ban from public office.
- by Henry Samuel
Latest
Russian offers cash to voters to keep Moldova out of the EU
The Ukraine-neighbouring country started the process for membership earlier this year. The next step is a referendum. A Russian oligarch has other ideas.
- by Alexander Tanas
Opinion
Opinion
Italian job: The sharemarket raid that has sent shockwaves through Europe
An “unfriendly attack” on a German bank is testing the mettle of a very fragile Europe.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘We want one Palestine’: EU, Arab nations launch alliance for independent state
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged all countries to take practical measures “to bring about the free Palestine next to a secure Israel”.
- by Edith Lederer
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Share price flies as US says yes to Element 25 manganese
This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Element 25 after the company scored a US energy grant to help build its high-purity manganese Louisiana plant.
- by Craig Nolan
Opinion
Global economy
Europe’s elites in a panic over economic death spiral
Europe’s next great error is already in the making as its economic problems deepen.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Germany is tightening border controls. How will it affect the EU?
The immigration crackdown will start next week. What happens to the free movement in the European Schengen zone?
- by Sarah Marsh, Jan Lopatka and Alan Charlish
Meta admits Australians cannot opt out of ‘predatory’ AI data scrape
Senators are calling for stronger privacy laws to give Facebook users the ability to block the company from using their posts to train its AI models, as users can in the EU.
- by David Swan
New French PM under pressure to halt immigration
In 2021, Michel Barnier promised that his first priority as prime minister would be to “put a stop to the current immigration” and re-establish the authority of the state.
- by Vivian Song
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World elections
Macron appoints ‘French Joe Biden’ as new PM to break political deadlock
Michel Barnier drove a hard bargain in Brexit negotiations, infuriating Brexiteers during a time of tense relations with the EU.
- by Rob Harris
Asylum seekers in Germany secretly holidaying in their home country
“I’m furious. The lack of consistency here is ruining a lot of things,” said the German commissioner for migration. “Germany must remain cosmopolitan, but not stupid.”
- by James Rothwell
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