News from Belgium-based sources, ranked by recency.
PARIS — Germany urged fellow EU member countries to clinch a deal on the bloc’s long-term budget “by the end of the year” after French far-right leader Jordan Bardella threatened to halve his country’s contribution if he came to power in 2027. The National Rally president, slated to be the party’s presidential candidate if his mentor Marine Le Pen’s election ban is upheld in an appeal decision ...
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Just like Ringo, Volodymyr Zelenskyy gets by with a little help from his friends. Upon his arrival in Evian-les-Bains at the G7 leaders’ summit on Tuesday, Zelenskyy was overheard on camera with French President Emmanuel Macron game-planning on how to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. After greeting him with a hug, Macron, who is hosting the gathering, was picked ...
The European Parliament approved legislation on Tuesday to implement the EU’s trade deal with the United States, marking one of the final hurdles in a process that has repeatedly frustrated the Trump administration. Lawmakers voted by 440 in favor, with 151 against and 50 abstaining, to approve changes to legislation to remove tariffs on U.S. industrial goods and some agricultural products — fu...
Romania’s latest prime minister-designate failed to secure the backing of his own party on Tuesday, impeding the path to forming a new government. Adrian Veștea — a former mayor, county council president and development minister from the center-right National Liberal Party (PLN) — was announced on Sunday as Romanian President Nicușor Dan’s second prime minister-designate in two weeks, aft...
STRASBOURG — European Parliament President Roberta Metsola wants the lawmakers’ oversight body to assess whether Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser breached the code of conduct by meeting with Russian officials, according to a letter seen by POLITICO. Kartheiser — who was kicked out of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the Parliament last year over a previous trip to Moscow — ha...
PARIS — France’s domestic intelligence service is ending its contract with U.S. surveillance technology giant Palantir, it said on Tuesday morning. The General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) picked French firm ChapsVision to “replace the American giant Palantir,” Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said in an online video published on the eve of the opening of the countryR...
