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Hundreds of farmers protest outside French parliament

French farmers on Tuesday drove hundreds of tractors to stage a protest outside the National Assembly. Farmer anger in France and other European countries has escalated over a rash of challenges. The ...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

French PM Lecornu forces 2026 budget through parliament without a vote

France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu invoked Article 49.3 of the Constitution on Tuesday to force part of his 2026 budget ​bill through the deeply divided lower house of parliament ‍without a vot...

17hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Australia: Writers' festival called off amid boycott

The Adelaide Writers' Week retracted an invitation to an Australian-Palestinian author, citing the the Bondi Beach attack. Dozens, including the event's director and the former PM of New Zealand, with...

Jan 13Deutsche Welleculture

French PM Lecornu inches closer to passing budget bill without vote

France’s government is set to meet Monday to discuss a highly controversial budget bill that has left Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu and political parties at an impasse. Lecornu is moving closer to ...

1dFrance 24Politics

Poland's PM praises cyber defences after attempted attack on energy infrastructure foiled

Tusk blamed Russia and urged Parliament to swiftly pass new cybersecurity legislation to strengthen protection against foreign interference....

5dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko charged amid anti-corruption investigation

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was charged on Wednesday amid an anti-corruption investigation for allegedly offering bribes to members of the Ukrainian parliament....

6dEuronewsPolitics

Not ‘Trump-compatible’? China expert Rudd exits Australia’s US ambassador role

Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...

Jan 13South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

UK mulls under‑16 social media ban amid rising online ID push

The UK is weighing an Australia‑style ban on social media for under‑16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act....

5dCoinTelegraphPoliticsImpact

France's PM invokes Article 49.3 to force through budget bill

French PM Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday forced part of of a highly-contested budget bill through parliament without a vote by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution. FRANCE 24's James André said two...

17hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Almost half of Kyiv without heat, power, after Russian attack

An overnight Russian bombardment on Kyiv left thousands of residential buildings and parliament without heating and water in -14C temperatures on Tuesday, just as the Ukrainian capital was scrambling ...

13hFrance 24world_newsImpact

South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for ex-leader Yoon

South Korean prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed down to former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December 2024 declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into ch...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Macron brandishing 'threat of dissolution' as budget talks resume, although 'unlikely'

Crucial budget talks are resuming in French parliament, as MPs have failed to secure the 2026 budget in time last year. President Emmanuel Macron has brandished the threat of dissolution in case parti...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

French opposition parties expected to file votes of no-confidence

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu is set to ram his budget bill through parliament without a vote after conceding it was a "partial failure" Monday after weeks of stalled negotiations. French ha...

18hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Protesters say 'unliveable to be a farmer in France today' as they condemn Mercosur deal

French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Marine Le Pen's appeal in EU fund embezzlement case opens in Paris

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who needs to have a graft conviction overturned to seize her best chance at the French presidency, risks seeing her life's work upended if she loses her appeal. It come...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

UK digital ID plans will no longer be mandatory

The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults. While the UK government remains "committed to mandatory digital right-to-wor...

6dThe VergePoliticsImpact

The world's central bankers are rallying around Fed chair Jerome Powell in his fight with Trump

Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks. Al Drago/Getty Images The world's most senior bankers have rallied around embattled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell....

Jan 13Business InsiderPoliticsImpact

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