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Hundreds of thousands of people went on strikes and demonstrated across France on Thursday to protest the government's austerity plans. Local transport was severely disrupted, many schools and pharmacies remained closed and blockades were organised at companies. Commentators see the country facing major problems.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and nuclear power Pakistan have signed a mutual defence pact, whereby an attack on one of the countries will be considered an attack on both. The agreement comes days after Israel's attack on Hamas representatives in Qatar. Commentators see potential power shifts across the region.

US President Donald Trump has ended his state visit to the UK with the signing of a multi-billion-dollar trade agreement. The deal will involve mutual investments of around 300 billion euros, Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced at a joint press conference on Thursday. Trump had also been received with much pomp by King Charles III at Windsor Castle on the first day of his visit. Commentators take stock.

The EU is edging closer to seizing frozen Russian central bank assets. Could Vladimir Putin retaliate by expropriating even more Westerners’ money – including my own?

On Monday, 22 September 2025 in room Spaak 3C50 (16:00-17:30), the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) will hold a public hearing on promoting an EU feminist foreign policy. This hearing brings together Margot Wallström, who launched the world's first feminist foreign policy in 2014 when she was Foreign Minister of Sweden, and Aude Maio-Coliche, the EU Ambassador for Equality, to discuss how an EU feminist foreign policy could take shape and what the EU is currently doing in this field.
A Feminist Foreign Policy is an approach that puts gender equality at the centre of foreign policy and highlights resources, representation and rights. The hearing aims to assess the current level of ambition and implementation of the EU's foreign policy as regards gender equality, and provide inspiration and concrete examples for continued work in this area.
Programme
Women in foreign affairs and international security: An increasingly salient debate
Accelerating progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5): Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls
Women in politics in the EU: State of play in 2024
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Ils ont intenté un procès contre l'influenceuse américaine de droite Candace Owens, qui affirme que la première dame française est née homme.

Le géant du tabac Philip Morris se dit favorable à la poursuite des recherches sur l’impact sanitaire des alternatives à la cigarette, tels que les cigarettes électroniques, à condition que celles-ci soient menées par « une association tierce indépendante et scientifique ».

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Brüssel setzt verstärkt auf engere Beziehungen zu Indien, der bevölkerungsreichsten Demokratie der Welt – ein Kernstück der europäischen Strategie, geopolitische Allianzen breiter aufzustellen, während die Weltordnung zunehmend von China, Russland und den USA destabilisiert wird.

In today's edition: Business Wallet uses, Musk snubs the Dutch and LinkedIn's AI data grab

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Die Spannungen zwischen der Tabakindustrie und der Kommission nehmen zu. Brüssel will nicht nur die Steuern auf Zigaretten anheben, sondern auch auf neue Produkte. Zudem soll ein Anteil von 15 Prozent der nationalen Tabaksteuereinnahmen künftig direkt in den EU-Haushalt fließen.

X a été la seule grande plateforme de réseaux sociaux à ne pas participer à une table ronde organisée par l’autorité de régulation de la gouvernance en ligne des Pays-Bas en amont des élections législatives prévues le 29 octobre dans le pays.

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