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Trust between the frontline states and the other member states that must show solidarity with Greece, Italy, Spain and Cyprus will be crucial. This solidarity will only last if the countries on the external borders take their responsibility and do everything ‘by the book’.

Will the EU migration pact work?

In his weekly column, N. Peter Kramer writes about the new EU migration pact, that starts on Friday June 12 and demands trust and solidarity between the 27 member states.

Mélenchon, who promised to fix the domestic policy “damages” of the liberal president Emmanuel Macron, also had Washington in his crosshairs.

Melenchon takes on the EU

He called for a Europe ’free from the destructive principles of liberalism’

Pedro Sánchez has criticised the cases against his brother and wife, pointing to the fact that they originated in accusations made by far-right organisations.

Spain’s Sanchez digs in after eight years as PM as wave of scandals threatens survival

June 1st marked exactly eight years since Pedro Sánchez became prime minister of Spain, but with his government and Socialist Party besieged by corruption investigations he is more likely to be plotting his political survival than celebrating.

Democrats had refused to support funding earlier this year for ICE or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) following two deadly shootings in Minnesota involving federal immigration officers, leading to the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

US Senate approves $70bn for Trump immigration agencies

The US Senate has approved more than $70bn (£52bn) in funding for President Donald Trump’s immigration agencies.

ASEAN is now the EU’s third-largest trading partner outside Europe, with goods trade reaching €258.8 billion in 2024 and services adding well over €130 billion more. More revealing still is where the long-term capital has gone: EU foreign direct investment stock in ASEAN has climbed to roughly €400 billion—comfortably above the approximately €247 billion invested in China.

EU’s Vietnamese Heart: Why ASEAN Centrality Has Become Brussels’ New Strategic Compass

More than a year into the second Trump presidency, a quiet truth has hardened into strategy: Europe entered this era of geopolitical turbulence less exposed than almost anyone predicted—not because it stood still, but because it spent the disruption building doors elsewhere.

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