While Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey not refer directly to the US election in his speech, policymakers are still digesting Trump's victory and the prospect of double-digit tariffs on goods imported by the United States.

The disaster in Valencia and green policies have raised the ire of the right.

Greece is keen to invest in its defences to keep up with its NATO ally and historic rival Turkey, which is also developing its own air defences, despite some improvement in relations.

Scholz and Merz offer similar diagnoses of the country's malaise - and both their prescriptions may see it turn inward.

"There is no ambition and no plan" said Valérie Faudon, General Delegate of the French Nuclear Energy Society.

Join host Evi Kiorri and Berlin-based politics reporter Nick Alipour for a closer look at the unfolding political drama following the collapse of Germany's ruling coalition.

Many National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) including those of France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Ireland breach EU law - the European Commission must take legal action to enforce compliance, or risk undermining the rule of EU law.

This special report looks at the urgent decisions facing Europe's policymakers as diabetes dynamics accelerate, and chronic underfunding of diabetes management leads to even higher long-term financial and economic pain.

Disinformation generated through artificial intelligence or deepfakes did not significantly impact UK, French or European election results. The same cannot be convincingly said of the United States.

This year marked 31 years since Kazakhstan and the European Union established diplomatic relations. The Central Asian country is looking to deepen cooperation not only with the EU bloc but also with individual member states.

The European Union has made significant strides in regulating artificial intelligence to ensure trustworthiness and ethical alignment. Critics argue the current framework is still insufficient to protect society.

Latvian MEP Robert Zile says the road haulage sector needs to attract young workers to solve Europe’s chronic driver shortage. EU transport companies are experiencing driver shortages, with a current Europe-wide shortage of 500,000 drivers.

Services integration would "make the European market way more attractive for US firms, and so would also decrease the willingness of Trump to impose tariffs," said Lisandra Flach, director at the Ifo Center for International Economics.

"The Kremlin seeks to disrupt transatlantic ties by aligning with Iran and North Korea. North Korean soldiers are already in Europe, and the axis of evil has thereby been fully revived," the minister said.

The infrastructure at the Graf Ignatievo airbase, where the F-16 jets are to be deployed, is not yet ready.

"France must urgently reconsider its position and hopefully come to an agreement,” said German Social Democrat Markus Töns.

Left to their own devices, MEPs have managed to jeopardise the pro-European coalition that von der Leyen is convinced should carry her Commission into office. It now falls to her to rescue it.

"These amendments could make it easier to import timber from China than from France or Finland," said French MEP Pascal Canfin.

“It is expected that there may be a deterioration of the contractual relationship" including a "potential halt of gas supply."

MEPs are behaving like herbivores, ignoring the urgency of approving new members of the Commission.