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The two countries said the law revision should not call into question zero emissions targets

MEPs backed a review of EU driving licence rules introducing provisions on novice drivers, a digital licence, and driving disqualification.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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MEPs backed a review of EU driving licence rules introducing provisions on novice drivers, a digital licence, and driving disqualification.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Trump, seeking to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, called on Moscow and Kyiv to stop the fighting "where they are" after talks with both sides last week

Few words have been used as frequently in Brussels this year as “competitiveness”. The mission statement for the new Commission at the start of the year was to restore Europe to a leadership position on the global stage. Implicit in that is the acceptance that the continent has fallen behind other major economies and that […]

Donald Trump wants a summit with Vladimir Putin in Budapest. Although US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the idea on the phone on Monday, it is not clear whether the two will meet in person for a preparatory meeting. According to CNN their positions are too far apart, and Moscow has refused to confirm that such a meeting has been agreed on. Europe's press looks at what a summit in Hungary could achieve - provided it takes place.

Following his conviction in a trial over illegal campaign financing, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy begins his five-year prison sentence in the Santé prison in Paris today. The 70-year-old has lodged an appeal, and because of his age he has the option of applying for conditional release from the nine-square-metre cell where he will be in solitary confinement. The controversy over the verdict continues in the national press.

Several priceless pieces of jewellery were stolen from the Louvre in Paris on Sunday. The thieves, who have yet to be identified, broke into the museum using a truck with a vehicle-mounted ladder and stole several pieces of jewellery belonging to the Napoleon collection in a matter of minutes. For commentators, the robbery says a lot about the state of France.