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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had hoped to sign a free trade agreement with the Mercosur countries this Saturday in Brazil. However, a minority led by France and Italy has formed in the European Council in Brussels and blocked the move in view of fierce protests from the agricultural sector. Now, the deal, which has been under negotiation for 25 years, has been postponed to January.

Brexit also meant Britain's withdrawal from the EU's successful Erasmus exchange programme. Now a deal has been reached under which European students will be able to spend a year at a British university or doing training in the UK again - and vice versa. Commentators discuss to what extent this hails a reset in relations between Britain and Europe.

Alexander Butyagin, a archaeologist at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, has been detained in Poland at the request of Ukraine, which now plans to seek his extradition. Butyagin has led excavations in Crimea since 1999, but as Ukraine has not granted permits for such work since the Russian occupation in 2014, it regards the excavations as the partial destruction of cultural heritage sites.

Face à l’affluence massive de voyageurs attendue pour la journée du samedi 20 décembre 2025, la compagnie nationale Algérie Ferries a pris des dispositions organisationnelles […]

L’article Algérie Ferries : Un dispositif exceptionnel au port de Marseille pour le 20 décembre est apparu en premier sur .

The agreement still has to survive a complex vote in the Parliament

Le président du parti Restaurer l'espoir, Candide Azannaï, est attendu ce vendredi 19 décembre 2025, à la Cour de répression des infractions économiques et du terrorisme.

Interpellé il y a une semaine, Candide Azannaï sera conduit à la CRIET ce vendredi. L'ancien ministre délégué à la Défense du président Talon sera écouté par le procureur spécial de la CRIET. Le président du parti Restaurer l'Espoir a été interpellé quelques jours après la mutinerie déjouée le 7 décembre 2025 au Bénin. Candide Azannaï est bien connu pour ses critiques envers le pouvoir du président Patrice Talon.

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The searches come at a sensitive moment for Dati, who is running for mayor of Paris in next year’s election

France is under pressure to rein in its deficit and soaring debt, but efforts have been hampered by political deadlock

US attacks against the Digital Services Act (DSA) have sharply escalated since the Commission's recent €120 million DSA fine on Elon Musk's social media platform X