En Turquie, le pape Léon XIV est arrivé à Ankara et a été reçu, jeudi 27 novembre, par le président Erdogan. Une visite de quatre jours – dans le cadre de son premier voyage à l’étranger – qui se poursuivra jusqu'à dimanche au Liban. Au programme de cette étape turque : rencontres avec les différentes communautés chrétiennes et des représentants d’autres religions, mais aussi l'anniversaire du concile de Nicée (l’actuelle Iznik). L’occasion pour le souverain pontife de prononcer son premier discours sur le sol turc.
En Turquie, le pape Léon XIV est arrivé à Ankara et a été reçu, jeudi 27 novembre, par le président Erdogan. Une visite de quatre jours – dans le cadre de son premier voyage à l’étranger – qui se poursuivra jusqu'à dimanche au Liban. Au programme de cette étape turque : rencontres avec les différentes communautés chrétiennes et des représentants d’autres religions, mais aussi l'anniversaire du concile de Nicée (l’actuelle Iznik). L’occasion pour le souverain pontife de prononcer son premier discours sur le sol turc.
France is to introduce voluntary military service of 10 months aimed mainly at young people aged 18 and 19, as concern grows in Europe about the threat from Russia.
In a speech to troops in Varces-Allières-et-Risset in the French Alps, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said the service would begin by mid-2026 and help France respond to “accelerating threats” on the global stage.
Anti-migrant protesters outside a hotel in Scotland in August. Despite public perception, migrants who come ashore on small boats represent a fraction of overall immigration to Britain.
The effort is aimed at young people and came after an army chief angered many by saying the country must accept the possible loss of children in a future war.
Il y a un an jour pour jour, le Premier ministre Irakli Kobakhidzé gelait les négociations d’adhésion à l’Union européenne : un vrai choc dans un pays où 80% de la population se dit pro-européenne. Des dizaines de milliers de personnes étaient descendues dans la rue. Un an plus tard, des manifestations quotidiennes continuent, mais la fatigue se fait sentir. En même temps, le parti au pouvoir, Rêve géorgien, consolide sa dérive autoritaire.
Il y a un an jour pour jour, le Premier ministre Irakli Kobakhidzé gelait les négociations d’adhésion à l’Union européenne : un vrai choc dans un pays où 80% de la population se dit pro-européenne. Des dizaines de milliers de personnes étaient descendues dans la rue. Un an plus tard, des manifestations quotidiennes continuent, mais la fatigue se fait sentir. En même temps, le parti au pouvoir, Rêve géorgien, consolide sa dérive autoritaire.
Stockholm et Damas vont coopérer en vue d'augmenter le nombre d'expulsions de Syriens condamnés pour des crimes commis en Suède, condition posée par le pays nordique pour continuer à verser une partie de son aide à la Syrie, a annoncé jeudi le ministre suédois des Migrations à la radio.
Stockholm et Damas vont coopérer en vue d'augmenter le nombre d'expulsions de Syriens condamnés pour des crimes commis en Suède, condition posée par le pays nordique pour continuer à verser une partie de son aide à la Syrie, a annoncé, jeudi 27 novembre, le ministre suédois des Migrations à la radio.
Parliament delays debate over law defining sex without consent as rape, after comments by far-right deputy PM
Italy’s parliament has delayed a debate over a landmark law that would define sex without consent as rape amid a rift within the ruling coalition.
The measure, the result of a rare pact between the far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and her main political opponent, the centre-left leader, Elly Schlein, passed in the lower house last week and had been expected to get final approval in the senate this week.
US president’s threat to seize territory prompts intelligence briefings reminiscent of Game of Thrones patrol
The Danish government has set up a “night watch” in the foreign ministry, not to keep out the wildlings and White Walkers like the Night’s Watch of Game of Thrones, but rather to monitor Donald Trump’s pronouncements and movements while Copenhagen sleeps.
The night watch starts at 5pm local time each day and at 7am a report is produced and distributed around the Danish government and relevant departments about what was said and took place, the Politiken newspaper reported.
LONDON – London-headquartered ACME Space has unveiled plans to begin hardware tests of its balloon-launched orbital manufacturing vehicle Hyperion next year and hopes to commence commercial operations in 2027. The Hyperion Orbital Factory Vehicle (OFV) is designed to carry up to 200 kilograms to low Earth orbit (LEO), using a hydrogen-filled balloon to overcome the […]
Oleksandra Matviichuk warns any amnesty could encourage authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours
Any peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine that includes an amnesty for war crimes could encourage other authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours, Ukraine’s only Nobel peace prize winner has warned.
Oleksandra Matviichuk said the leaked 28-point US-Russia plan did not account for “the human dimension” and she supported President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s efforts to rewrite it in dialogue with White House.
Centre-left parties can build a broad new coalition of support if they tackle Europe’s deepening housing crisis, researchers have said – but continuing to ignore it risks pushing increasingly fed-up voters into the arms of the far right.
Research by the Progressive Politics Research Network (PPRNet) suggests dramatic rises in the cost of housing over recent years have eroded support for centre-left parties – once the champions of affordable housing – and fuelled anti-establishment disaffection.
Le géant suédois de l’aéronautique et de la défense, Saab, a dévoilé son sous-marin de cinquième génération. Et son carnet de commande se remplit déjà, dans un contexte géopolitique extrêmement tendu en Europe.
Housing costs across Europe have become a growing burden for many households, both for those trying to buy and those trying to rent. Over the past decade, property prices have surged faster than incomes in many European countries. The same is true for rents, which have increased exponentially in large cities but have also increased substantially in suburban areas and smaller university towns.
Given how much housing costs affect Europeans’ quality of life, it is comparatively absent from the agenda of progressive political parties. When politicians do emphasise housing, the focus is usually solely on building more houses. Former German chancellor Olaf Scholz, for example, promised to build 400,000 new homes in Germany every year – a goal his government failed to reach by some distance. At the same time, far-right parties such as the Freedom party (PVV) in the Netherlands or Chega in Portugal have made the housing affordability crisis into a campaign issue. Their equation is simple: housing should be available and affordable only for nationals.
Tarik Abou-Chadi is a professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford; Björn Bremer is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at Central European University in Vienna; Silja Häusermann is a professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich
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