September 29, 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and five other EU leaders have threatened to withhold agreement on the bloc’s next seven-year budget unless “hundreds of billions” of euros in spending cuts are secured, Financial Times reports. The ultimatum underscores divisions over the EU’s new spending priorities, including defence and efforts to shore up ailing industries against Chinese…

Sadiq Khan has reportedly called on Andy Burnham to lay the groundwork for Britain to rejoin the European Union – arguing that the case should be made well before the next general election. In a press interview ahead of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, the Mayor of London said he believed the government should…