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Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally, is seeking to become France’s next president on a hardline anti-EU platform, pledging to cut the country’s contributions to the EU budget and end funding for Ukraine.

EU leaders have refused to budge on the bloc’s next long-term budget and openly cast doubt on whether a deal can be sealed by the end of the year, a slippage that would mean significant delays and a collision with a string of national elections.

Another major day of demonstrations took place across France on Tuesday, with students and trade unions taking to the streets to protest education conditions and funding as the National Assembly began its debate on the government’s budget proposals for 2027.

Russia’s parliament will vote later this month on a budget that allocates a record 44% of federal spending to defence and security — double the share for social programmes — as the Kremlin presses ahead with a fifth year of all-out war in Ukraine.

Kyiv under pressure: For Ukraine, the past few days have brought back the distinct taste of the Oval Office showdown: public pressure on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusations that Ukraine is obstructing peace and a growing fear (again) that the aim is not compromise, let alone a just peace, but to force Ukraine to surrender, our…

The Supervisory Board of Ekstraklasa SA has approved a budget of PLN 367.5 million for the 2026/27 season. The amount allocated to clubs will remain at the same level as in the previous season, with PLN 290 million to be distributed under the league’s existing revenue-sharing model. An additional PLN 4.1 million has been earmarked…