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European Edition Thursday, 17 September 2026
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Politics

European politics: the EU, Brussels, elections, governments and policy.

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UK Labour backs Burnham as markets await economic plan

The UK Labour Party is moving to coronate Andy Burnham as prime minister without a contest, leaving European investors waiting for clarity on fiscal and defence policies

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Farage's anti-WHO campaign relocates to US with American lobbyists

Nigel Farage has moved his campaign to dismantle the World Health Organization to the US and recruited American lobbyists, raising

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Why Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen is one of Europe’s most influential leaders

Shaped by a childhood marked by standing up to bullies and a political career defined by pragmatic shifts, Mette Frederiksen is no

UK shifts refugee integration costs to businesses and universities

UK Conservatives pledge tax cut to boost reservists to 50,000

UK rejects US official's false claims of mass speech arrests

Crimea declares ’emergency’ also on banks, as viral Russian soldier threatens anti-Putin mutiny (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,583)

Hungary’s Magyar moves to sideline senior Fidesz MPs with 12‑year term limit (74 days after election)

Unions demand EU temperature limits as heat hits productivity

As Europe rearms, Ireland’s neutrality and aid policy show what real security could look like

UK Labour replaces Starmer with Burnham to counter Reform surge

EU accession bids mask widening corruption risks in candidate states

Šefčovič meets China as EU splits delay trade tools

UK EU reset paused as Barnier sets out single market terms

Unison backs Miliband for UK chancellor as unions split

UK Labour sets swift timetable that could install Burnham by July 17

EU waters down carbon pricing and 2035 engine ban as heatwave hits

EU disease agency urges states to stay on alert, after Ebola case confirmed in France

England's special education costs soar as demand hits 700,000

Ukraine recovery conference opens in Gdańsk as EU confirms first tranche of €90bn loan

German cod demand threatens to derail EU Russian sanctions

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