AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoPope Leo XIV in France: The pontiff drew huge crowds for an open-air Mass in Paris and is set to meet privately with seven clerical sex abuse victims in Lourdes, as France grapples with the fallout from a 2021 inquiry. Germany’s welfare-state fight: Across Germany, unions staged major protests against Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s planned spending cuts, with pension and working-hours reforms at the centre of the backlash. UK politics and security: Labour under Andy Burnham heads into its first conference as prime minister, buoyed by polls but pressed for concrete plans, while police arrested men on explosives offences near RAF Fairford amid heightened US-linked strike security. EU crisis aid: The Commission announced a €710m package to support crisis-hit communities, with most funding earmarked for Africa and additional help for the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and winter-readiness in Ukraine. EU energy rule pressure: Brussels opened infringement proceedings against 26 states over delayed hydrogen and gas directive transposition, leaving Italy as the only country fully notified. Defence finance: Hungary and Italy reduced borrowing plans under the EU’s SAFE defence-loan scheme, potentially freeing close to €20bn for a second allocation round. Italy far-right test: Roberto Vannacci’s breakaway party faces its first ballot challenge in Calabria, a barometer for Meloni’s coalition ahead of next year’s election. Germany’s next Olympics bid: Munich was selected as Germany’s candidate for the 2036/2040/2044 Summer Olympics after Berlin withdrew.
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