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The law stipulating that anyone born in the US is automatically granted citizenship will remain valid. Donald Trump wanted to change this and, in a symbolic move, issued an executive order to that effect on the very first day of his second term as US President. Now a Supreme Court ruling has put a stop to his plan. Europe's press sees this and other decisions by the Supreme Court as a measure of the state of democracy in the US.

Ireland takes over the EU's rotating Council presidency today. Among the key issues on the agenda during its six-month term are new regulations on artificial intelligence, negotiations on the EU's long-term budget for 2028 to 2034, and EU enlargement. Commentators take very different views of Ireland's potential to steer the EU in the right direction.

EU institutions receive the 2026 Ombudsman Award for Excellence in Open Administration for user-friendly EU Law Tracker.

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

EU institutions receive the 2026 Ombudsman Award for Excellence in Open Administration for user-friendly EU Law Tracker.

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

EU institutions receive the 2026 Ombudsman Award for Excellence in Open Administration for user-friendly EU Law Tracker.

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

EU institutions receive the 2026 Ombudsman Award for Excellence in Open Administration for user-friendly EU Law Tracker.

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

A növekvő gazdasági aggodalmak ellenére az európaiak nagyra értékelik az EU jelentette békét, biztonságot és együttműködést, illetve az ennek köszönhető életminőséget.

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Die wirtschaftlichen Sorgen werden zwar größer, doch die Menschen schätzen Frieden, Schutz und Zusammenarbeit in der EU ebenso wie die Lebensqualität, die ihnen die EU bietet.

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2026 - EP

While economic concerns grow, Europeans value the peaceful, protective and cooperative nature of the EU, and recognise the quality of life it enables.

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

While economic concerns grow, Europeans value the peaceful, protective and cooperative nature of the EU, and recognise the quality of life it enables.

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

The Amnesty report adds to evidence of atrocities in el-Fasher, which the UN says bore the hallmarks of genocide.

Im Abstimmungskampf der 10-Millionen-Initiative wird eine SVP-Nationalrätin per E-Mail beleidigt. Der Absender: ein Kantonsmitarbeiter. Der Fall schaffte es bis in den Berner Regierungsrat. Die Nationalrätin fordert nun politische Zurückhaltung von Kantonsmitarbeitern.