Europe’s fighter jet plans are in disarray. What happens next?

When the former European Central Bank president and Italian prime minister Mario Draghi laid out a plan for Europe to catch up economically with the US and China, collaborating on defence was one of the prescriptions. No more should each country in Europe …

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Costa: Europe must turn confidence into competitiveness, investment and power

Cernobbio, 5 September 206 In a keynote speech at the Cernobbio Forum on Lake Como, European Council President António Costa argued that Europe is not in decline but must adapt faster to a more volatile world. He called for a completed Single Market, …

EU Commission inaugurates Europe’s largest industrial CCS project in Netherlands

Brussels, 7 September 2026 On Monday, the Yara Sluiskil plant, the largest commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Europe started its operations in Sluikil, a village in the Zeeland province of the Netherlands. The CO2 will be transported by …

A Major Pattern Flip Arrives: Severe Weather Outbreak and Sharply Colder Air to End Europe’s Late-Summer Heat

A dramatic summer-killer pattern is taking shape across Europe this week, bringing a sharp end to the prolonged early-September Heat Dome. A powerful upper-level trough that is emerging from the North Atlantic will drive a strong surface cold front across …

Europe's largest carbon capture facility officially inaugurated at Yara plant in Sluiskil

07-09-2026 Europe’s largest industrial carbon capture facility was officially inaugurated today at Yara’s plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands. The project establishes the first complete cross-border value chain for capturing, transporting and permanently …

Why a far-right party's victory in Germany is a 'serious moment in Europe'

Europe has witnessed a steady series of incursions from the far-right of politics in recent years, from Austria and Hungary to France, the UK and Italy. From an Australian perspective, these incursions seem to reflect the same trends we see in Australia …

Europe’s largest carbon capture facility opens in Netherlands

Europe’s largest industrial carbon capture facility has officially opened at Yara’s Sluiskil plant, launching what the company describes as the continent’s first complete cross-border chain for capturing, transporting and permanently storing carbon dioxide …

Far-right victory in German state seen as omen across Europe

“Developed Europe is going through a version of sophisticated state failure,” said Mujtaba Rahman, an analyst who specialises in Europe at Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy. “Governments are unable to address cost-of-living concerns. They are not …

How charismatic victory of German far-right party AfD is a warning to Europe

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) sweeping victory in Saxony-Anhalt has done far more than shake up politics in one of Berlin's smaller eastern states. It has exposed a much bigger problem confronting Europe: voters are losing …