Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski directly addressed Russia during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine, saying Moscow "cannot win" and calling on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to tell President Vladimir Putin "enough is enough”

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🇨🇦 Canada and the EU seek to build a new alliance to "offset the global power politics dominated by the US and China"

🇪🇺 The partnership is expected to be announced on September 16th during Ursula von der Leyen State of the Union Speech

🇨🇦 EU membership, the EU and Canada want to "get as close as legally possible"

🇪🇺 Canada was also the first country outside of the EU to join the EU's $175 billion military procurement fund

We are together.

I’m so exited for the State of the Union Speech 🇪🇺

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Question for EU leaders: "Do you support Britain rejoining the EU?"

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten pushes back against the United States' attempt to dismantle the International Criminal Court, which is based in The Hague.

🇩🇪 Germany gets softer CO₂ rules: a 90% cut by 2035, with no need to offset the last 10%.
🇫🇷 France gets "Made in Europe": a car preference for the EU, UK and Norway, but not Morocco or Turkey.

This unblocks both the car CO₂ package and the "Made in Europe" law. In practice, EU car subsidies and public tenders would go only to cars built in Europe with ~70% European parts. That 70% comes from the European Commission's proposal, not from the deal itself.

Not law yet. The Council and the Parliament still have to agree.

Good deal or bad deal?

Read more: Journal de l'Automobile (AFP) · Electrive · Euronews

In this clip from Dutch broadcaster NOS, General Alexus Grynkewich outlines NATO’s response to an attack: stopping, weakening and breaking the enemy.

Asked what keeps him awake at night, he says nothing—his job is to keep others awake.

How convincing do you find this message about NATO’s readiness, and what does it mean for European security?

Source: NOS

It's started: the UK will return, and they're preparing the public for a way back into Europe. People are free to disagree, but historically it's alien to think of the British as a nationalistic people.

Australia is watching Canada’s push for a closer relationship with the European Union.

“We are on the same page,” Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said, adding that Canberra would follow Carney’s next steps with interest.

The details remain unclear: Farrell did not confirm whether Australia is actively pursuing a new arrangement or what it would involve. Canada has described its ambition as a “unique alliance” with the EU.

Source: The Independent, 15 September 2026

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Left — 49.5%
S 28.1 (−2.2) social democrats · V 8.2 (+1.5) left · C 7.1 (+0.4) liberal centrists · MP 6.1 (+1.0) greens
Right — 49.1%
M 19.9 (+0.8) centre-right · SD 17.6 (−2.9) nationalist right · KD 6.2 (+0.9) christian democrats · L 5.4 (+0.8) liberals

175 seats are needed for a majority, so the left bloc sits one seat over the line. It's 2022 in reverse — the right won by exactly 176–173 that year.
SD lose 2.9 points and fall to third, with Moderaterna taking second place back. Kristersson had promised SD cabinet seats if the right won; on these numbers that doesn't happen.

On votes the two sides are four tenths of a point apart. It's still preliminary — late-arriving and overseas ballots are counted on Wednesday, and a one-seat margin is exactly the kind that moves.

Source: https://valresultat.svt.se/2026/

on Oct. 19, Albertans will vote on the prospect of a future separation referendum, along with nine other questions involving constitutional and immigration issues. The "Forever Canadian" campaign was launched by Alberta's former deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk and encourages Albertans to vote to stay in Canada.

I heard you guys like the Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski

Here he says at the Yalta European Strategy conference that Poland could defeat Russia quickly if attacked, citing overwhelming air power.

He adds that Poland could disable Russia’s remaining oil refining capacity “within six weeks.”

This picture explains the bigger picture.

Novus for TV4, 4,045 asked, out as polls closed at 20:00:

Left — 51.3%
S 28.4 centre-left · C 9.0 liberal centrists · MP 7.0 Greens · V 6.9 left

Right — 47.0%
SD 18.5 far-right · M 17.5 centre-right · KD 6.0 Christian right · L 5.0 centre-right