French budget talks teetered on the brink of collapse on Wednesday, a day after Socialist party officials suspended their participation in protest over remarks about immigration by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou,

French Prime Minister François Bayrou wants to split an "end of life" bill to separate the issue of "active assistance in dying" from that of palliative care -- a proposal seen as a smart attempt to give a pro-life approach to the legislation without antagonizing rival political sides.

A month into 2025, France has a dramatic deficit and no budget. Experts say Prime Minister François Bayrou's efforts to win support from the left and right could backfire, leading to the downfall of yet another government.

On Sunday, according to the White House, Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, had acquiesced “to all of President Trump’s terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay.”

The newly created European Union far-right party the Patriots for Europe, home to populists like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and France’s Marine Le Pen, will hold a “Make Europe Great Again” rally in Madrid on Feb. 8, two officials told POLITICO.

The European Parliament's largest far-right bloc will hold its first summit in Madrid next week with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and France's Marine Le Pen in attendance, Spanish party

In France, "Pakistan Zindabad, Pak Army Zindabad" rally was held in Paris. The rally was organized by the European Union Pak Friendship Federation and the Pakistani community in France. Thousands of women, children, youth and people from different schools of thought participated in the rally holding national flags.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou drew sharp rebukes including from some of his allies on Tuesday after saying there was a growing feeling that immigrants were "flooding" France.

His name is Thibaud Delapart, but most of France knows him as Tibo InShape, the jacked YouTube star famous for sharing videos of himself pulling an 8-ton truck, winning fitness competitions and staging a “Bachelor”-style contest to pick his new girlfriend.

Prime Minister François Bayrou sparked outrage from the opposition, and indignation from his allies, when he referred to a feeling of being “flooded” by immigration taking root in France. The prime minister was accused of citing the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory that has fuelled the far right for decades.

Kennedy once again betrays his ignorance about Medicaid. “The premiums are too high, the deductibles are too high, and everybody’s getting sicker,” he said. But Medicaid has no premiums or ...

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