Draghi’s new Rhine Group wants to fix Europe. But how?

Draghi’s new Rhine Group wants to fix Europe. But how?

Europe • Aug 27, 2026, 4:15 PM

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Euronews speaks to Rhine Group's Executive Director Luis Garicano about the group’s mission, members and why now, as calls grow for the European Commission to implement the Draghi Report faster. The launch of the platform also marks the return of the former ECB central banker to the forefront of Europe’s economic debate. Garicano tells Euronews the goal remains the same: to stop a trajectory of slow decline. “We want Europe to be an innovation superpower.”

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Switzerland intends to build military drone battalion by 2028, defence ministry says

Europe • 8:25 PM

Switzerland's long-standing position has been one of well-armed neutrality and the European country has mandatory conscription for men.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/switzerland-intend

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Clashes in Spain's Ceuta month after mass migrant influx, residents try to block Red Cross aid

Europe • 7:19 PM

Tensions have risen after a military vehicle carrying four soldiers was "ambushed" in the early hours of Thursday by about 70 migrants, who attacked it with stones and other objects, a police spokesperson in Ceuta.<div class="small-12 column text-center a

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Trump says he had 'good talks' with Putin, Russia is 'not going to attack' NATO territory

Europe • 6:42 PM

The Kremlin also dismissed as "scare stories" US media reports suggesting that Russia could attack NATO, following a rare visit by the CIA director to Moscow.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/0

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Russia attacks Kyiv with drones and wounds a dozen across Ukraine, officials say

Europe • 6:18 PM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated calls for Kyiv's allies to send more ballistic missile defence packages to counter such attacks.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/russia-a

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Draghi’s new Rhine Group wants to fix Europe. But how?

Europe • 4:15 PM

Draghi’s new Rhine Group wants to fix Europe. But how? Euronews speaks to Executive Director Luis Garicano about the group’s mission, members and why now.

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Eastern Flank Commissioners urge von der Leyen to appoint special coordinator as Russian threat grows

Europe • 4:07 PM

Five EU Commissioners from Eastern Flank states have urged President Ursula von der Leyen to create a special coordinator role, amid several urgent measures meant to address the growing Russian threats to the Baltics.<div class="small-12 column text-cente

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German Chancellor Merz visits Hürtgen Forest fire site amid boos and whistles

Europe • 3:30 PM

Chancellor Friedrich Merz travelled to Hürtgenwald today, as firefighting in Belgium's High Fens continues. The blaze on the German border is out, but ahead of his visit he faced opposition criticism for 'doing nothing'.<div class="small-12 column text-ce

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Two dead in 'violent incident' at school near Berlin, local media says

Europe • 2:57 PM

Regional public broadcaster RBB and a local daily said the alarm had been raised at a secondary school in the town of Gosen-Neu Zittau, just outside the German capital.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.

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UK asylum applications drop by more than a fifth, new government data shows

Europe • 2:46 PM

Separately, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said the government had scored its lowest ranking with its policies for migrants and asylum seekers.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026

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EU countries urged to invest in nature restoration plans and close €65bn annual shortfall

Europe • 2:35 PM

EU countries must submit their draft nature restoration plans by 1 September, as the continent emerges from a summer that was starkly affected by wildfires and drought. Meanwhile, researchers identified a €65 billion financing gap.<div class="small-12 col

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UEFA preparing criminal complaint against FIFA chief Gianni Infantino in Swiss courts

Europe • 2:22 PM

Gianni Infantino was widely expected to detoxify the FIFA brand when he took over from his disgraced predecessor Sepp Blatter in 2016.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/uefa-preparing-crim

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Four EU countries renew push to use Russia's €210bn assets to support Ukraine

Europe • 2:13 PM

Ukraine is facing a budget crunch, and EU member states are under pressure to find a solution ahead of next year's election season.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/four-countries-renew-p

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Rival leaders of divided Cyprus agree to meet weekly after UN chief's visit

Europe • 2:08 PM

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied the northern third of the island in response to an Athens-engineered Greek Cypriot coup seeking unification with Greece.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="

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Polish Olympic chief Radosław Piesiewicz arrested in crypto-linked graft probe, officials say

Europe • 1:47 PM

Authorities launched an investigation in April, which prompted most of Poland's sports federations to call for Piesiewicz's resignation.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/polish-olympic-ch

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EU payers push for cuts but can’t agree on how much as budget talks enter key phase

Europe • 1:41 PM

The EU's frugals gathered in Berlin to push for cuts. But they still cannot agree on how much as European budget talks enter key phase.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/eus-frugals-push-f

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Italy faces summer's most intense heatwave with 45°C highs

Europe • 1:27 PM

Nine cities will be under red heat alerts on Friday, while northern regions face a growing risk of torrential rain, hail and strong winds.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/italy-faces-sum

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Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić dies in Hague prison

Europe • 1:16 PM

The former Bosnian Serb military commander, sentenced to life for the summary execution of more than 8,000 Bosniaks in July 1995 and the years-long siege of Sarajevo, died at 84. He spent 15 years as a fugitive before his arrest in Serbia in 2011.<div cla

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Is Spain facing another major earthquake? A geologist tells Euronews about the risks

Europe • 1:11 PM

Euronews talks to a geologist from the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain about the real danger, the areas most at risk and what science can – and cannot – predict.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronew

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Russian MP threatens Hungary with energy cut-off after Budapest labels Moscow a security threat

Europe • 1:11 PM

Hungary’s new Tisza government has labelled Russia a security threat, marking a sharp break with the Orbán era. Moscow has warned the shift could put Hungary’s Russian oil and gas supplies at risk.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><

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CIA boss Moscow trip was about Iran, not the Baltics, ex-Estonian president tells Euronews

Europe • 1:04 PM

Former Estonian president tells Euronews Ratcliffe’s Moscow talks were more likely about Iran than a warning against aggression in the Baltics. He says Russia’s calculus in the region has not changed.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button

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Can French debt really be cancelled? Mélenchon’s proposal sparks debate

Europe • 11:42 AM

Mélenchon’s call to cancel part of France’s debt heats up the presidential race, with prominent French banker Matthieu Pigasse backing the proposal.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/can-f

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Fidesz weighs a future without Orbán and even dissolution after historic defeat

Europe • 9:36 AM

Insiders say Viktor Orbán's party is looking into the abyss amid corruption scrutiny, a wave of senior departures and Tisza's dominant poll lead. Orbán's personal future in politics will be discussed next year.<div class="small-12 column text-center artic

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Ceuta faces second night of tense protests: government and media in the crosshairs

Europe • 9:34 AM

Ceuta has seen two days of protests over the migration crisis, with barricades and rubber bullets fired on Trampolin beach. Crews from La Sexta and RTVE were harassed while reporting, amid an escalation of tensions condemned by journalists' associations.<

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Polls too close to call in Iceland's pivotal EU membership referendum

Europe • 9:04 AM

The gap between the two camps appears to be steadily closing ahead of Saturday's vote.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/polls-too-close-to-call-in-icelands-pivotal-eu-membership-referendu

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Gamescom: Germany is Europe’s largest video game market

Europe • 8:35 AM

Gamescom in Cologne is the world's biggest fair for computer and video games. In 2026, it set a record for exhibitors and was visited by the German president and leading politicians.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:/

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Norway's King Harald in 'extremely serious' condition, palace confirms

Europe • 8:15 AM

The 89-year-old monarch has been in hospital in Oslo since 17 August with a blood disorder as senior royals cancel their engagements.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/norways-king-harald-

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Russian driver arrested after two killed in France car ramming, officials say

Europe • 7:39 AM

The suspect, lawfully residing in France, was not known to intelligence services and had never been convicted of a crime, according to authorities.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/27/driver

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Von der Leyen turns up pressure on China over trade deficit

Europe • 12:10 AM

The European Commission's president said that the EU’s trade relationship with China had to be rebalanced, and pointed out that the bloc's trade defence investigations into Chinese products had ramped up significantly in recent years.<div class="small-12

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