The French Parliament has passed legislation against violence in schools and childcare facilities. The text aims to better protect children and follows an incident in Bétharram.

The Federal Finance Ministry has released the first monitoring report on the 500 billion euro special assets — and the figures are sobering: across all three pillars, only around two-thirds of planned funds actually flowed in 2025. At the same time, a debate is erupting over whether the money is being used correctly at all.

The Berlin Administrative Court has stopped the Senate in an emergency proceeding: the Görlitzer Park in Kreuzberg must remain accessible to the public at night. The judges thus sided with a coalition of residents who had sued against the nighttime closure that has been in effect since March.

Three out of four Britons support the planned flight ban for unruly passengers. The government is meanwhile meeting with airlines to specify the system for sharing data on problematic air travellers.