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France Takes Over EU Presidency: French Plans for Migrants, Borders & Finance – TLDR News
In January France is set to take over the rotating “Presidency of the Council of the European Union”. With this new position comes new responsibilities; responsibilities that are even more interesting considering France is heading to the polls during the French reign at the EU. So in this video we’re going to explain the French plans for Europe (specifically on migrants, borders and the economy) as well as what this could mean for the continent and Macron’s chances at re-election.
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Yesterday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt saw the AfD win in a landslide, falling just short of an outright majority. So in this video, we’ll look at the election, how the AfD pulled off this win and what it suggests about the future of German politics.
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2025 snap election results: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx29wlje6dno
https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-results-explained-in-graphics/a-71724186
FT charts: https://www.ft.com/content/19530193-b1b3-4f04-adc2-ecd7526bbfa8?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Election results: https://wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/lt26/erg_land.html?v=1788725527356
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We take a closer look at why relations soured between the two countries, and how Azerbaijan has been seeking to undermine France since.
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Since being elected, Meloni has had a major influence over the EU’s immigration policy, but the new Migration and Asylum Pact may have major consequences for Italy. So what exactly is in the new pact? And has Meloni’s hardline policy backfired?
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Sources:
https://newsbriefing.eu/politics/meloni-hardens-migration-rhetoric-as-far-right-rival-vannacci-gains-ground
https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/number-of-migrants-rises-repatriations-up-34-per-cent-in-the-first-six-months-AJVKjkm?refresh_ce=1
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:180:0031:0059:en:PDF
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/08/12/five-eu-member-states-are-considering-building-a-repatriation-centre-in-uganda/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/04/giorgia-meloni-pushes-italy-s-migration-strategy-as-a-model_6728172_4.html
https://www.irreview.org/articles/2024/10/27/giorgia-meloni-is-offshoring-migration-to-solve-italys-immigration-concerns-now-the-rest-of-europe-is-interested-too
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-irregular-border-crossings-down-26-in-2025-europe-must-stay-prepared-lyKpVb
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/08/italy-disastrous-offshore-agreement-with-albania-must-serve-as-a-wake-up-call-to-end-eus-cruel-migration-plans/
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/08/vannacci-sanchez-is-right-on-immigration-meloni-is-a-fiasco/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/deputy-premier-salvini-rome-not-193326174.html
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://italianismo.com.br/com-44-meloni-lidera-avaliacao-enquanto-partidos-perdem-espaco/
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Over the past few weeks, there have been many reports of Russian hybrid incidents across Europe. With reported drone incursions and explosives at a German airport, we’re looking into the escalating Russian hybrid war and why it no longer feels so hybrid.
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POLITICO: Russia’s ‘hybrid’ war isn’t so hybrid
https://www.politico.eu/article/russias-hybrid-war-on-europe-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-less-hybrid/
Germany says Russia responsible for drone incident
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylm3m67n2o
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/germany/article/2026/09/01/germany-blames-russia-for-airport-drone-incident-hits-back-with-sanctions_6757058_146.html?srsltid=AfmBOorxo7cxCO7l0TFHlXxatD1xyz1S0UqgldCRST2dfYnQWOCJYFzH
EU-NATO talks on German drone incident
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/02/von-der-leyen-russian-drone-incidents-in-europe-are-the-new-normal
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/01/von-der-leyen-pledges-response-to-russian-hybrid-attacks-ahead-of-rutte-meeting
Russian hybrid warfare (Aug/Sep 2026)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/poland-opens-terror-probe-into-fire-at-drone-factory
https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-jet-blasts-drone-near-offshore-gas-production-platform/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/nato-jets-scrambled-as-drone-enters-romanian-airspace
Analysis
https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2026/07/why-russia-could-escalate-hybrid-warfare-against-europe
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/where-and-how-putin-could-expand-his-war-in-europe-beyond-ukraine/
Russian drone incidents (September 2025)
https://youtu.be/bnt3CNXMPo0?si=RwEWSEx_4Vt69gSb
00:00 – Introduction
01:28 – Context
04:34 – Why It Doesn’t Feel So Hybrid
07:38 – Too Long
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After years of stagnation, German’s economy might finally look to be on the up. In this video, we’re taking a look at the latest data and ask whether Germany has finally turned the corner.
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German GDP data 2019-2025
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/10/23/germanys-much-ballyhooed-autumn-of-reforms-is-a-damp-squib
Germany polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/31/how-the-alternative-for-germany-would-govern
Revised destatis data
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Economy/National-Accounts-Domestic-Product/_node.html
https://substack.com/home/post/p-211829645
IMF estimates for GDP growth in 2026
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/EU/EURO/EUQ/IDN
Ifo institute data
https://www.ifo.de/en/facts/2026-06-18/ifo-economic-forecast-summer-2026-energy-price-increase-acting-brake-fiscal-policy
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results
Germany trade data
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/deu/germany/trade-balance-deficit
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports-to-china
https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/DEU/Year/LTST/Summarytext
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports
Indices
https://live.euronext.com/en/financial-news/german-manufacturing-growth-accelerates-august-orders-surge-pmi-shows
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/manufacturing-pmi
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results
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@rickyroaster
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Why don't the French realise they are not liked one little bit, they are the annoying kid at school that nobody liked. They just moan moan all the time. Napoleon syndrome, wee man syndrome in Scotland
@jackjacob3095
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
there's method surprise methought I started with as low as $3,000 actually because it was of my first time and it was successful
@trismica
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
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@patrickbrooks6578
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
As someone living in the states I want Europe to have if not a large army, an incredibly large reserve to quickly call on sort of like Switzerland. Not only because a not oversized but reasonable European army could lessen the burden on individual EU members but it helps deter aggressive nations that might used armed conflict to profit. It also creates a pool of innovations all sorts of sectors might benefit from. Not saying arms are the best way to make jobs but its better for Europe to have some means to protect itself. It doesn't need to extensively militarize or build nukes and close the missile gap like some lame realist but if Poland and the Baltic nations alone could outnumber an aging shrinking population like Russia's, we could have saved everyone a lot of precious lives. If Putin had to think twice about an alliance of the willing, just some nations and not all of Europe and the United States, the regional sovereignty of Eastern Europe could have kept Russia from pushing past Crimea. I know thats a big if but its something to think about.
@mr.clanni9930
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
I really am not a fan of Schengen and I think that border controls should be established to prevent illegal migration, gangs, human and drug traffickers and terrorists do their business. If you have a passport and you are legal you can still travel freely.
@G_Signer
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
this title is a lie, fake news
@karsten6942
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
when theres a president of a president
@jairosoto2740
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Well shit. None of this happened 🤣
@themadfarmer5207
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Holy fuck. What a convoluted web of wankers. No wonder so many failed political wankers want the get jobs in EU
@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Great, now I have to necromancy Otto von Bismarck back to life,
@AAa-qx9ej
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
What id TLDR
@Ashutoshtilak
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
With this calculation I can say that Ukraine Russia war will go till June end because Czech republic is pro Ukraine
@michaellynch2149
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Be honest, Do you give a toss who is running this sinking ship? No? funny that me either, But the one thing I think we can all agree on is that with France and their prancing pip squeak running it it will collapse even quicker than we think it will.
@hsumonphyo2468
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Hello sir. I really love your contents and can you tell me which software you used to create such beautiful graphics and contents.
@jonasschiffers2850
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
As a German I must say I like macron
@PETE4955
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
More wine.
@pappaslivery
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
So they took that scene from Monty Python and the holy grail to heart in how to setup a government? /S
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February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
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@florincotiga4709
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
We are not in schengen but we Romanians can come free in Europe and Europe free in Romania
@daniell1483
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
I like the idea of Europe perhaps creating their own armed forces, but I don't understand the questioning of NATO. The US and Europe work best together as strategic partners, so seeing these relationships doubted is concerning.
@fredbloggs6126
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
All macron knows is Britain bashing because he looses every single time he attacks the uk
Tos…er
@thomaskristensen3201
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Not means anything same same shit but diffrent year.
@treerogie1513
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Can't believe this is the same France that fought so hard during the WORLD WARS..oh that's right …they SURRENDERED when things got tough
@R1chardH
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
As always Macron does what's best for him and him alone, anything to stay in power.
@widrolo
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
2:42 that flag behind him confused me for a second
@micktite5260
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
France takes over eu presidency what does it mean. They're in the shit that's what it means. Good look.
@sugiii9616
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
I like more Marcon than other French candidate JUST for his pro-europeanism, except him almost all other candidate are euro-sceptic or anti-eu :c
@jorgecameras1
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
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@censura123
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Nobody see that Europe and the world are with this problems because USA start wars for them interesses and now is europe and those populations who start coming to europe, Líbia, siria, afghanistan,iraque, and now ukraine and europe is the one who pay it
@dimkk605
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Germany has been proven inadequate for EU leadership. It is time for France to make a difference!
@lollolson
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
how does one know wether a person crossing the border is a european citizen or not when you don’t check passports??
@coomercommander2554
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
the more far right the EU gets the better the european lives get, long live the right
@purushottamkumarlecturerin2833
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Yes,Mr. Macron's wisdom and policy making is very effective & natural
@dzejdo5972
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Viva la France!
@emo81309
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Forget about EU they need to Make the UN a Nation itll be the biggest country in the world
@leelicayan2549
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
TLDR is honestly the best non-establishment news source out there! Keep up the good work
@eamonnsiocain6454
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Your title demonstrates how little you understand the EU.
@sandoristar7597
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Europe will never be USofEU for the reason the video mentioned in the end, should Makron appeal to French people or to European one. Europe has centuries of history with conflicts, wars and rivalries, French will be first French and second European ( the same applies for all EU countries ). But there is a need for European unity as the smaller countries are threaten from outer EU countries ( i.e. Greece from Turkey ) and for stronger countries ( i.e. France or Germany ) to have a stronger position against US or China.
@leduch
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
france doesn t existe its an hallucination of your imagination especially explain in english !!!!!!!! lies false news ,propaganda france is not your and will never be ! we re not french , macron is french jesuite
@tsmaaili
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
1:30 Mark Rutte is not head of state, but head of government
@reactionarymike4331
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
I think Macron is a garbage childless president who needs to be replaced.
@planerunner4020
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
The EU independent military alliance was suggested in 2010, nowadays, nothing has been done, no country like Italy or Germany is willing to pay to have a smaller country use their equipment for free, people are quite optimistic about this plan, but believe me, it won’t work no matter what.
@hasanchoudhury5401
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Let Europeans take care of themselves and defend themselves from their serious threats Russia, rather than going after poor in Africa and Muslim countries. I am glad France and Europe has awakened. Regards.
@talisikid1618
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
And Trump was better than anything western Europe has produced in a very long time. Eastern Europe is where the true leaders are coming from.
@Yourebeautyfull
February 29, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Good content, but let's face it… The tittle is just clickbait and doesn't do a good job representing the actual content. It's pretty of misleading actually.