A Polish Constitutional Tribunal judge, backed by the justice ministry, declared herself in charge on 30 October and suspended the court's PiS-aligned president for a month; he rejected her authority and called it a coup d'état. Protesters clashed with police outside the tribunal in Warsaw, and President Karol Nawrocki cut short an official trip to Senegal to return home. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called it a painful but necessary step to undo the previous government's judicial overhaul.
European diplomats threatened to boycott the traditional G20 foreign ministers' photo in Atlanta rather than stand next to Russia's Sergei Lavrov, prompting the US to cancel it. Poland's Radosław Sikorski said he was far from alone in refusing to be pictured with Lavrov, while Germany's Johann Wadephul said there is no normality with Russia even as talks continue. Host Marco Rubio opened the meeting by calling it a moment of choosing.
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Euronews · Friday, 30 October 2026
Grassroots union USB led a nationwide strike under the slogan “shut everything down”, drawing workers, students and pensioners into marches in Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples and other cities against rising living costs and European rearmament spending. A breakaway group clashed with police near Rome's Colosseum, throwing bottles and burning bins before eight people were detained. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi warned that the way such street protests are being mobilised is insidious, after earlier unrest in Milan.
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Euronews · Friday, 30 October 2026
French GDP fell 0.1 percent in the third quarter, its second contraction this year after a 0.2 percent drop in the first quarter and flat growth in the second, which economy minister Roland Lescure said leaves the country at a standstill. Lescure warned France will hit the wall if parliament fails to pass the 2027 budget, raising the prospect the government will push it through by decree. One economist said a technical recession is now highly likely in the coming quarters.
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Euronews · Friday, 30 October 2026
