From blistering heatwaves sweeping Europe to rising security tensions along the Baltic border, we dive into the issues keeping officials in Brussels awake this week. #BrusselsMyLove
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Alice Carnevali
Published on
29/05/2026 - 10:00 GMT+2
Residents cooling off in the Canal de Saint-Martin in Paris and EU officials sunbathing in the park are some of the images that surfaced across Western European this week.
In Eastern Europe though, May was marked by drones intruding into Baltic airspace, raising questions about Europe’s security and threat posed by Russia.
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