A train collided with a school bus near Brussels, killing at least four people including two children. The incident has prompted emergency response operations in the Belgian region.

# Translation Europe is experiencing today one of the most complex economic phases since the global financial crisis, amid overlapping geopolitical, energy, and technological crises, which has pushed European governments to expand government support on an unprecedented scale to protect their economies from slowdown and loss of competitiveness. After years of relying on open market economies and strict competition rules, Brussels has begun gradually easing restrictions on government subsidies, transforming financial assistance from an exceptional tool used during crises into a quasi-permanent element within the European economic model. This shift became clearly apparent during the coronavirus pandemic, when European governments were forced to inject hundreds of billions to support companies and households and prevent economic collapse.