UK rapprochement with the EU

Day by day

1. Sunday, 4 October 2026

   2 countries

   The Observer sees a potentially historic opening; the Telegraph accuses the government of betraying veterans; Il Sole has Burnham unpicking Brexit.

   • United Kingdom
   • Italy

   Lead story in 1

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     The ObserverUnited Kingdom

     The road back from Brexit

   Highlight in 2

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     The Sunday TelegraphUnited Kingdom

     Labour accused of betraying veterans to boost EU ties

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     Il Sole 24 OreItaly

     London and the EU: Burnham exposes all the lies of Brexit

   Who left it off the front page 24 papers

   Leading papers with a verified front page that day which did not carry the theme in the headline or highlights.

   Portugal

   • Correio da ManhãDaughters forgive mother accused of killing their father
   • Jornal de NotíciasOnly a third of those convicted of sex crimes against children go to prison
   • PúblicoServiceman on trial for sharing newspapers in a group with ten thousand members

   Spain

   • ABCCrisis cabinet at La Moncloa: Sánchez, between polls and his inner circle
   • El CorreoA downpour floods the Casco Viejo
   • El MundoSánchez used Zapatero as a card to save the 'decretazo'
   • El PaísThe street marches for housing
   • El PeriódicoA storm never seen before batters Catalonia
   • La VanguardiaThe rise of the far right leads to an ungovernable Catalonia
   • La Voz de GaliciaGovernment partners and opposition call for elections from a Pedro Sánchez without a majority

   France

   • La CroixUnforgettable
   • Le MondeDrought: drinking water networks put to the test
   • Le Parisien"We need a real and broad coalition"

   United Kingdom

   • The Herald (Scotland)Democracy 'silenced' by soaring free speech cases
   • The IndependentBurnham scraps Starmer's plan to axe jury trials

   Germany

   • Der TagesspiegelJunge Union chief Winkel calls for swift draft law on pension reform
   • Die WeltWho pays for Mum?
   • Hamburger AbendblattHow I stopped trying to improve my husband

   Italy

   • AvvenireA saint for today
   • Corriere della SeraSpain shaken by protests
   • Il Fatto QuotidianoKyiv, a 70 billion hole. The Russians besiege Kharkiv
   • Il GiornaleScarpinato, the Five Star member who accuses the right of «misdirecting» inquiries on the mafia
   • Il MessaggeroSpain takes to the streets, «general strike»: Sánchez cornered
   • la RepubblicaEuropean left at a crossroads