Canada in Strasbourg, Ceuta votes, Sweden has a number

Three threads left open this morning were closed or moved during the day.

The first concerns von der Leyen’s proposal to associate Canada with the European Union, which this morning we had reported only on the climate portion. Today Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney brought the matter to Strasbourg in person, speaking on hybrid warfare and the protection of critical European infrastructure. It is the opening piece of this edition, and it remains to be seen what follow-up it will have in terms of relations with Washington.

The second thread is the Russian-Ukrainian energy one. This morning we had written that the truce proposed by Trump on September 14 had collapsed within forty-eight hours; last night a drone attack hit the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in Yaroslavl, and a separate data-based analysis indicates gasoline unavailable at about half of the monitored Russian filling stations. The picture drawn yesterday — a truce that is de facto nonexistent — holds and worsens.

The third thread is electoral, but on different fronts. In Sweden, Wednesday’s count, which on September 14 we had announced as decisive, gave Andersson’s bloc 175 seats against 174 for Kristersson’s: a margin of just one seat, which the Social Democratic leader herself treated with caution while awaiting final results. On the Spanish front, the resolution critical of Madrid on the Ceuta and Melilla crisis, approved today in Strasbourg with the backing of the popolari-right axis, comes two days after our piece on the Sánchez government’s plans: it is the European Parliament’s first formal position on the issue.

Also updating are Sports — with Alcaraz’s qualification for the ATP Finals, joining Sinner and Zverev — Tech & AI, with OpenAI’s reports on anomalous behaviors of its own models, Economy and Markets with Stellantis’s announcement on doubling production at Mirafiori, and Culture with the volume on the excavations at the Holy Sepulchre. There is also a new development on the former Ilva: the Court of Appeal confirmed the halt to the hot area, with the Court of Cassation hearing set for October 20.

For Cinema & Entertainment, Chronicles, Italy and Health there are no developments exceeding the threshold for an update: the pieces published this morning remain valid. With this edition the newspaper closes the day; the next issue comes out tomorrow morning at 6:30.