In August 2024, a popular student-led uprising forced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India, ending her 15-year rule over Bangladesh. Following her departure, an interim government took charge, while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the main political force preparing for upcoming general elections. While there are widespread public demands in Bangladesh to extradite Sheikh Hasina from India to face trial for crimes against humanity and corruption, her potential return presents complex strategic trade-offs for the BNP regarding legal justice, electoral stability, and foreign relations with Delhi.

"Anthropomorphization of AI" refers to the widespread practice of describing artificial intelligence systems using language and concepts associated with human minds, agency, and experience, beyond their technical context. This could include but is not limited to:

EU fiscal rules require member states to keep budget deficits below 3% of GDP and to reduce public debt that exceeds 60% of GDP. Countries that break these limits are placed under an "excessive deficit procedure," which requires them to cut spending or raise taxes to an agreed timetable, under threat of financial penalties.

Fiscal discipline refers to member states complying with these limits and the EU enforcing them strictly, without granting exemptions.

Since 2025, the EU has allowed countries to exceed these limits to increase defense spending, and in 2026, extended this flexibility to energy security and clean energy investment. Strategic spending refers to spending on defense, energy security, and the green transition.