‘EC denies transparency on NGO funding,’ claim MEPs
Conservative MEPs looking for more transparency regarding European Union funding for activist NGOs said they had the door slammed in their faces by the European Commission.
Vox spokesperson charged with hate speech for naming crime suspects
José Antonio Fúster, official spokesman of the Spanish right-wing Vox Party and deputy in the Madrid Assembly, is being investigated by the Catalan police force for linking…
Situation ‘alarming’: Germany lost 120,000 jobs in manufacturing sector in 2024
In its latest job report on March 31, Germany's Federal Employment Agency (BA), announced that German industry lost around 120,000 jobs in the last 12 months.
Global outrage even among the Left over French MP Le Pen’s sentencing
French National Rally (RN) opposition party de facto leader Marine Le Pen's conviction and accompanying ineligibility to run for president has sparked intense reactions both…
French judge dismantles democracy to ‘protect’ it from the will of the people
In the puppet comedy film Team America, the counter-terrorist protagonists defeat a group of Islamic terrorists in Paris, accidentally destroying the Eiffel Tower, the Arc…
France’s RN party leader Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement, excluded from presidential elections
National Rally (RN) party leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of embezzlement of public funds and was banned from running in elections with immediate execution.
Commission ‘green’ shadow lobby scandal slips into mud-slinging match
Left-wing organisations are trying to push back against MEPs who have been critical of lavish and secretive subsidies funnelled to green NGOs, but in doing so the Left allegedly…
Estonia strips Russian and Belarusian citizens of the right to vote
The Estonian parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to strip citizens of aggressor nations from being able to vote in its elections.
Politico owners Axel Springer hit as board member Varsavsky resigns over its ‘Hamas support’
Martín Varsavsky, a Jewish-Argentinian entrepreneur who since 2014 has been on the board of directors of Axel Springer, the Berlin-based European multinational media company…
‘Private data and passwords of top US security officials found online,’ says German magazine
US top officials have continued being hit with security leaks: German news outlet Der Spiegel has found that private contact details of US President Donald Trump's most important…
‘Trump tried being nice, now he’s trying aggression’: Henry Olsen
Don't blame US President Donald Trump for the souring of transatlantic relations, Henry Olsen told a Brussels Signal event this week.
Armenian parliament greenlights EU accession Bill
The Armenian parliament has approved a Bill to begin the process of joining the European Union.
Germany’s CDU slips in polls after taking Left turn
Germany's electorate has responded negatively to chancellor-in-waiting Friederich Merz's choice to form a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and co-operate with…
Arrest warrant leaked in EP-Huawei alleged corruption case
A leaked arrest warrant from the Belgian investigation into the latest European Parliament alleged corruption scandal showed MEPs were suspected of having accepted tens of…
Dutch plan to more than double armed forces
Dutch State Secretary for Defence Gijs Tuinman said he aimed to significantly ramp up the country's armed forces, contemplating some "unconventional" measures to more than…
‘Germany can’t function without migration, given current birth-rate,’ says foreign minister
Germany's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock of The Greens party has called for more migrants to come to her country.
Paris bans cars in 500 extra streets after referendum with 4 per cent turnout
Paris has voted in a referendum to drastically increase the number of car-free streets, although the turnout was extremely low.
EU staff receive 7th salary increase since 2022
Starting in April, approximately 66,000 employees with European institutions will receive their seventh pay rise in just three years.
Brussels U-turn: Agriculture Commissioner champions farmers’ role, rejects livestock cuts
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen has told Dutch farmers that Brussels would no longer "just focus" on reducing livestock to cut emissions,…
‘Green’ stocks plummet to lowest levels in years
The S&P Global Clean Energy Transition Index, a key benchmark for clean-energy companies, has dropped by 16 per cent over the past year, despite the so-called "green" transition…
German ex-constitutional judge says debt brake reform would be a ‘coup d’état’
Former Federal Constitutional Court judge Peter Huber has sharply condemned the German government's proposed constitutional reform, calling it unconstitutional and warning…
Anti-nuclear Greens’ MP to oversee French nuclear security
French MP Dominique Voynet, co-founder of The Greens party, former environment minister and long-time outspoken opponent of nuclear power, has been officially appointed to…
EC backs off from slapping US with retaliatory tariffs
Europe's much-debated retaliatory tariffs against US President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium imports have been postponed, the European Commission has announced.
Losses for German automotive supplier ZF top €1bn
German automotive supplier ZF has endured a brutal 2024 and reported yearly losses of more than €1 billion.
Messaging app Signal threatens to leave France over anti-encryption demands
Meredith Whittaker, president of US messaging app Signal, has threatened to pull it out of France over a proposed law where the government has demanded the ability to look…
German left-wing extremist ‘Lina E’ given five-year jail sentence
A final verdict has been given in Germany against "Lina E", a violent left-wing extremist.
Major Belgian public transport firms leave X as it is ‘not in line with our values’
Belgium's major public transportation companies have all announced they were leaving social media giant X.
Two Italian MEPs investigated over alleged fiddling of European allowances
An MEP and his former European Parliament colleague from the previous legislature have reportedly been put under investigation by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)…
EP corruption allegations: Belgian authorities charge five in Huawei probe
The examining magistrate in the latest alleged foreign influence corruption probe at the European Parliament has charged five people.
Politico lambasted by own leadership over ‘one-sided Hamas support’
Left-wing news outlet Politico has been criticised by its own leadership over its pro-Hamas reporting on the Israeli military strikes.