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Le Pen sentence would mean ‘political death,’ says MEP Garraud
Jean-Paul Garraud, MEP for the French National Rally (RN) party and delegation leader in the Patriots for Europe Group in the European Parliament, has lambasted…
EC admits ‘misuse’ and ‘undue lobbying activities’ in grant awards
The European Commission has admitted that grants from the €5.
Europe in last-ditch effort to avoid trade war
With hours to go before US President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement, European leaders in Brussels, London and Frankfurt have been making last-ditch efforts…
US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally
US officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit US manufacturers'…
European Commission pushes for encryption ‘backdoors’
The European Commission has announced new plans for extending the powers of European Union security agencies and expanding Europol into “a truly operational police…
Finland to revoke ban on anti-personnel landmines and boost defence spending
Finland has announced it will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, an international agreement banning the production and use of anti-personnel landmines.
US foreign policy? You have to wonder if America is even trying
Ah, the United States and foreign policy—a tale as old as time, or at least as old as Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
Germany’s CDU mulls reactivation of nuclear power plants
Germany’s Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is considering restarting six of the country’s recently deactivated nuclear power plants.
EP sides with Polish PM Tusk over removal of opposition MEPs’ immunity
The European Parliament has voted to remove parliamentary immunity from Conservative (PiS) MEPs Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik so they can face criminal prosecution…
The tariffs gamble: Inflation, growth and the ECB’s next move
As the clock ticks down to US President Donald Trump's tariffs announcement, markets, policymakers and consumers stand at a crossroads, caught between rising prices…
Norway reopens debate on EU membership
Norway has reopened a long-standing and controversial debate on European Union membership after its Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg said: "We are by definition…
‘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…
A history of French political convictions: lack of ethics or overheated politics?
The conviction for embezzlement of French Rassemblement National leader Marine Le Pen invites concern that the French are setting off down the same road of politicisation…
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…
US tariffs: EU focuses on single market and could turn towards China
The EU plans on reinforcing trade within its own member states and with third parties such as China, in response to ongoing economic tensions caused by US policies…
German foreign minister’s “self-serving” move to top UN job sparks outrage in Berlin and New York
An unexpected career move by Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s outgoing foreign minister, is angering both UN diplomats and German politicians.
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.
Setback for Polish PM Tusk as court rejects request to arrest former PiS minister
A Warsaw court has rejected a request by a parliamentary committee investigating the use of Pegasus spyware by the former Conservative (PiS) government to detain…
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…
Unelected judge and prosecutor make Le Pen a martyr
How does this all end?
Outgoing German foreign minister, in surprise visit to Kyiv, warns: ‘Putin playing for time’
Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s outgoing foreign minister, has paid an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
Moldova expels three Russian diplomats for ‘helping pro-Moscow MP flee prison term’
Moldova has expelled three Russian diplomats after it accused Russia's embassy of engineering the escape of a pro-Kremlin lawmaker to prevent him being jailed over…
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,…
Le Pen: the will of the people of France is now irrelevant
Liberals and judges everywhere will be rejoicing at the elimination of Marine Le Pen from the presidential race for the Élysée, the former because they will happily…
Portugal latest debt-ridden country to reject Frederiksen’s call to ‘spend, spend, spend’ on defence
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen's call on other EU leaders to “spend, spend, spend” on defence and deterrence has seen new resistance from countries like Portugal,…
Austria blasts through Maastricht deficit ceiling as budget shortfall surpasses all expectations
Austria’s public finances have deteriorated faster than even pessimists expected.
Ukraine caught between US mineral protection deal and EU accession
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been accused by President Trump of backing out of the latest natural resources deal with the US, according to a report…
German environmentalists’ legal challenge to Polish deepwater port plan
A German environmental organisation has filed a legal challenge against the decision to grant environmental approval for a deepwater shipping terminal that Poland…
German business demands CDU and SPD coalition talks focus more on economy
Representatives of more than 60 German business associations have signed a joint letter to the leadership of the German Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU)…