US VP Vance calls on German parties to work with hard-right AfD
US Vice-President JD Vance has said German politicians should work with all parties, including the hard-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD).
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Brussels city swaps ‘patriarchal’ monument for ‘feminist’ construction waste piece
Brussels has ruffled feathers with its decision to replace the stately neoclassic monument “De Rijpheid” (The Maturity) in the city with a modern feminist work…
French ex-PM Jean Castex questioned over alleged misuse of public funds
Jean Castex, former prime minister of France, has been briefly taken into police custody in Montpellier as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged misuse of…
Russian drone damages Chernobyl nuclear plant’s shelter, Zelenskiy says
A Russian drone caused significant damage to the radiation containment shelter at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy…
Trump targets EU and others in tariffs threat
US President Donald Trump has tasked his economics team with devising a plan to impose recipricol tariffs on every country that imposed duties on US imports in a…
My principles on Ukraine, ‘and if you don’t like them, well, I have others’
After the latest Trump-Putin “pas de deux”, in the ever-evolving theatre of international politics, the diplomatic ballet by European leaders that comes next…
Porsche plans to cut additional 1,900 jobs by 2029
Carmaker Porsche plans to cut an additional 1,900 jobs across the entire company over the next four years after a programme that has already started was determined…
Migrants affected by Valencia floods in Spain set to receive legal status
The Spanish Government said it was set to give illegal immigrants affected by the floods in Valencia legal status.
‘Something fundamental has to change,’ says Bavarian leader after alleged migrant attack
Markus Söder, a Bavarian Christian Democrat heavyweight, has blamed an apparent attack in which a man ploughed a car into protesters on the streets of Munich on…
Polish justice minister suspends prosecutor investigating him and PM Tusk
Poland’s justice minister Adam Bodnar has suspended deputy prosecutor general Michał Ostrowski and launched disciplinary proceedings against him.
Liberal and left-leaning groups appeal to Polish Government for USAID cuts compensation
Poland’s Liberal and left-leaning civil society organisations have appealed to the centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk to make good a shortfall…
Future of cigarettes in Europe up in smoke?
As European Commissioner for Health Olivér Várhelyi was working on a new update for the EC's tobacco directive, Brussels Signal took part in a media visit to US…
Several injured after car drives into crowd of people in Munich
A car has driven into a group of people in the German city of Munich, leaving several people injured, police said on Thursday.
European leaders’ alarm at Trump-Putin negotiations on Ukraine
European diplomats have condemned what they saw as the sidelining of both Ukraine and its European allies following a surprise agreement between former US President…
Angela Merkel, the gravedigger of Germany and Europe
Angela Merkel led Germany – and Europe – for sixteen years.
Fancy a cricket? EU green-lights new insect powder
European supermarkets could soon see a surge in products containing insect-based ingredients.
French cosmetics industry worries it could be targeted in any US-EU trade war
The French cosmetics industry has braced for three potential outcomes as a trade war between the US and the EU looms.
Left-wing MEPs rail against exhibition commemorating Communist massacre in Yugoslavia
Nine Slovenian and Croatian Socialist MEPs have called for the cancellation of an ongoing exhibition in the European Parliament, commemorating the Foibe Massacres.
Thomson Reuters wins AI copyright ‘fair use’ ruling
Canadian conglomerate Thomson Reuters has received a partial summary judgment in its favour in its copyright infringement lawsuit against Ross Intelligence, an AI…
Austrian coalition government talks collapse
Austrian government coalition negotiations between the right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the Conservative People's Party (ÖVP) have failed.
Hungary’s Orbán calls Germany’s Weidel a ‘brave freedom fighter’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, standing next to Alice Weidel, co-chair of Germany’s hard-right AfD, at a joint press conference in Budapest has said he…
Industry chief contradicts Scholz: ‘German deindustrialisation is real’
Nicole Grünewald, president of the Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK Köln), has dismissed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's remarks about the state of…
Donald copies Donald: Polish PM calls in billionaire to cut red tape
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has drafted in billionaire countryman Rafał Brzoska to head a task force to deregulate the economy as part of the government’s…
The centre-right across the West are being replaced by the populist-right
Nearly everywhere in the West, the centre-right is being replaced as the “mainstream” political party by the populist-right.
Slovak PM Fico asks Musk for transparency on USAID funding
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has written an open letter to Elon Musk, the head of the US Department of Government Efficiency, asking for full transparency…
Migration ‘sole factor behind Belgium’s population growth’ by 2038
Belgium's population is expected to grow by 1.
European watchdog warns China’s Deepseek AI on ‘further regulatory action’
Chinese artificial intelligence company Deepseek may face more actions from national regulators in the future, Europe's privacy watchdog has said.
US VP Vance slams EU censorship at Paris AI Summit
US Vice-President JD Vance has used his first foreign trip in office to criticise the European Union’s AI regulations, warning that excessive oversight could hinder…
EC found bankrolling pressure groups to lobby against industry
European Union taxpayers' money has been used to fund fringe groups actively lobbying against EU policies.
German Vice-Chancellor accused of plagiarising large part of doctoral thesis
Robert Habeck, Germany’s Vice-Chancellor and economics minister, has been accused of plagiarising major parts of his doctoral thesis.