French hard-right mysteriously immune to online reach reduction
Euro MP Nicolas Bay says he and his hard-right colleagues from France have remained immune to the reach-reduction phenomenon that has hit right-wing MEPs from other…
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EU launches investigation into Chinese medical device market
The European Commission launched an investigation on Wednesday into Chinese public procurement of medical devices, in the latest move to try to protect European Union producers…
Forint wobbles boost euro’s appeal among German investors in Hungary
The volatility of the forint EURHUF has boosted support for introducing the euro among German investors in Hungary to its highest level in 13 years, a survey by…
ECR takes on Green Deal and China in new policy roadmap
The European Conservative and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament has targeted China and the Green Deal in a roadmap for the next legislature of the…
LFI’s Panot summoned by police over alleged ‘apology of terrorism’
Mathilde Panot, one of the leaders of La France Insoumise Party (LFI), was summoned by the police for allegedly engaging in "apology of terrorism".
North Africa ramps up push-back against Europe on migration
A North African pushback has started against Europe over migration after Tunisian President Kais Saied told Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni his country “will…
EC threatens imminent shutdown of TikTok rewards service
"We suspect TikTok Lite could be as toxic and addictive as cigarettes 'light'," Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, said.
MEPs approve new law banning forced-labour products
The European Parliament has officially backed prohibiting goods manufactured with forced labour from entering the European single market.
AfD MEP assistant arrested on accusations of spying for China
An assistant working for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party MEP Maximilian Krah has been arrested on the orders of the German Federal Prosecutor General.
Cancellation of ‘anti-facist’ speech in Italy sparks government ‘interference’ debate
The cancellation of an anti-fascist speech by Italian author Antonio Scurati on national television in Italy has sparked heated debate, with accusations of "unprecedented…
EXCLUSIVE: Latvian MEP narrow favourite for ECR top-spot despite Meloni opposition
National Alliance representative Roberts Zile is likely to be formally selected for the role later today, though opposition to his appointment remains, mainly in…
Tusk questions call for Poland to host nuclear weapons
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his foreign minister Radosław Sikorski have indicated they need further convincing that Poland should seek to join NATO’s…
What do Catholic bishops think about the European elections?
In the run-up to the European Parliament elections in June, Europe's Catholic bishops have been far from silent.
EU Left wants to ‘blackmail’ opposition with Green Deal
It comes ahead of a debate titled "The attack on climate and nature: far-right and conservative attempts to destroy the Green Deal and prevent investment in our…
France is being ‘bombarded’ with Russian interference campaigns, French minister alleges
The minister argued France was increasingly becoming the target of co-ordinated international efforts aimed at disrupting public discourse, especially concerning…
Basque separatists triumph in regional election
Basque separatist groups have emerged victorious after last weekend's regional elections.
French unions denounce Olympics volunteering as ‘disguised employment’
French labour unions slammed the use of 45,000 volunteers scheduled to work at the upcoming Paris Summer Olympics, labelling it "disguised employment".
Italy set to allow pro-life activists into pregnancy clinics
Using an April 16 amendment to its European Union post-covid recovery plan, the Government said "non-profit groups with qualified experience in supporting maternity"…
Spanish PM Sánchez is a pupil of ‘narco-chavist dictatorships’, rival claims
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is a student of "narco-chavist dictatorships", the leader of Spain's VOX party, Santiago Abascal, has claimed.
Europe’s right must think positive if it wants to win
If there was one thing that everyone at this year’s National Conservatism conference could agree on, it was that European civilisation has gone badly wrong.
Two years into Ukraine war ‘EU still depends on Russian gas,’ says energy regulator
The European Union still cannot do without Russian liquefied natural gas, despite it being two years since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU Agency for…
Germany arrests three suspected of spying for China
Three German nationals have been arrested on suspicion of working with the Chinese secret service to hand over technologies that could be used for military purposes,…
EC quizzes TikTok over Lite app’s risk to children
Brussels is pushing ByteDance on whether it is respecting EU transparency and child-protection rules with its newly released app
Belgian PM takes flak over late response to NatCon event cancellation attempt
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has come under fire in Parliament for allegedly failing to act when Brussels mayors wanted to cancel the National Conservatism…
French PM Attal sparks controversy with proposed youth violence crackdown
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has sparked controversy by proposing new measures aimed at cracking down on youth violence in France.
Greek ruling party to run jailed politician in EP elections
Greece's ruling conservatives have announced that they will run a jailed Albanian politician as one of its candidates for the upcoming European Parliament elections.
EU-funded textbooks helped radicalise Gazan children, EP resolution claims
European Union-funded textbooks helped to radicalise Gazans in the lead-up to the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel, the European Parliament has stated in…
Forget turning the other cheek; Israel should teach Iran a lesson
Once again, good fortune has been on the side of the West, as it was when the Muslim Brotherhood fumbled its way out of government in Egypt in 2011.
EU capital markets proposal is an EU power grab, member states say
A French proposal to further integrate the European Union's capital markets drew opposition from a majority of member states, who attacked it as a Brussels power…
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Western tech may have beaten Iran’s air attack, but greater challenges are to come
Iran's historic air strike against Israel, featuring 320 munitions, was effectively neutralized by Western forces, showcasing advanced military collaboration and…