Facebook, Instagram to make users pay to take up EU data protection benefits
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will charge EU users who want to avail of the bloc's data protection benefits, it says.
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Working group plotting how to make MEPs turn up to parliament
A working group of 13 MEPs have been plotting ways to fix the European Parliament's low attendance by members and paltry public profile.
Germany needs to ‘be ready for war’, defence minister argues
Germany needed "to become ready for war", defence minister Boris Pistorius said.
Poland’s incoming coalition preparing a controversial ‘purge list’ of PiS-linked public sector and media
With Poland’s new parliamentary majority preparing to take power, its leaders have made plans for a public sector purge — with Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza publishing…
From curbs on free speech to centralising asylum policy, the EU is leveraging Hamas’s assault on Israel to give itself more powers
Like the sun rising in the morning and Eurostat getting everything utterly wrong, one of the truisms of the EU is that it never wastes a crisis.
EU nations lost out on €61 billion in VAT in 2021, EC report finds
European Union Member States lost out on a total of €61 billion in VAT payments in 2021, according to the European Commission VAT Gap Report 2023 released on…
Council summit: EU budget risks derailment over Ukraine aid
Hungary and Slovakia are opposing the bloc’s proposed €50 billion in financial aid, which is being tied in with the EU's entire budget, known as the Multi-Annual…
UK’s ‘Leave’ voters still enjoy Brexit afterglow, study finds
British people who voted for Brexit are more positive about democracy, with those on the “winning” side happier all round, according to a UK study released on…
Shootout at Serbian-Hungarian border leaves three migrants dead
Three migrants were killed and one injured on October 27 in an exchange of gunfire near the Serbian settlement of Horgoš, in the border zone between Serbia and…
Majority of MEPs skip committee meeting on EU spending in Palestine
The majority of MEPs sitting on the European Union's Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) failed to show up to a meeting with the European Commission's Olivér…
Dutch politician Thierry Baudet left concussed after assault at lecture
The Dutch right-wing firebrand Thierry Baudet was left with concussion after he was attacked as he prepared to speak at an event in Belgium on October 26.
TikTok and Meta insist they are not blocking pro-Palestine content
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, and TikTok have both insisted they are not blocking or limiting the spread of pro-Palestine content.
European Parliament pre-election legislation deadline leaked
The deadline for MEPs to provisionally agree proposed legislation with the European Council has been leaked.
EU leaders achieve consensus on Israel-Hamas war
Despite widely differing opinions between the European Union’s 27 Member States, a compromise text regarding the war between Israel and Hamas has been agreed upon…
Swedish court delays expulsion of Iraq-born Quran-burning protester
A court has delayed the expulsion of Iraq-born Salwan Momika, who took part in several Quran-burning protests in Sweden and is facing deportation for providing false…
‘Give war a chance’: Calls for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza are only playing into terrorists’ hands
As the USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group steams at full speed across the Atlantic towards the Middle East, the hope must be that the United States, alongside…
NatWest bank ‘broke privacy rules over Nigel Farage’
The former boss of UK lender NatWest breached arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage's privacy rights by sharing information about his banking activities, the country’s privacy…
Amazon to launch ‘sovereign’ cloud in bid to satisfy EU privacy demands
US online e-commerce giant Amazon is launching a new "sovereign" cloud computing service in Germany aimed at satisfying European Union privacy demands.
Armenian PM aims for peace deal with Azerbaijan
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated on October 26 that he hopes to negotiate a peace treaty with Azerbaijan in the coming months, just weeks after the…
Slovakia ends military support for Ukraine
Slovakia's new Prime Minister Robert Fico announced on October 26 that his government will end military aid for Ukraine.
Albania indicts a former PM, looking to boost its EU accession prospects
Albanian prosecutors indicted former prime minister Sali Berisha on corruption charges on October 22 in what proponents of the country’s accession to the European…
Macron’s government coalition divided by immigration bill
The French Government coalition is split over its upcoming immigration bill.
Siemens Energy needs billions of state support as wind division tanks
The German industrial multinational Siemens is in dire need of cash as a result of bad investments in sustainable energy.
MEPs demand regulations to make social media less addictive
MEPs have demanded that new technology regulations be implemented at the European Union level aimed at making social media less addictive.
EC defends ‘incomprehensible’ €18m-plus EU PR campaign
The European Commission has defended a PR campaign promoting the European Union after it was slammed as "incomprehensible" by an MEP.
Austria opposes Bulgaria and Romania joining ‘broken’ Schengen Area
Austria does not want Bulgaria and Romania to join the visa-free Schengen Area.
We’re not paying! Ukraine must fund proposed ‘observer’ MEPs, EP chief’s office says
The European Union will not pay for so-called “observer” MEPs sent to Brussels by Ukraine before the country formally becomes a member, the office of President…
Israel and the Left: Why progressive opinion turned on the Jewish state
In the history of modern Israel, after the 1896 publication of Der Judenstaat by Theodor Herzl, the Balfour declaration of November 2 1917 is traditionally seen…
Tusk pitches to EC President on unlocking Poland’s EU post-Covid funding
Donald Tusk, the candidate designated by his party to head a coalition of parties that together look set to unseat the current ruling conservative Law and Justice…
Meloni: ‘Defend EU’s external border to save Schengen’
Speaking to the Italian Senate on October 25, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni prioritised the defence of Europe's external border in order to save the Schengen free-movement…