EU should not ‘lower the bar’ to take in Ukraine, says Denmark – FT
Denmark supports EU membership for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and the western Balkans but "geopolitical circumstances" did not justify skating over governance reforms,…
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Polish PM to oppose Migration Pact at EU summit
Poland will demand the reform of the European Union's border agency Frontex and more funds for dealing with migrants, the prime minister said on June 29, as he prepared…
Alcohol should carry cigarette-style graphic warnings, say Left-wing parties
Eurocare, a network of around 50 voluntary and non-governmental organisations working on the prevention and reduction of alcohol-related harm across Europe, wants…
Qatargate: screw tightens on MEP Marie Arena
Belgian media has reported that the former Qatargate lead investigator, Michel Claise, wanted the Belgian MEP, Marie Arena, who is in the spotlight regarding issues…
European Sex Workers group ‘disgusted’ at EU’s ‘Prostitution Report’
The European Parliament’s latest proposal for the regulation of prostitution has sparked outrage from the European Sex Workers Association (ESWA) and organisations…
Germany sees investors fleeing amid economic downturn
Germany has seen investors fleeing the country at record levels as it enters its worst economic downturn in years.
Horizon science talks ‘crunchy’ as UK and EU seek new deal, says Hunt
Negotiations over the renewal of UK participation in the European Union’s Horizon Europe science programme are ongoing, despite reaching a "crunchy" phase, according…
Sunak ‘no’ to Gibraltar compromise as UK-Spain talks stall
UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has leapt to the defence of British territory Gibraltar as treaty talks between his government and Spain stalled following a Spanish…
Strange bedfellows: Dutch farmers party and greens to govern together
The Dutch Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB), an agrarian party created as a result of widespread protests against ‘green’ legislation, will govern together with…
Germany is blocking use of frozen Russian assets – fearing World War Two compensation claims
German government fears that EU plan for Russian assets to go to Ukraine could bolster reparation demands made by Poland and Greece of Germany
Violence spreads across France after teenager shot by police in Paris
Violent riots erupted in Paris and other cities across France on the night of June 27 following the shooting of a North African teenager by a policeman in the French…
Tempers flare as MEPs reject Nature Restoration law
In a heated, knife-edge vote the EU's much-trumpeted Nature Restoration Act was rejected in the European Parliament on June 27.
Poland accuses EPP of trying to bring down government
The Polish Government spokesman, Piotr Müller, has slammed the leader of the European People's Party (EPP) for interfering in Poland’s national election process.
Migration talks set to divide EU Member States, again
The European Council is set to enter difficult discussions on migration on June 29 and 30.
Peaceful prayer cannot be banned outside abortion centres, rules top German court
Germany’s Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has ruled that blanket bans on peaceful prayer groups outside abortion centres are not permissible.
Visegrad Four fail to agree Migration Pact position
Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary, known as the Visegrad Four (V4), failed to reach consensus on the European Union’s proposed Migration Pact at a summit on…
Violence stalks Brussels
Brussels is becoming an increasingly dangerous place to live with shootings in the Belgian capital having more than doubled in five years, according to local media.
Renewables growth did not dent fossil fuel dominance in 2022, report says
Global energy demand rose one per cent last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82 per…
Scottish leader in firing line over Brussels special envoy plan
Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf, is under fire over a plan to send a permanent envoy to the de facto capital of Europe as part of his plot to rejoin the…
EC claims 8 per cent staff pay rise is in reality less than 2 per cent
The European Commission was accused on June 26 of downplaying what seem to be recent wage rises of 8.3 per cent for European Union officials.
With eyes on Russia, Germany ready to station troops permanently in Lithuania
BERLIN, June 26 (Reuters) - Berlin is ready to station a 4,000-strong army brigade in Lithuania permanently in coordination with NATO defence planning following…
Poland fears Russian mercenary Prigozhin may now destabilise Belarus
Poland hopes the chaos that engulfed Russia when mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his band of fighters threatened Moscow on June 23 will help Ukraine in the…
Germany: heat-pump plan set to hammer homeowners
German homeowners face further pain over the country’s controversial heat-pump programme.
Marie Arena ducks out of ‘lobbying’ talk in European Parliament
Arena was supposed to be part of a panel discussion on lobbying but ducked out after she came under scrutiny for having previously lobbied on behalf of her son's…
Greek Conservatives win big in parliamentary elections
The centre-right Greek New Democracy party won a landslide victory in Greece’s national elections, cementing the country’s leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ position…
Ruble hits weakest in 15 months after Wagner challenges Putin
The ruble weakened as much as three per cent against the dollar on Monday, the most this year, after a mutiny by mercenary commander Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose brief…
EU leaders accused of putting media freedom at risk
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) claims European leaders are putting journalists ‘at risk’ through their apparent willingness to allow the deployment…
Qatargate: MEP Arena and ex-chief investigator ‘were good friends’
Embattled Belgian Socialist MEP, Marie Arena, and Michel Claise, the former lead investigator in the Qatargate scandal, have known each other for at least five years,…
EU flag stunt ban leaves London mayor squirming
London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has been left with egg on his face after his "great idea" to fly the European Union flag from City Hall in the UK capital on June 23, the…
No more news on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians
US billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms, the mother company of social media giants Facebook and Instagram, is set to cut off access to news for all users…