Azerbaijan cuts ties with European Parliament as Brussels’ energy realism holds
Azerbaijan suspended institutional co-operation with the European Parliament on May 1, accusing Brussels of interference in its sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.
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No rush: EU leaders schedule housing meeting for November as crisis bites
The European Union has confirmed that it will hold a "high-level meeting" on the bloc's deepening housing crisis in Dublin in November, with the EU 27 set to revisit…
Brussels admits it does not know how much fuel Europe holds
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the conflict was costing the EU nearly €500 million a day in higher energy costs.
University of Vienna cancels award for famous mathematician due to his criticism of gender studies and climate change
The University of Vienna in Austria has abruptly cancelled an award ceremony for one of the country’s most prominent authors and mathematicians, Rudolf Taschner.
Tech industry rejects EC’s ‘unbalanced’ evaluation on Digital Markets Act
The European Commission has declared its flagship Digital Markets Act (DMA) “fit for purpose” in its first statutory review, claiming it has delivered tangible…
Berlin SPD wants to set up ‘rental police’ to combat exorbitant rents
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the German capital of Berlin has announced plans to set up a special investigative unit to examine thousands of rental contracts…
Anti-whites bar in Berlin received €662,000 subsidies
A Berlin café and "intersectional" co-working space that explicitly bars white people from entry has received more than €662,000 in German taxpayer subsidies…
France’s domestic intelligence agency monitors ‘masculinist threat’, reluctantly
France’s domestic intelligence agency, the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure (DGSI), is facing internal pushback over government pressure to elevate…
Disbelief as Polish liberal paper prints call for ‘beating and murder’ of opponents
A Polish liberal magazine has published an opinion piece saying journalists and readers of a right-wing papers are only fit for "beating and murder".
German small-town CDU members face party expulsion after joining forces with AfD
Members of Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) in a small town near Frankfurt have caused a nationwide scandal by joining forces with their…
French economy records zero growth in first quarter
France's economy recorded zero growth in the first quarter of this year due to "sluggish" domestic demand and a "strongly" negative contribution from foreign trade,…
Belgium takes over entire nuclear fleet from Engie in surprise move
In a dramatic policy shift that marks the final nail in the coffin of Belgium’s long-standing nuclear phase-out, the federal government has announced plans to…
Mohamed tops baby name charts in Andalusia as immigration reshapes the Spanish region
Spain's most populous region is the latest European territory to reach a milestone already recorded in England and Wales, Belgium and parts of Germany and France.
Tech has broken our entire world model, but we are in denial
Geopolitics is in flux, history has “returned”, there is war, political upheaval and technological disruption everywhere: These matters command an overwhelming…
EC urges member states to adopt age-verification app
The European Commission is turning up the pressure on European Union capitals to deploy the age-verification app.
‘No wonder Germany is doing so poorly’: Trump slams Merz after ‘pro-Iranian’ remarks
US President Donald Trump has harshly criticised Germany’s Chancellor after the latter apparently lauded the negotiation tactics of the Islamist regime of Iran.
Key suspect points to Spain PM Sánchez as ‘linchpin of corruption’ in Supreme Court
In what is being described as a potentially decisive in Spain’s biggest corruption trial, businessman Víctor de Aldama delivered explosive testimony before the…
Zemmour’s Reconquête party wins case against Lyon’s migrant NGO funding
The administrative court in Lyon has annulled a municipal subsidy granted to the NGO SOS Méditerranée after a legal challenge by the Reconquête party, led by…
Pro-migrant Italian MEP removed as mayor after migration-related conviction
Italian left-wing MEP Mimmo Lucano, widely known as the “pro-migrant mayor” for his refugee reception policies, has been removed from his role as Mayor of Riace.
France restarts deportations to Algeria after diplomatic freeze
France has quietly resumed the deportation of Algerian nationals in recent weeks, signalling a discreet but significant shift in migration co-operation between Paris…
UK enters historic demographic shift as deaths set to outnumber births from now
The United Kingdom is on the cusp of a profound demographic turning point, with deaths projected to exceed births every year from mid-2026 onwards.
Meta ‘breaches EU digital rules over child protection’, EC says
The European Commission has found Meta to be in preliminary breach of the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) over alleged failures to protect children…
EP votes to replicate Spain’s consent rape law – which freed more than 100 convicted sex offenders
The Spanish act, within months of coming into force, saw 978 sex offenders benefit from reduced sentences and 104 walk free from prison.
‘Total failure’: Leading economists tear into German federal budget
Several high-ranking German economists have expressed scorn and criticism of Germany’s federal budget plan for 2026 to 2030.
Ukraine and Israel clash over Russian shipments of ‘stolen’ Ukrainian grain
A sharp diplomatic row has erupted between Ukraine and Israel after Kyiv accused Jerusalem of allowing the import of grain it claims was stolen by Russia from occupied…
Ukraine angry over US-brokered prisoner swap between Poland and Belarus
While Warsaw celebrated the freeing of a high-profile Polish journalist from Belarus, Ukraine protested that as part of a prisoner swap brokered by the US, Poland…
European Parliament votes to spend more and tax more in next EU budget push
The text calls for new own resources generating around €60 billion a year.
European Parliament demands €2.2 trillion EU budget as it outbids EC proposal
The European Parliament has dramatically escalated its demands for the European Union’s next long-term budget, calling for a €2.
‘Mini Islamists’ and forced conversions: Youth charity sounds alarm on German schools
A children and youth charity from Berlin is warning that radical Islam is increasingly making inroads at German schools.
Inside Europe’s propaganda apparatus: Thomas Fazi exposes how the EU influences media, NGOs, and universities
“The European Union is facing a geopolitical crisis that is difficult to reverse.