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European carmakers abandoning the EV race?
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) is asking the European Union to lower its car CO₂ reduction targets when legislation is reviewed later…
‘Simpler’ EU sustainability rules spark confusion
The European Commission says it is simplifying reporting rules, but the industry says it is making them more complicated.
Brussels is turning national electrical blackouts into power grabs
Five months since the lights went out on the Iberian Peninsula, Brussels has finally rendered its judgment.
Four people gunned down near Brussels Midi train station
Four people sustained injuries after a shooting near the Brussels Midi train station.
German industrial output again drops steeply, “another severe blow to the economy”
August saw the sharpest decline in German industrial production since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
French parliamentarians have nibbled away like termites at the stability formed by de Gaulle
The collapse of the Lecornu government in the French National Assembly, the fourth government to fail in the last year, raises disturbing resonances of the parliamentary…
Activist ‘stupid’ Thunberg accidentally uses picture of Israeli hostage to show Israeli cruelty
Eco-warrior turned anti-capitalist pro-Palestine agitator Greta Thunberg has made an awkward PR blunder on Instagram.
Germany’s Christian Democrats say ‘Nein’ to chat control
Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has come out against the European Union's attempt to break end-to-end encryption via its proposed "chat control"…
EP strips Polish opposition MEPs of parliamentary immunity
The centre-left majority in the European Parliament has voted to strip two Polish opposition Conservative (PiS) MEPs of immunity to face criminal charges brought…
Polish party leader against Ukrainian representation in parliament
The joint leader of Poland’s opposition Confederation party said he was against the Ukrainian minority in the country having its own representation in the Polish…
Polish PM Tusk opposes Ukrainian Nord Stream suspect’s deportation to Germany
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was opposed to deporting a Ukrainian man detained in Poland on suspicion of being involved in the blowing up of the Nord…
EU clamps down on ‘hate speech’ in LGBTIQ+ strategy
Brussels is planning to expand its hate speech policies, threatening to criminalise those who do not agree with what the European Union calls its "founding values".
Newly elected German mayor left with ‘life-threatening injuries’ after stabbing attack
A newly elected German town mayor has been left fighting for her life after a stabbing attack that Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned as a "heinous act".
EU risks ‘reigniting US trade tensions’ to save a steel industry ‘on verge of collapse’
The European Union is doubling tariffs on steel imports that exceed its new proposed lower quota.
Will Babiš be a new Orbán? The ranks of resistance grow within Europe
The news from Prague unsettles Brussels. Andrej Babiš is back, prime minister once more.
MEP Ilaria Salis keeps European Parliament immunity, declares: ‘We are all anti-fascists’
The plenary of the European Parliament has confirmed the immunity of the Italian self-declared 'anti-fascist' Ilaria Salis.
German Child Protection Association comes out against EU digital chat control
The German Child Protection Association has come out against the EU's attempt to break end-to-end encryption via the 'chat control' law.
Forget NATO: The Baltics should stand with Warsaw in a four-part defence pact
There has been plenty of scaremongering over Russia’s activities in the past ten years.
US Antifa founders discovered hiding in Sweden
Two founders of Portland Antifa have been found hiding in Sweden after US President Donald Trump decided to list Antifa as a terrorist organisation.
The elites slink into the night, replaced by populists who represent the unhappy voters
The victory of Czech populist leader Andrej Babiš' ANO party in Saturday’s elections did more than confirm the populist trend throughout Europe.
Poland hands over 16-year-old Ukrainian accused of working for Russia
Poland has transferred to Ukraine a 16-year-old Ukrainian who was allegedly involved in organising terrorist attacks for Russia.
Work until 73 to save pension system, German experts warn
According to the German Council of Economic Experts, the retirement age should be raised to 73 to keep the country's social security system from collapsing.
‘The meaning of woman’ has been eroded in Europe’s gender policies
European institutions are undergoing a “structural transformation” in the way sex and gender are understood in law and governance.
The ECR turns its fire on Left, not von der Leyen, as EP debates censure motion
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament will not impose a voting line on their members for the censure motions against President…
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MEPs express reluctant support for EC chief ahead of censure vote
Most political groups in the European Parliament are expressing hesitant support for Ursula von der Leyen, as many oppose the censure motions against her, citing…
Desperate measures? Macron gives resigned PM Lecornu two days to save administration
French President Emmanuel Macron has given resigned prime minister Sébastien Lecornu two days to salvage his administration.
Jew-hatred now marked ‘Made in Great Britain’
October 7, 2023 will, like Kristallnacht, live forever in the Jewish collective memory, not just for the proto-genocide of 1,200 Jews in Israel but also the ensuing…
Censure motions ‘not really about von der Leyen’
Austrian members of the Liberal Renew Europe group say they will not support two no-confidence motions tabled against European Commission President Ursula von der…
Six bystanders shot by 14-year-old in Swedish ‘suspected gang conflict’
A fourteen year-old has shot six bystanders in central Sweden, including a minor, in what prosecutors are calling a "suspected gang conflict".