Macron locking down key institutions with allies before elections, opposition claims
France’s opposition has accused President Emmanuel Macron of deliberately locking down key state institutions as the country edges closer to the 2027 presidential…
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Italian journalists declare strike over Olympic gaffes
Sports journalists at Italian public broadcaster RAI are going on strike over a gaffe-filled commentary of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony by the head of their…
The fragile ‘We’: What is at stake is the symbolic boundary of membership
The crisis in liberal democracies is not just about inflation, migration, or polarisation.
Despite aging population, Poland plans to have an army of 500,000
Poland plans to establish a major force of reservists in its efforts to build an army of 500,000 potentially combat ready personnel.
US mulls visa bans and stripping immunity from EU officials enforcing censorship via the DSA
Prominent US Republicans are considering legislation to strip sovereign immunity from European Union officials enforcing content moderation rules under the Digital…
Mandelson’s serpentine charm bewitched halfwit Starmer
The small picture is of an ailing British government heading for existential meltdown.
Macron says Epstein affair ‘mainly concerns’ US after ex-minister steps down
French President Emmanuel Macron Monday has distanced the counntry from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, saying it "mainly concerns" the US.
Social media bans for youngsters spread across the EU
Austria is set to join other European Union countries in banning young people from accessing social media.
What do Spaniards think of Sánchez’s youth social media clampdown?
On February 4, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced he would propose legislation to ban social media use by those under the age of 16.
EU warns Meta it must open up WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots
The EU executive told Meta to give rival chatbots access to WhatsApp after an antitrust probe found the US giant to be in breach of the bloc's competition rules.
Bloodbath for Spanish Socialists in regional elections
Spain's ruling Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) suffered a crushing setback in the snap regional elections in Aragón.
Pakistanis tell Greece to allow cousin marriage: The consanguineous invasion
Just when you thought the West had exhausted its pool of civilisational surrenders, a new frontier of absurdity opens.
Japan PM Takaichi basks in historic election triumph
Japanese shares rose to record highs Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's conservatives won a historic election landslide with a projected two-thirds majority.
Socialist Seguro wins Portuguese presidential run-off but right-wing Ventura takes one-third of votes
Centre-left candidate António José Seguro has been elected President of Portugal in a decisive second-round victory
Top Italian comedian withdraws from Sanremo Festival amid free speech controversy
The debate over freedom of expression in Italy has been reignited after a top Italian comedian decided to withdraw from the Sanremo Music Festival.
Europe’s dependency on US LNG increases
European countries are increasingly dependent on US gas following sanctions on Russia, cold weather and structural changes in power generation, according to reports…
Dutch police officer and family in hiding after death threats over Muslim woman’s arrest
A chaotic arrest of a Muslim woman had gripped the Netherlands for days. Yesterday the national police chief, Janny Knol, defended the officer.
Polish court sanctions arrest of former justice minister Ziobro
A Warsaw court has sanctioned the pre-trial detention of Zbigniew Ziobro, a former Polish justice minister in the last Conservative (PiS) government.
US urges new three-way nuclear deal with Russia and China
The US has urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons after the last treaty between Washington and Moscow expired.
Another state launches probe into driver-assisted systems after reports of ‘phantom breaking’
The rush to impose advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) across the European Union has triggered a a new state investigation amid concerns the systems may be…
Why the small room? Germany’s AfD accuses court of bias after upgrade refusal
Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has slammed the country’s Constitutional Court after it ruled that the party – the second-biggest in parliament…
US cuts contact with Polish parliament Speaker over ‘insults’ against Trump
The US ambassador to Poland has said he is suspending all contacts with Poland’s parliament Speaker.
Greenpeace turns to Dutch courts in bid to overturn €292.6m US fine
Environmental network Greenpeace is turning to the Dutch courts in an attempt to have a multimillion-dollar fine imposed in a US lawsuit set aside.
Russian war bloggers report Starlink outage on Ukraine front
Russian military bloggers have reported a sweeping outage of Starlink internet terminals across the Ukraine front.
Epstein files: Pressure on French ex-minister Lang to quit as head of Paris-based Arab World Institute
Pressure is mounting on France’s former Socialist Party culture minister Jack Lang to resign as President of the Arab World Institute (IMA) after his name appeared…
EU’s top court annuls EP’s decision to lift Catalan separatists’ immunity
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has annulled the European Parliament's 2021 decision to waive the parliamentary immunity of three Catalan pro-independence…
Telegram founder Durov warns ‘total control’ regulations threaten Spanish internet freedoms
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has issued a direct warning to millions of users in Spain, describing its government’s latest social-media proposals as “dangerous new…
VW and Stellantis urge help to keep carmaking in Europe
Europe's largest carmakers Volkswagen and Stellantis have called for subsidies to keep carmaking in the EU as they struggle with challenges from US tariffs to Chinese…
The endpoint of history, or why Epstein shows what happens when belief dies
The world did not end in a mushroom cloud or a clash of grand ideologies.
VPN firm Proton says countries using internet blackouts to boost censorship
As countries step up their use of internet shutdowns to muzzle dissent, some are also taking advantage of blackouts to increase censorship firewalls, internet privacy…