Dutch government finds agreement on tougher asylum laws
The political leaders of the Dutch Government have found an agreement on tougher measures regarding asylum after an eight-hour meeting..
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Migrant ‘return hubs’ are gimmicks, better just to close the borders
Immigration is not just the elephant in the European Union’s room. It is a horde of stampeding elephants, running at full speed toward the European establishment.
Transparency NGO warns of ‘superficial and opaque’ EC hearings process
NGO Transparency International EU has criticised the European Commission candidate audit process, saying it is rushed, superficial and opaque and casting doubt on…
European Ombudsman criticises EC over Tunisia migrant agreement
According to the European Ombudsman (EO) , the so-called "EU watchdog", the European Commission has not been transparent about the human rights information it…
Anyone left to hold the guns? Ukraine’s population drops by 10 million in 10 years
The Ukrainian population has fallen by eight million since the Russian invasion in February 2022, with a total of ten million since 2014 when the civil conflict…
Ukraine’s prosecutor general resigns amid draft-dodging scandal
Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said on Tuesday he had resigned to take responsibility for a scandal in which dozens of officials are alleged to have…
Belgium revokes work permits of imams over ‘foreign influence’ rules
Five Turkish imams who had been living in Belgium for four years face losing their jobs and possible deportation from Belgium due to a Flemish regulation designed…
EXCLUSIVE: European Parliament mulls home-made AI-generated Christmas cards
Bureaucrats working in the European Parliament have been asked to vote on whether the body should publish Christmas cards sporting AI-generated artwork, Brussels…
EU spending ‘waste of tax-payers’ money, insufficient safeguards, loopholes’ say auditors
While the European Commission has long maintained a rule against double funding — meaning that the same costs should never be paid for twice by EU funds — the…
Dispute in German government over cash for NGO migrant boats
"There was a clear announcement from the Bundestag that there would be no more taxpayers' money for this.
EXCL: final figure disclosed, 3,000 emails hit by European Commission outage
Around 3,000 emails were left undelivered earlier in October after a technical outage at the European Commission, Brussels Signal can report.
Italian Court rules migrants in Albania must return to Italy
The immigration section of Rome's court rejected the detention of migrants at the new hosting and repatriation centre in Gadjer Albania, the judge ruled on October…
ECHR fines Germany for deporting Syrian migrant to Greece
The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Germany and Greece to pay damages to a Syrian man who was deported by German police.
Poland’s Tusk says future of liberal democracy hinges on migration policy
The future of liberal democracy in the European Union depends on its response to migration, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in comments published on October…
French interior minister to restore ‘order’ by regularising working illegals
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau wants to regularise a large swathe of illegal migrants as part of the country's new 2025 immigration law.
EXCLUSIVE: EU official emails hit with four-day partial outage
The European Union's official email service was hit with a four-day partial outage between October 10 and October 14, documents seen by Brussels Signal have confirmed.
More like Ellis Island: Italy’s migrant-processing centres are not Guantanamo Bay
My great-grandfather left Italy in 1921 to sail to the United States.
French interior minister aims to scrap illegal migrant regularisation scheme
French interior minister Bruno Retailleau has announced plans to abolish the country's 2012 migrant regularisation programme.
Cities and regions on warpath against Brussels over EU funds centralisation
Local governments across the European Union are on the warpath amid attempts by Brussels to further centralise its control over cities and regions in the EU.
EP leaders rejig Commissioner hearings to avoid working holiday
The leaders of the European Parliament have rejigged their provisional schedule for the European Commissioner-designate hearings next month to avoid working on a…
Pot, black: Germany’s dodgy infrastructure leaves no space to attack Hungary’s spending
Germany's dodgy infrastructure spending has been put under the spotlight after politicians in the country used similar examples to claim Hungary was corrupt.
Kyiv to launch Ministry of Unity aimed at solving demographic crisis
Ukraine's demographic crisis, with a flood of its people leaving, threatens to destroy the country's future, a UN executive has warned.
Von der Leyen plans power grab via EU funding mechanism reform
The commission would lay out goals and reforms. Only when these are sufficiently adhered to would the countries receive their money.
Macron pivots towards Meloni on migration
France has signed a joint cooperation deal with Italy aimed at fighting illegal immigration, marking a sharp turn for Paris on the issue.
Europe unprepared for energy crisis if Israel attacks Iranian oil industry
Once again the world finds itself on the brink of a renewed energy crisis, and once again Europe appears ill-prepared.
Most non-EU citizens handed deportation orders remain in Europe, data shows
New figures released by Eurostat have shown that most non-European Union citizens ordered to leave the bloc have not done so.
French revolution? French interior minister shifts Right and wants ‘referendum on migration’
"Migration is a phenomenon that has turned French society upside down for the last 50 years, but the French people were never allowed to speak out over it," he said.
Italian opposition accelerate plans to ease citizenship rules
Pro-immigrant groups and opposition parties have collected enough signatures to trigger a referendum on easing Italy's stringent citizenship laws for foreigners,…
Pope to visit the faithful of Belgium, but not the EU institutions, faithful or not
Pope Francis will not visit the European institutions during his trip to Luxembourg and Brussels, which will take place from September 26 to 29.
European Union: it has become illegal to fight illegal immigration
Neither the massive arrival of boats to the Canary Islands, the Solingen attack, nor the election results in Thuringia and Saxony are surprising or political earthquakes.