EU officials push youngsters to counter ‘populist’ surge
EU officials are rallying young voter turnout in the hopes of countering a potential surge of Europe's "populist" movements.
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Von der Leyen’s ‘reluctance to debate damages democracy’
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been criticised by the European Greens group over her aversion to debate.
Belgium to probe alleged Russian interference in EP elections
Belgian prosecutors are looking into possible Russian interference in the upcoming European Parliament elections in June following findings provided by intelligence…
Hard-right ‘could win 30 per cent of MEP seats’
The hard-right could end up with nearly one-third of all European Parliament seats following the June elections, according to a leading Belgian Socialist Party candidate.
Orban’s new challenger gets green light to run at European elections
A former ally of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Peter Magyar, registered a party late on April 11 to run in the European elections in June, setting out…
ECJ rules in favour of Russian oligarchs and removes EU sanctions
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the European Union has to remove Russian oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven from the EU sanction list.
UK’s Labour Party in a quandary over EU ahead of national elections
Leader of the UK’s Labour Party opposition Sir Keir Starmer came under fire after being forced to deny claims he planned to re-enter a customs union with the European…
Meloni kicks off high-stakes campaign to rewrite Italy’s Constitution
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has officially launched her controversial campaign to change Italy's Constitution.
Left and Right agree as EP election guidelines receive rare cross-party support
In a rare display of unity, all 10 of the European Union's bloc-wide political parties endorsed a European Commission-backed code of conduct for the 2024 European…
AfD backs MEP candidate Bystron over bribery denials in ‘Russian influence scandal’
Petr Bystron, a German Bundestag MP and number two on the AfD's European Parliament June 9 election list, has told his party he categorically denies bribery allegations…
Opposition PiS edges Polish PM Tusk’s ruling coalition in local elections
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s coalition alliance KO failed to beat the Conservatives (PiS) in the regional elections held on April 7.
Pellegrini victory means clear path for Fico’s policy agenda, but more clashes with Brussels
The election of PM Robert Fico's ally Peter Pellegrini as Slovakia's president means Fico now faces a much easier path taking Slovakia in his preferred direction.
Internal report finds Dutch left-liberal D66 party ‘too pedantic’ and ‘too woke’
In the Dutch elections in November last year, the left-liberal D66 got hammered and lost most of its seats in Parliament.
Polish foreign minister says NATO can outlast Russia in Ukraine war
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski, speaking after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers, had a clear message for Russia: “As the North Atlantic Alliance,…
Spanish Government rejects new Catalan independence vote proposal
“Do you want Catalonia to be an independent State?
‘Former Irish soldiers training Libyan warlord troops’, in apparent violation of UN and EU arms embargo
Media and military experts claim that a group of former Irish soldiers have been training “rogue” Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar’s troops over the past year.
Top German liberal MEP ‘regrets’ support for Von der Leyen’s first EC presidency bid
The delegation leader for Germany’s liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) told Brussels Signal he regretted supporting European Commission President Ursula von…
Dutch Socialists and Greens mull fusing parties into one new force
Dutch Socialist Party (PvdA) and the Green Party (GroenLinks) are pushing the idea of cementing a union in what could be a fundamental shift in the country's politics.
Separatism: Spain’s never-ending issue
It is nearly seven years since politicians in Catalunya declared their region's independence from Spain, the short-lived announcement being almost immediately annulled…
Spain ‘to recognise Palestinian statehood before summer’ amid ongoing EU division
The Spanish Government is making its support of Palestine known ahead of the European Parliament elections on June 9.
Two thirds of Poles oppose adoption of the euro, poll shows
According to a survey released over the Easter weekend an overwhelming majority of Poles oppose entry into the common-currency Eurozone, preferring to keep the Polish…
Czech intelligence service uncovers ‘Russian influence operation’ targeting EU elections
Czech intelligence services have accused politicians of accepting payments from a Russian influence operation, according to Czech and German media.
Greek government survives no-confidence vote, but anger swells after reports of rail crash ‘cover-up’
The vote, 159 votes to 141, follows claims from both the Left and the Right that the government engaged in a cover-up to protect certain politicians connected to…
Spain was hours from banning Telegram because judge ‘did not know what it was’
Spain, which was at the point of banning the Telegram app this week, backtracked on the decision after searches for VPNs skyrocketed.
Sweden Democrats set to double its MEPs, say pollsters
With three MEPs in the current European Parliament, the Sweden Democrats look set to double the number to six in the June elections.
Dutch MP Baudet threatens to punch Green colleague in the face
Parliamentary debates in the normally staid Netherlands are becoming more feisty of late, with Thierry Baudet of the Forum for Democracy (FvD), threatening March…
Italy’s EU elections: What you need to know
The predicted rise of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) appears likely to provide Commission President Ursula von der Leyen a tempting opportunity…
For Italy’s PM Meloni and Salvini’s right-wing Lega, migration is vote-hunting territory
For both Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her “frenemy” coalition partners to the Right, June's European Parliament election will be largely about migration.
Rising gangland violence puts Sweden’s political parties at odds
There are 62,000 people who are either active in, or have connections to, gang networks in Sweden according to the country's National Police Commissioner, Petra…
European Commission publishes ‘disinformation’ guidelines for Big Tech
There are "systemic risks online that may impact the integrity of elections", the European Commission has warned