Italy Deputy PM Salvini signals shift away from Trump but faces internal resistance
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and League party leader Matteo Salvini is reconsidering his political alignment with US President Donald Trump.
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Polish MP unfurls Israeli flag with swastika in parliament
Konrad Berkowicz MP, who sits in the Polish parliament for the right-wing Confederation Party, displayed an Israeli flag marked with a swastika during his speech…
‘Road maintenance overlooked in debates on CO2 emissions,’ say roadmakers
Poorly maintained roads are costing Europe billions, boosting emissions and endangering lives, according to industry leaders and policymakers.
Trump launches public attack on Meloni over Iran war, NATO and Vatican row
US President Donald Trump has launched an unusually sharp public attack on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, marking a notable deterioration in relations between…
Pro-Russian festival in Italy triggers EU pressure on Meloni over Russian media ban
Pina Picierno, Vice-President of the European Parliament and a senior member of Italy’s Democratic Party, has called on the Italian Government to strengthen enforcement…
Italy suspends defence co-operation with Israel amid criticism of wars in Iran and Lebanon
Italy has suspended its defence co-operation agreement with Israel following a sharp escalation in political tensions between the two countries
‘Greenpeace abusing EU’s Anti-SLAPP to escape accountability’, says Consumer Choice Centre
The US-based Consumer Choice Centre (CCC) has warned that activist groups risk turning the European Union’s new anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation)…
UK approves German takeover of Telegraph newspaper
The UK government today gave the green light for German media group Axel Springer to buy British newspaper The Telegraph, ending a drawn-out pursuit of the 170-year-old…
French state ditches US tech over data-grab fears
France is "reducing the state's extra-European digital dependencies" with its latest move to switch from Windows to Linux's operating system on ministries' workstations.
US outrage at Polish parliament Speaker calling Trump ‘irrational leader of chaos’
Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the Speaker of Poland’s parliament and leader of the Left Party, a coalition partner of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, has called US…
The piffle from von der Leyen: ‘The Union grows stronger’
Last weekend, on nearly opposite sides of the EU, two states revealed how the cumbrous juggernaut of the union is not working. No, sorry, cannot be made to work.
Soft democracy, no vote? Labour setting up UK to align with EU in string of sectors
Ministers in the UK Labour government are set to introduce a bill that would enable the country to align with evolving European Union regulations in selected areas…
Will Hungary’s PM elect Magyar keep promise on extraditing indicted Polish opposition politicians?
Peter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza party which won the Hungarian parliamentary election yesterday, has confirmed that he intended to make Warsaw the first international…
Harsh criticism of coalition partner creates rift in Germany’s ruling CDU party
A rift has opened up in Germany’s ruling Christian Democrat Union party (CDU) in recent days, following harsh words of criticism by economics minister Katherina…
Italian, US bishops defend pope after Trump’s outburst
Catholic bishops from the United States and Italy defended Pope Leo XIV after a blistering attack by US President Donald Trump, who accused the pontiff of being…
Former Berlusconi partner launches ‘Gay Conservatives’ initiative to bring LGBT representation into Italy’s right
Francesca Pascale, a former long-time partner of the late Italian tycoon and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, has launched a new initiative called “Gay…
Polish PM Tusk claims President Nawrocki and opposition a ‘Putin front’
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused the country’s President Karol Nawrocki and right-wing opposition parties of being part of a “Putinist front”,…
EU may suspend Venice Biennale funding over planned Russian participation
The European Commission has launched a procedure that could lead to the suspension or withdrawal of European Union funding for the Venice Biennale.
Hungary: Is it still possible to have a free and fair election in the EU?
The historic visit of JD Vance to Hungary (including to the Mathias Corvinus Collegium!) confirmed that hypocrisy is the native language of progressive elites.
Macron meets Pope Leo XIV for first time
French President Emmanuel Macron has met the new Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican for the first time.
In France, left-wing city officials raise pay, right-wing ones cut it
In Roubaix, the poorest city in France, where almost half the population lives below the poverty line (€1,288 per month), left-wing Mayor David Guiraud of La France…
EU-Israel agreement could be revised amid ‘disproportionate’ strikes on Lebanon, says France
France’s foreign ministry has said the European Union’s association agreement with Israel could be reopened for discussion in light of what it calls “disproportionate”…
EU lawmakers want to tax Big Tech to fund budget
EU lawmakers on Thursday demanded a European Union-wide tax on the world's biggest tech companies and online gambling sites to help fund the 27-country bloc's next…
German municipalities to get right of first refusal to keep right-wingers from buying property
Germany’s ministry of construction has submitted a new draft law that would give municipalities the right to buy up property rather than let it fall into the hands…
Italy PM suggests suspending EU spending rules over Iran war
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said today the European Union should consider temporarily suspending its strict spending rules if the Iran war and the resulting…
Polish ruling majority defies President taking oath of office from disputed judges
The Speaker of the Polish Parliament Włodzimierz Czarzasty accepted the taking of the oaths of office from four constitutional judges who were elected by parliament…
Fuel crisis: Governments and private sector profit while workers pay price
The European Union is witnessing growing fuel chaos as a temporary ceasefire in the Iran conflict, and the partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz briefly eased…
German MoD retracts demand for permission for foreign travel by men of military age
Days after a clause in Germany’s new conscription law sparked a wave of criticism, the country’s defence ministry has announced it was repealing the controversial…
Ukraine scales back NATO training because Ukraine is now the exporter of latest frontline lessons
The Ukrainian General Staff has significantly reduced its reliance on overseas training programmes in NATO countries, shifting the bulk of basic military preparation…
France divided over ‘Yadan Law’ anti-Semitism bill
A new bill to fight anti-Semitism in France is causing heated debate and a wave of public protest.