EPP boss Weber interested in German coalition with Greens
Manfred Weber, president of the European People's Party (EPP), has said he is open to forming a government coalition with the Greens in Germany.
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Netherlands and Austria push for EU migrant return overhaul
Ahead of the upcoming European Council meeting on October 10-11, the Netherlands and Austria, backed by fifteen other Schengen area countries, have called on the…
NoName attacks websites of Belgian cities and provinces
Russian hackers are suspected of attacking Belgian local government websites after they mysteriously disappeared from the net on October 7.
Hungary wants to opt-out of EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact
In a letter sent to European Commissioner Yvla Johansson on October 7, the Hungarian government expressed its desire to opt out of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact,…
EU enlargement a ‘moral duty and ‘geopolitical necessity’, Eurocrat says
Speaking at the EU's Regions Week in the European capital, President of the Committee of the Regions, Portugal's Vasco Alves Cordeiro, emphasised that the EU must…
Ludicrous declarations of ‘human rights’ lead to this, unstoppable waves of migrants
The final joke of the brilliant British comedian, Bob Monkhouse, before he died ran: “Everybody laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
UK insists Gibraltar ‘not up for negotiation’ after Chagos surrender
The UK has insisted that it has no plans to let go of Gibraltar despite Prime Minster Keir Starmer's decision to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, an ally…
Trouble ahead? EU top court to hear Covid-era Pfizergate case against Commission
The European Court of Justice has announced a November 15 start date for the New York Times' Pfizergate legal case against the European Commission.
Georgia’s ruling party starts impeachment of pro-Western president before election
The speaker of Georgia's parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, said on October 7 that the ruling party lawmakers would move to impeach the pro-Western President Salome…
France’s hard-right National Rally kicks off campaign betting on early election
Three months after their defeat in the parliamentary elections, France's hard-right National Rally party officially kicked off a new political campaign on October…
Ireland-Israel tensions hit new high as Dublin refuses request to move UN peacekeepers
Tensions between Israel and Ireland have increased after Dublin refused a request from Jerusalem to move Irish United Nations peacekeepers stationed in Lebanon.
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.
Greta Thunberg has bad day in Brussels as police round-up climate radicals
The climate protestor Greta Thunberg had a weekend outing in Brussels which ended poorly, with an attempt by her and her allies to block a major roadway in the city…
EU court slaps down France’s ban on ‘veggie meat’ labels
The European Court of Justice ruled on October 4 that plant-based foods can continue to use terms traditionally associated with meat, such as "steak" or "sausage,"…
Court of Justice rules EU-Morocco trade agreements illegal over Western Sahara
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on October 4 that the European Commission breached the right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara by concluding…
Half of German welfare recipients non-citizens, data reveals
Nearly half of all recipients of welfare in Germany are non-citizens, government-sourced data has disclosed.
European Commission refers Hungary to EU Court of Justice over ‘sovereignty law’
Hungary claimed that it did not infringe EU law and that the concerns raised were unfounded.
Assange was ‘political prisoner’, says Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
A few months after his release from prison, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has recognised Julian Assange as a political prisoner.
Georgia defies EU, signs ‘anti-LGBTQ bill’
Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of Parliament in Georgia, has signed a controversial bill into law that opponents have described as "curbing LGBTQ rights", despite…
Macron: EU could be ‘killed’ by new ‘multipolar’ world order
The European Union could be "killed" by the rise of the new "multipolar" world order, French President Emmanuel Macron has claimed.
‘Incompetent’ WHO says alcohol ‘too cheap’, demands EU clampdown
As part of the campaign, the WHO detailed the tale of Yolanda, a Swedish poet and "trans-activists" who fights for so-called "queer spaces" free from harm due to…
EU to blame for own decline, senior Eurocrat admits
"It is the normal consequence of decisions that we took, or did not take, in the last thirty years."
Berlin police raid homes of five men on suspicion of ‘pro-Palestinian’ crimes
German authorities have raided the homes of five men suspected of involvement in "pro-Palestinian-motivated crimes" as part of a broader effort to crack down on…
Paris Olympics’ AI mass-surveillance system ‘to be made permanent’, media reports
The AI-powered mass-surveillance system put in place to protect the 2024 Paris Olympics is set to be made a permanent part of France's security infrastructure, according…
EU demands info from YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok on content algorithms
The European Commission requested information on October 2 from YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok on the parameters used by their algorithms to recommend content to users…
AfD representatives most likely targets of political violence
More than half of all recorded physical attacks on politicians in Germany have been against those from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, newly released data…
EU condemns Iranian missile attack on Israel
The European Union has "condemned" Iran’s ballistic missile strike on Israel and called for an immediate ceasefire across the Middle East.
Patriots announce legal battle against EU cordon sanitaire
The Patriots for Europe group has announced that they will wage a new legal battle against the cordon sanitaire in the European Parliament.
Dismay at ‘declining state of menswear in European Parliament’
Men's fashion bloggers and former MEPs have told Brussels Signal of their dismay at what they see as the standard of menswear declining faster in the European Parliament…
Tusk calls it ‘militant democracy’ as he rejects and violates decisions by the courts
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has now made it official: he and his government are applying the principles of “militant democracy” to defend liberal democracy…