EP’s Sovereigntists ‘will protect European identity and fight EU Green Deal’
The Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group in the European Parliament will work to protect "European identity" and fight to roll back the Green Deal, leaks from…
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Influencer-MEP puts von der Leyen’s future to the vote on X
Social media influencer-turned-MEP Fidias Panayiotou has let his followers choose whether they wanted to support Ursula von der Leyen as the head of the European…
Airbus and Thales ‘try again to merge space businesses’
Two European space technology giants, Germany's Airbus and France's Thales, are again in talks to merge their space activities, French weekly La Tribune has reported.
EU media blames ‘would-be despot’ Trump and Tea Party for assassination attempt
European media has taken to blaming the "authoritarian would-be despot" former US president Donald Trump and the now-defunct Tea Party movement for the July 13 assassination…
Nine out of 10 EU Jews experience anti-Semitism, says EU study
Nine out of ten Jews in the European Union have experienced anti-Semitism and most worry for their own safety, according to a new study.
German Christian Democrats and Greens ‘plotting new government coalition’, outlet claims
Bild - owned by media firm Axel Springer - claimed senior figures from both parties have held clandestine meetings, reportedly coinciding with a sudden thawing of…
EU using ‘illegal secret deals’ to censor social media, Elon Musk claims
The European Union is offering to make "illegal secret deals" with big tech companies to enable the censorship of social media, X boss Elon Musk has claimed.
Macron’s party in crisis; hard-left LFI splits ahead of new French government formation
Several prominent figures and leaders from the French hard-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) have announced the formation of their breakaway political movement,…
‘Cordon sanitaire’ for nationalists in European Parliament committees
The European Parliament will officially convene in its first session in Strasbourg on July 16 but the working committees have already been distributed among the…
EC warns X fines imminent over Musk’s ‘blue check’ changes
Senior European Commission officials are brandishing the threat of fines over changes made by Elon Musk to the "blue check" system used by his social media giant…
Macron: can’t lead France, so can’t lead Europe, and Scholz will not help
Happy electorates prefer a stable polity and vote for parties offering to preserve it.
French Left must ‘face reality’ over infeasible spending hikes
François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, has demanded left-wing policymakers "face reality" and understand further hikes in French spending…
Von der Leyen faces tough task as Metsola emerges as possible EC chief replacement
With a week to go before von der Leyen's future is voted on by the European Parliament, Berlaymont sources expect 15 per cent of her coalition MEPs to vote against…
EU forces changes to iPhone operating system
The European Union is to force through changes to Apple's iPhone operating system iOS to make it compatible with the bloc's anti-trust laws.
Slovak PM Fico’s party likely to remain out of EU parliament alliances
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on July 11 that his ruling party SMER-SSD would stay out of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Union…
Biden forges ties with new UK PM Starmer at NATO meeting in Washington
US President Joe Biden warmly welcomed Britain's new Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer at his first NATO meeting in Washington on the 75th anniversary…
Poland angry as Hungary blocks €2 billion ‘peace facility’ payments
Poland has reacted with frustration after Hungary blocked a payment of around €2 billion in European Union funds intended to compensate Warsaw for its military…
Germany and Baltics mull curtailing Hungary’s Council of the EU presidency, though majority support looks unlikely
Germany and the Baltic countries are discussing possible ways to take the presidency of the Council of the European Union away from Hungary, following a "peace"…
Overpaid? YouTuber MEP exposes European Parliament gravy train
MEPs' earnings are once again under scrutiny after an exposé published by influencer-turned-European Parliament member Fidias Panayiotou.
Polish Konfederacja split between Patriots and Sovereigntists in European Parliament
Polish right-wing populist alliance Konfederacja has reportedly split in the European Parliament, with half of its MEPs to join the new Europe of Sovereign Nations…
Slovak PM Fico returns to office after assassination attempt
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is back in office after surviving an assassination attempt in May.
German Left demands cordon sanitaire against Patriots for Europe
Germany's ruling left-wing parties demanded a cordon sanitaire against the newly founded Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament.
Welcome to the European Parliament, Patriots: now reform the unreformable
By the European Parliament’s soporific standards, it was as glamourous an event as you will ever witness.
Poland requests green tax exemption to help fuel Ukraine
Poland is to seek an exemption from European Union emission fees so that it can burn extra coal to supply Ukraine with electricity this winter.
EU freezes 30 million euros in aid to Georgia
The European Union's ambassador to Georgia said on Tuesday that the bloc had frozen 30 million euros in military aid to Georgia amid what he said was "a low…
Le Pen has had her time, now is the moment for a new National Rally leader
There is nothing sadder than an athlete who has overstayed their time.
Poland mulls shooting down Russian missiles over Ukraine
A security agreement signed by Poland and Ukraine has laid out plans for Polish air defences to shoot down Russian missiles suspected of approaching Poland even…
‘EU ammunition production vastly overstated,’ report finds
Their research indicated a substantial discrepancy between the EU's reported figures and the actual increase in munitions manufacturing capabilities.
Patriots for Europe launches as third largest EU Parliament group
RN representative Jean-Paul Garraudt said he believed they were now “more representative and more dynamic” than similar patriotic forces before.
Orbán’s ‘peace trips’ annoy Brussels leaders
EU leaders have expressed annoyance over "peace trips" to Ukraine, Russia and China undertaken by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.