Breton is back: France approves outgoing Commissioner for second term
Breton had been Commissioner for Internal Market during the last legislative session, with the Frenchman pushing through two important pieces of digital legislation:…
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Patriots demand answers over ‘disgusting’ plan to censor Musk’s X
The Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament has demanded that the European Commission provide details of what it claimed was a "disgusting" plan to…
Aiming for EU membership, Moldova plans Transnistria reintegration
Moldova is trying to advance Transnistria's economic and political reintegration.
France recognises Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara
French President Emanuel Macron has recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Saraha region, thus fuelling political tension with Algeria.
Meloni responds sharply to Von der Leyen on freedom of expression in Italy
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been quick to respond to the rule-of-law report published by the European Commission, which accused her of eroding freedom…
In Depth: EU leaders shift to security over environmental concerns
The 2024-2029 Strategic Agenda, crafted in 2023 and endorsed in June 2024 by European Union leaders, has offered a glimpse into the bloc's forthcoming priorities.
Slovakia threatens to halt diesel supply to Ukraine
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to halt diesel deliveries to Ukraine if Kyiv does not resume the transit of oil via Ukraine to Slovakia from Russian…
Working classes of Europe are treated with contempt by ideologues of the EU
When Josef Stalin settled on the Oder-Neisse line as the boundary between the Soviet bloc and what would become the NATO-dominated free Europe, the last outcome…
French communication networks victims of ‘sabotage’
In several places in France, vandals have destroyed installations belonging to telephone operators SFR, Free and Bouygues.
‘Hungary should leave the EU and NATO and ally with Russia’ says Polish minister
Polish deputy foreign minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski has said that Hungary could leave both the European Union and NATO and “create a union with Putin…
Puigdemont pledges ‘imminent return to Spain’
The exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, has promised to return to Spain.
Seine still too dirty to swim in despite Macron’s ‘anti-poop plan’
The Seine in Paris is still too dirty to swim in despite French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to reduce the amount of excrement-related contaminants in the river.
France’s Darmanin links far-left to Olympics TGV sabotage
Militant far-left activists could have been behind the sabotaging of France's high-speed rail, interior minister Gérald Darmanin has said.
Macron tells us this is France now, like a gay club in San Francisco in 1980
In the midst of the rain-soaked opening ceremony of the Olympics, President Macron tweeted: "This is France." He was right, though perhaps not in the way he intended.
EU warns Slovakia against foreign agent law for NGOs
The European Commission has warned Slovakia that it will take immediate legal action if the government pushes ahead with a proposed law requiring NGOs that receive…
Belorussian TV interviews German ‘terrorist’ sentenced to death
Rico Krieger, a German man who's been sentenced to death in Belarus, has featured in a TV interview on Belorussian national TV, where he confessed guilt and begged…
Nordic MEPs promise ‘Conservative revival’ in Brussels
Nordic members of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament have promised a revival of more traditional Conservative politics…
Ukraine ‘blackmailing’ Hungary and Slovakia with oil shutdown, Budapest claims
Ukraine is attempting to "blackmail" Slovakia and Hungary with an oil embargo over both countries' positions on Russia's invasion, Budapest has claimed.
Poland: Tusk’s Ukrainian beautician causes a stir
A Ukrainian beautician has been working for Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his party, Civic Platform (PO), while being a member of an organisation that successfully…
As Olympics due to start, French high-speed train system ‘under massive attack’
Just hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in France, the TGV network, the country's intercity high-speed rail service, has apparently been deliberately…
German ministry mistakenly targets CHANEL in Islamic extremism purge
In its clampdown on Islamic extremists in Germany, the country's interior ministry has targeted several Islamic centres, a mosque, and their affiliated online media…
Weimers demands MEP Strik be punished for ‘racist’ jibe
"Her intervention is completely inexcusable.
EC takes three Member States to court alleging failure to protect human rights
The European Commission has decided to take Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechia to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), accusing them of failing to implement European…
Wilders target of disgusting packages campaign
Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch hard-right Freedom Party (PVV), has been the victim of a revolting campaign.
German army recruits thousands of minors
In the past five years, the German army, the Bundeswehr, has recruited a total of 7,681 people younger than 18, which the hard-left Die Linke party described as…
Poland ‘will not let Ukraine join EU until massacre issue is resolved’
Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has said his country will not agree to Ukraine becoming a member of the European…
Beijing angry as EU slaps tariffs on Chinese biodiesel
Officials in Beijing have expressed their displeasure after the European Union imposed new tariffs on imported Chinese biodiesel.
Cyprus: 50 years after the invasion, is reunification such a good idea?
Fifty years have passed since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
Can Europe defend itself ‘without’ the US?
The prospect of a second Donald Trump presidency and, in particular, his recent pick of JD Vance as vice-presidential candidate have further increased the sense…
The Euro MPs who landed on the ‘right side’ of the Parliament’s cordon sanitaire
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group has remained unaffected by the cordon sanitaire applied to other blocs in the European Parliament.