Is Tusk a Pole or a European? Now he demands the EU lets him bar migrants
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‘Show same respect to Poles as you do to Germans’, Polish foreign minister tells Ukraine
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has asked Ukraine to pay Polish victims of the Second World War Volhynia massacre the same respect it has paid to Germany…
‘Nothing can be done’ in French parliament without National Rally support, Bardella says
It is impossible to achieve anything in the French parliament without the support of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN), party leader Jordan Bardella has said.
EU condemns all attacks on UN missions, foreign policy chief Borrell says
Brussels has condemned all attacks against United Nations missions in a statement published by outgoing foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Brexit reversal talks could start in 10 years, New Labour’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ says
A senior British Labour peer and former European Commissioner for Trade has broken ranks on Brexit, suggesting talks on reversing the United Kingdom's exit from…
German government threw €50 million at failed hydrogen train fleet
A prestigious train project in Germany, aimed at introducing a fleet of hydrogen-powered locomotives to the railway system, has fallen flat despite over €50 million…
More like Ellis Island: Italy’s migrant-processing centres are not Guantanamo Bay
My great-grandfather left Italy in 1921 to sail to the United States.
Tusk to axe Belarus border asylum claims in bid to ‘regain control’
" “I will demand recognition of this decision in Europe because we know very well how Lukashenko, Putin, people smugglers use this right to asylum contrary to…
European Parliament ends free e-vehicle charging
MEPs will from December have to pay to charge their electric cars as part of a European parliament decision to "save energy".
Author Harari warns Europe risks becoming a ‘data colony’ of US and China
Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli university history lecturer and best-selling author of popular science books, has said Europe is at risk of becoming a "data colony"…
French interior minister aims to scrap illegal migrant regularisation scheme
French interior minister Bruno Retailleau has announced plans to abolish the country's 2012 migrant regularisation programme.
Cities and regions on warpath against Brussels over EU funds centralisation
Local governments across the European Union are on the warpath amid attempts by Brussels to further centralise its control over cities and regions in the EU.
Orbán in the European Parliament: just one adult in the room
If anyone wanted to witness a chemically-pure concentration of all the ailments afflicting the Western political class, they could not have been better served than…
‘Stay Calm’: Strasbourg plenary ends in chaos after train locomotive ‘explodes’
The European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg ended in chaos on October 10, with EP staff begging Eurocrats to "please stay calm" after a locomotive appeared…
France’s belt-tightening budget aimed at reining in debt, finance minister says
France's belt-tightening budget will attempt to regain control over the country's "colossal" debt burden, Finance Minister Antoine Armand has said.
Riots in France’s Martinique lead to death, police injuries and a burned-down precinct
Tension has risen in the French Caribbean island of Martinique amid rioting and arson attacks.
Absorbing Ukraine will make EU more powerful, Cohesion Commissioner claims
The commissioner said she did not believe that "Europe would be weakened by these enlargements" because "we have a larger internal market, a more prosperous EU and…
Azeri’s Aliyev: brutal, murderous but the West says, ‘Look at all his luscious oil’
In principle, we do not like autocrats. We also clearly condemn ethnic cleansing practices.
EC President von der Leyen promises Moldovans cash ahead of EU referendum
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on Moldovans to vote in an October 20 referendum on joining the European Union, promising the…
Hungarians in furious row over EPP’s Magyar in Strasbourg
Amidst the spat Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is having with the EU bubble, there is another, even more bitter fight unfolding, between Orbán and his former…
EP leaders rejig Commissioner hearings to avoid working holiday
The leaders of the European Parliament have rejigged their provisional schedule for the European Commissioner-designate hearings next month to avoid working on a…
Macron’s ally faces ‘perjury’ allegations over collusion controversy
The office of France's National Assembly has referred former minister Aurore Bergé to the courts following accusations of "perjury and false testimony" in a case…
Auditors scold EU spiralling error rate in spending and EU debt of €458.5 billion
While the allowable threshold is 2 per cent, the error rate has risen to almost three times this number, namely 5.6 per cent.
Sweden police investigate shooting near Israeli target
Swedish police said on Thursday they were investigating a shooting near an Israeli target in the city of Gothenburg, which the national broadcaster said was a unit…
Pot, black: Germany’s dodgy infrastructure leaves no space to attack Hungary’s spending
Germany's dodgy infrastructure spending has been put under the spotlight after politicians in the country used similar examples to claim Hungary was corrupt.
Kyiv to launch Ministry of Unity aimed at solving demographic crisis
Ukraine's demographic crisis, with a flood of its people leaving, threatens to destroy the country's future, a UN executive has warned.
Poland’s Law and Justice party to merge with Eurosceptic ally
Poland's largest opposition party, the Conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, is to merge with the smaller Sovereign Poland party.
Regions call on commission to review 2025 climate targets as they are ‘impossible to achieve’
"If the energy transition is not backed by sufficient investment and is not properly governed, there may be considerable risks to the competitiveness and resilience…
Turkey blocks instant messaging platform Discord
Turkey has blocked access to the instant messaging platform Discord following a court decision after the platform refused to share information demanded by the…
To see what Putin’s 2022 invasion means, look to 1494
The French invasion of Italy in 1494 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, although divided by centuries, bear uncanny parallels.