Big tech deboosted millions of posts during EU elections
Big Tech platforms limited the spread of millions of posts throughout the period of the European Parliament elections in June, newly released documents have confirmed.
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Poland’s state auditor claims 366,000 visas issued illegally
A Polish state audit office (NIK) report, leaked to the liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza, has alleged mass irregularities in the granting of 366,000 visas to Asians,…
Italian opposition accelerate plans to ease citizenship rules
Pro-immigrant groups and opposition parties have collected enough signatures to trigger a referendum on easing Italy's stringent citizenship laws for foreigners,…
France’s new interior minister vows immigration curbs in rightward shift
France is likely to see much tougher immigration and security measures to reflect a broad rightward shift in society, its new interior minister said in remarks hinting…
EU policy on Iran ‘expected to get tougher’
Alejo Vidal-Quadras visited the Brussels Signal studio to discuss the report 'Europe’s Failed Policy Towards Iran'.
Meloni outlines plan to avoid ‘inevitable decline of the West’
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has outlined her plan to save the West from "inevitable decline" at the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards in New York.
German SPD party members revolt against Scholz over border-control revamp
German Chancellor Scholz has been fending off a revolt from within his own party over the tougher line his government recently took on migration.
75% of French call Macron a ‘bad’ President
A poll published by Odoxa Institute has revealed that French President Emmanuel Macron's popularity has fallen to an all-time low - with 75 per cent of the French…
Does the cordon sanitaire still really exist?
For decades, the European establishment has drawn a cordon sanitaire (a sanitary cordon, meaning a refusal to deal with certain parties) around parties of the populist-right.
AfD claims to be ‘party of the future’ after big youth vote
While many analyses of Germany have tended to focus on East versus West, an equally telling divide has become evident between young people and their older compatriots.
Telegram update to let authorities access users’ data
Messaging app Telegram has updated its terms of service and privacy, indicating that the application is set to provide users' data to authorities.
Borrell: West must boost aid ‘to stop Russia plunging Ukraine into the dark’
Russia is trying to knock out Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of the winter to leave it dark and in the cold, the European Union's foreign policy chief Joseph…
Austrian parties split over dependence on Russian gas
When Austria holds its next general elections on September 29, the governing Conservatives (ÖVP) and Greens will join forces on energy issues, aiming to end a dependence…
Irish President accuses Israeli embassy of ‘leaking letter’ to Iranian counterpart
Irish President Michael D Higgins has claimed that a letter he wrote sending the incoming Iranian President "best wishes" was leaked by the Israeli embassy.
UK think-tank trashes Labour Government’s ‘EU reset’ as ‘sticking-plaster politics’
The UK Labour Government's much-trumpeted reset with the European Union has been dismissed by a leading think-tank as "not the product of a party which has thought…
Farage rules out constituency meetings over ‘knife-attack’ fears
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has ruled out holding in-person surgeries in his constituency until security measures are in place over fears of a knife attack.
France’s new interior minister vows to ‘restore order’
In his September 23 handover address, France’s newly appointed minister of the interior Bruno Retailleau vowed to "restore order" in the country.
Luxembourg minister Gloden urges Germany to minimise impact of new border controls
Léon Gloden, Luxembourg's Minister for Home Affairs, has called on German authorities to reduce the impact of recently implemented border controls.
Metsola has broken no rules, absolutely none…so what is that bad smell?
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, has been touched by two scandals in less than a month, both involving allegations of influence peddling and…
Polish foreign minister suggests ‘Crimea could be governed by UN’
Ukraine and its Tatar minority have reacted angrily to Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski’s remarks at the Yalta European Strategy Forum after he said…
France’s new right-wing government faces immediate turmoil
France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has revealed the new government's political orientation.
Right wins regional elections in Czechia, Greens obliterated
In the regional and Senate elections in the Czech Republic, the right-wing ANO (Action of Dissatisfied Citizens - Akce Nespokojených Občanů) party, a member of…
Socialists just top AfD to win Brandenburg State election
Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has come out on top in the Brandenburg State elections, narrowly beating the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), while…
Record 3.5 million asylum seekers now in Germany
Germany is experiencing record numbers of asylum seekers and refugees, with round 3.
Brussels forcing production of EV cars nobody wants, sales crash 70 per cent in Germany
Some bad news for the European Union's Green New Deal: sales of electric vehicles have declined 18 per cent across the Union, led by a 33 per cent retreat in France…
Sandu launches Moldova re-election bid, referendum campaign on joining EU
Pro-European President Maia Sandu staged a city centre rally on Friday to kick off her bid for re-election in a month-long campaign held alongside a referendum…
Belgium releases prisoners early to make room in jails
Belgium's prison system has announced the early release to 139 prisoners in a bid to combat overpopulation in the country's jails.
Kyiv bans the use of Telegram for Ukraine officials, citing security concerns
Ukraine's National Cyber Security Coordination Centre (NCC) has decided to ban the use of social media platform Telegram for officials, citing security concerns.
European Parliament finds right-wing majority on Venezuela vote as ‘cordon sanitaire’ cracks
The first cracks in the European Parliament's "cordon sanitaire," the refusal to work with hard-right parties, appeared on September 19 after a vote on democracy…
Pope to visit the faithful of Belgium, but not the EU institutions, faithful or not
Pope Francis will not visit the European institutions during his trip to Luxembourg and Brussels, which will take place from September 26 to 29.