EU to use ‘peace’ fund to back Albanian military
Brussels officials insisted the "peace" funding would take the form of "equipment not designed to deliver lethal force"
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Albania grants leave to jailed ethnic Greek mayor for European Parliament opening
Fredi Beleris, an ethnic Greek who won local elections in Albania but was arrested on charges of vote-buying, has been granted a five-day leave from prison to attend…
Japan warns its citizens over violent crime and drug wars in Germany
The Japanese Government has issued a warning to its citizens visiting Germany amid an uptick in violence and inter-gang drugs wars.
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…
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.
Finnish Parliament approves controversial border law on migrants
Finland has given the go-ahead to a controversial temporary bill empowering Finnish border guards to deny entry and return asylum seekers attempting to cross the…
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…
Threatened with death, Trump roars out, ‘Fight, fight’
There is still a lot of speculation about the wannabe assassin of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Trump-victory trades to swell after shooting, investors say
The shooting at US former President Donald Trump's election rally raises his odds of winning back the White House, and trades betting on his victory will increase…
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…
EU leaders defend Biden as US President comes under pressure to step down
European Union leaders have defended Joe Biden amid mounting pressure for the US President to abandon attempts to secure re-election later this year.
Zelensky ‘ready for second peace summit with Russia’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would be willing to hold a second peace summit, with Russia present this time, according to a leak from a Ukrainian official,…
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…
Our representative political system undermines itself by failing the people
With a long election period now behind us, we may ask ourselves: what do the recent European, British and French elections tell us about how democratic democracy…
France’s biggest union threatens protests unless Macron paves way for left-wing government
France's biggest trades union, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), has threatened national protests if President Emmanuel Macron refuses to call on the left-wing…
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…
AfD’s Höcke hit with criminal probe for allegedly ‘defaming’ Germany
Senior Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Björn Höcke has been hit with another criminal probe over accusations he "defamed" the State.
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"…
The end of ideological politics and the return to empire
These days election after general election only seems to confirm one thing: that ideological politics is dead, and with it, the modern era of politics, full stop.