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European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has joined forces with the Belarusian United Democratic Forces in condemnation of Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko's…
Officers of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex have been granted permission to aid the Belgian police with border controls and deportations.
If one views the Arab-Israeli conflict through the ongoing campus protests at US universities, one could easily get the impression that Israel might be winning militarily,…
Daniel Caspary, delegation leader with Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), says his party wants a renewed pact with the European Parliament's centre-left…
Macron argued that the only way to combat such a deadly spirit - which he classified as Thanatos, seemingly in reference to neo-Freudian thought and the Greek mythological…
If Ursula von der Leyen fails to secure a majority vote in the European Parliament in the next election for President of the Commission, Greek PM Mitsotakis could…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a €1 billion support package for Lebanon in a bid to help Beirut quell the stream of migrants…
French President Emanuel Macron has floated the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine if defensive lines collapse.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has put pressure on the Georgian Government after pro-European Union protests in the country descended into violence.
The fact that we are living at a time of increasing historical and strategic illiteracy, including among political leaders and so-called experts, can hardly be disputed.
What some regard as overzealous European Union regulation risks casting a cloud over citizens’ summertime plans to relax with a refreshing drink or two.
A European pro-abortion activists' petition entitled My Voice, My Choice: For Safe And Accessible Abortion has already reached nearly 100,000 signatures in little…
The European Union is "throwing out" its own rulebook to enable the accession of Ukraine into the bloc, an influential policy expert in Hungary claimed.
The European Union has launched a video campaign ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections, aiming to galvanise voters, especially the young, with the aim…
As many as a million Russians fled abroad in the first year of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
EU countries have collectively overtaken China in terms of military spending, a new report has found, with overall expenditure surging worldwide.
In a scathing conclusion, the Austrian interior ministry said "the complexity of the situation" highlighted the "need for a nuanced understanding" of the issue not…
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Facebook owner Meta for allegedly breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA).
The union needs "between €650 and 1,000 billion per year more" a year to invest in defence and decarbonisation, Macron said, arguing that "we must succeed in doubling…
Von der Leyen appeared alongside seven rival candidates from various EU political groups, many of whom wish to seize the top European Commission job from her following…
The leader of the Spanish opposition has accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of “working behind the scenes to foment a regime change” in Spain.
You would think a European leader spooked by the prospect of transactional politics under a new Donald Trump administration might brush up on his bargaining skills…
The Belgian Government has acquired 23 office buildings from the European Commission for nearly €1 billion through its sovereign wealth fund SFPIM.
The European Council has adopted three pieces of legislation designed to reform the European Union’s economic and fiscal governance framework.
French voters will use the European Parliament elections in June to express their dissatisfaction with French President Emmanuel Macron, research has found
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has sharply criticised the European Union for failing to provide military assistance it had promised to Ukraine.
The head of the European Union's EIB lending arm has called on the bloc's member states to scrap a spending cap currently imposed on the development bank.
The French nuclear arsenal, consisting of roughly 300 operational nuclear warheads, could be shared as part of an EU defence deal, Macron has argued.
Turkey has told allies that it will back the candidacy of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to be NATO's next secretary-general, a Turkish official said on Monday,…
Strack-Zimmermann questioned von der Leyen's suitability for a second term in a speech at a party conference in Berlin on April 27
