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While he is expected to profile himself as saviour of his troubled homeland, the frequent clashes with von der Leyen are said to be the real motive for the switch.
The European Commission is considering the possibility of imposing limits on the farming of certain types of chickens, it has confirmed.
The European Commission has distanced itself from leaked plans aimed at undermining Israeli control of parts of the West Bank.
The European Union must take action against the forced sterilisation of disabled people within the bloc, an MEP has said.
On September 12, Onno Aerden was installed as the new spokesman for Pieter Omtzigt and his newly formed New Social Contract (NSC) party in the Netherlands.
Polish economic development minister Waldemar Buda said a decree for Poland to unilaterally extend the grain embargo on Ukraine beyond the European Commission’s…
Anti-Semitism is becoming en vogue again in Europe, and once again the far Left and the far Right found their common ground: Hatred towards Israel and everything…
Arena said she wanted to reach out to her voters who "trusted the causes I championed.
The European Union has lashed out at Moscow for holding Russian elections in occupied parts of Ukraine.
Around 200,000 men have managed to avoid Ukraine's draft by fleeing to Germany, official government statistics appear to show.
Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly addressed the anti-corruption measures taken as a result of the Qatargate scandal and found that too little had been done.
The European Union has openly predicted that Germany's economy will end 2023 in recession, with Eurocrats shrinking growth estimates for the entire bloc on September…
The European Committee of the Regions, in collaboration with the Free State of Saxony, has introduced the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance (ESRA), a political…
The European Commission has “no position” on an extension of the Ukraine grain ban, only five days before it is to due expire.
The European Commission is not planning any Big Tech crackdown despite a ruling by the Luxembourg Court of Justice (ECJ) banning tracking under certain circumstances.
A Belgian TV show aired on the evening of September 8 has raised eyebrows after participants were transformed into unrecognisable drag queens.
Tusk's Civic Platform party-led alliance has accused a number of ruling Polish officials of engaging in criminal activity, up to and including violating the country's…
The European Commission has been caught falsely claiming that a EU-backed project can create any kind of food "literally from thin air".
The European Parliament has added the “controversial” kiss at the FIFA Women's Football World Cup Final on August 20 to its list of items to be debated at Strasbourg's…
Russia "will be pleased if Georgia fails in joining the European Union", EU foreign minister Josep Borrell told press in the Caucasian country’s capital, Tbilisi,…
As an end-of-summer holiday, it was unexpected - and decidedly welcome.
The European Commission has insisted that it is working to get Palestine's Islamist-leaning government to accept LGBTQI+ rights.
The declaration is an opening salvo ahead the 2024 European Parliament elections, as the Parliament's third-biggest group assembled in Vienna to decide its party…
Some 50 rabbis from throughout Europe have denounced the use of the term "genocide" to describe the activities of Azerbaijani forces towards Armenians living in…
Climate extremists threw cream cakes at Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary in Brussels on September 7.
Belgium’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib wants European Union enlargement to be prioritised during the six-month Belgian Presidency of the Council of…
The centre-right European People's Party (EPP) has lambasted a warning letter sent by the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Group to European Commission President Ursula…
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government is coming under fire from both the Left and Right over its new immigration reform bill.
The European Union will continue providing Uganda with aid despite the East African country's new anti-gay law, the European Commission has confirmed.
Marion Maréchal announced on September 6 that she will head the list of right-wing firebrand Éric Zemmour, leader of the Reconquête! (R!
