Latest reporting and analysis on politics.
A cancelled cut of the tax on electricity is causing friction between Germany’s Conservatives (CDU) and Social Democrats (SPD) who formed a coalition government…
The latest public opinion survey on Polish attitudes towards Ukraine has revealed that only 35 per cent of Poles support Ukraine’s accession to the EU and 37 per…
NATO countries have agreed to vastly ramp up their defence spending to satisfy US President Donald Trump.
A German court fined on June 25 the domestic football association DFB €130,000 in a tax evasion case linked to suspicious payments around the 2006 World Cup.
A cross-party group of MEPs has urged the European Union to help companies extricate themselves from long-term contracts with Russian energy providers.
US airstrikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months, according to one initial US intelligence assessment.
Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs Simon Harris announced that Ireland will ban the import of goods originating from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories,.
Rarely in recent years has the tendency of Western European and Canadian leaders to bustle about international crises, inflicting mindless pieties about “cease-fires”…
JURI, the Committee on Legal Affairs in the European Parliament, has voted to pursue legal action against European Commission President von der Leyen's €150 billion…
MEPs have urged the Slovenian Government to do more to remember victims of Communism.
This week marks the latest NATO summit.
The city government of Berlin has agreed to abolish a law which forbids schoolteachers from wearing Islamic headscarves in school.
Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin has launched his own political movement - Humanist France.
Today, 24 June, is St John the Baptist’s Day.
A German court on June 24 overturned a ban on the "far-right Compact magazine", which had been imposed by the government last year.
Canada and the European Union signed a defence and security pact as the transatlantic partners sought to better confront Russia, with worries over US reliability…
When and if President Trump addresses the NATO conference that begins in The Hague today, I trust that he’ll announce the withdrawal of the US from the alliance.
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activists carried out co-ordinated action against two Belgian companies —OIP in Tournai and Syensqo in Haren — accusing them of…
France, once the steady top performer of the eurozone, has fallen behind.
Last month saw police raids in France and Belgium meant to crack down on Europe’s vast illegal drug problem.
Stefan Niehoff, 64, whose home was raided last November after he reposted an “insulting” meme on X, has been found guilty on “speech crime” charges and fined…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has gone on the record questioning the result of the presidential elections and threatened that prosecutors may be used in any…
Csaba Lantos, Hungary’s Minister for Energy, tells Brussels Signal that plans by the EU for a full embargo on Russian energy will lead to a price explosion across…
Europe's shifting ties with Asia have aggravated its growing defence production crisis, as shortages of key chemical inputs including nitrocellulose threaten to…
Officers of the Central Operational Unit of the Spanish Civil Guard have searched the the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) HQ in Madrid to retrieve…
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Tehran to de-escalate and "exercise the utmost restraint" after US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in a call with his…
Pro-Palestinian activists broke into the UK's largest air force base in southeast England and vandalised two planes in an act condemned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer…
Italy held five referendums on labour rights and migration policy on June 8th and 9th.
The Dutch Green Left and Labour Party (GL-PvdA), which formed a "unity list" under the leadership of Frans Timmermans, has demanded an embargo on parts used by Israel's…
In Patmos, where the Evangelist John foresaw a “mark” controlling trade, a shopkeeper scans her phone to pay taxes.
