Latest reporting and analysis on democracy.
The main opposition Conservatives have decided to ban party members from participating in associations, foundations, and other organizations of a political nature.
Brussels has said retaliatory measures would follow, weeks after Ouagadougou broke off relations with Paris.
Luxembourg rejects the European Commission's case against a law that keeps Prime Minister Sánchez in office, though Puigdemont's arrest warrant still stands.
Ouagadougou has offered no explanation for the move, which comes weeks after it broke with Paris.
It would be the first time a committee of any German parliament has examined the question in a public session.
The Prime Minister's two-thirds majority passed a constitutional amendment written to end the mandate of one named office-holder and gave Tamás Sulyok five days…
Despite Ziobro’s presence in the US, Polish prosecutors were still seeking a European arrest warrant against him.
Zsolt Hegedűs argued that acting within the law was not enough for a head of state.
The row erupted during an opposition rally in Naples organised to showcase unity among the parties.
Syriza faces a major crisis as many MPs defect to Alexis Tsipras's new party, leaving them at risk of losing their parliamentary group status ahead of upcoming elections.
According to a study, the EU funding for Cuba rose from about €50 million in the 2014-2020 budget to €125 million for 2021-2027.
Olly Robbins has requested a judicial review of the decision. He is being represented by the FDA union, which speaks for senior civil servants.
Under Ukrainian law, the prime minister's departure triggers the resignation of the entire government and must be approved by parliament.
Sulyok, elected in 2024 by a Fidesz-dominated parliament, has refused to resign and has referred the proposal to the Council of Europe's Venice Commission.
Public money is being used to celebrate one of the most ethically divisive pieces of legislation in recent French history.
Reform UK leader said parliamentary standards inquiries were being used as a political tool, and accused the media of harassing his family.
Any decision to deregister a party would require the absence of objection from Parliament or the Council.
Folarin Balogun's reprieve, granted after a call from Donald Trump, returned him to the US side, but Belgium knocked them out of a tournament long shadowed by FIFA's…
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, adopted the law on July 1 after it was submitted by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
He was one of ETA's longest-serving leaders and read out the statement announcing the group's disbandment in May 2018.
The Magyar government also wants to remove the sitting President and head of the Constitutional Court.
The BSW argued that the so-called firewall, the refusal of mainstream parties to cooperate with the right-wing AfD, was undemocratic and self-defeating.
Under current polling conditions, the centre-right would remain the favourite if Vannacci were incorporated into the governing alliance.
The most serious attack hit the Charilaou district at about 4.35am, where a fire thought to have been started by a gas canister spread to two cars and two motorcycles.
Kapiński, who was appointed by the opposition Conservatives (PiS) aligned President Karol Nawrocki.
“Europe needs a new direction — a Europe of free and sovereign nations, where decisions are taken as closely as possible to the citizens”.
Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has openly acknowledged a “terrible failure from the state, and of the justice system”.
PP and Vox say a citizenship law for the descendants of emigrants is being used to engineer a friendlier electorate before the next general election.
The GFF is funded by, among others, the Soros-backed Open Society Foundations.
Michael Meister, an AfD state parliamentarian, was violently attacked outside his home by two assailants, suffering serious injuries in a politically motivated assault.
