EU consumer sales rebound defies tariff tensions
European consumers are quietly rescuing EU growth — even while boycotting US brands.
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The problem of the State on the Right
One of the main ideological tensions on the so-called dissident Right – also known as the populist, nationalist or hard-right – concerns the role of the State.
Spain favours European options over US-made F-35 fighter jets
Spain has decided against purchasing US-made F-35 fighter jets and will instead opt for European-made options, the defence ministry said August 6, confirming a report…
Norway to review sovereign wealth fund’s Israeli investments
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has tasked his finance minister Jens Stoltenberg to investigate the country's sovereign wealth fund’s stake in Israeli…
French PM Bayrou’s budget-cuts video fuels anger
The French Prime Minister François Bayrou has launched a new video series aimed at defending his government’s €45 billion savings plan, fuelling widespread…
Greece’s national co-ordinator for EU funds resigns after police raid
Greece's national co-ordinator for European Union funds and women’s entrepreneurship, Kalliopi Semertzidou, has resigned following reports allegedly linking her…
Polish presidential inauguration puts new Conservative head of state against PM Tusk
Poland’s opposition Conservatives (PiS)-aligned new President Karol Nawrocki has, on his inauguration, thrown down the gauntlet to the centre-left coalition government…
Ukraine seeks €120m loan from Poland to buy Polish weapons
Ukrainian foreign minister Adrii Sybiha confirmed his country was seeking a €120 million loan to fund the purchase of Polish-produced weapons.
Israel and US slam Polish PM Tusk over Gaza-Israel comments
The Israeli Government and the US ambassador to Poland have attacked Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski for remarks…
EU spends €1 million to fight online ‘hate speech’ in South Sudan
South Sudan has received €1 million from the European Union to combat "hate speech" online.
Recognising Palestine shows ‘desperate weakness of judgment and purpose’
The movement initiated by France and slavishly followed by the United Kingdom and Canada to recognise a Palestinian state reveals the almost desperate weakness of…
NGOs look for plastics reduction treaty, without US if necessary
Countries from around the world are meeting in Geneva to try to agree on a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution.
Dutch are first to buy US arms for Ukraine under NATO scheme
The Netherlands will buy €500 million of US weapons for Ukraine, becoming the first NATO member to fund a full package under a new scheme to speed deliveries from…
India hits out at EU, US ‘targeting it over purchases of Russian oil’
India's foreign ministry said the European Union and US were "targeting" it due to its buying of Russian oil, adding that the moves were "unjustified" and that it…
European Commission’s complicity in Poland’s constitutional breakdown
The victory of Karol Nawrocki in the presidential election and his assumption of office due on August 6 constitutes a direct challenge to the mandate of Tusk’s…
Brigitte Macron ‘fuels anti-trans stigma’, claims LGBT rights activist
A prominent LGBT activist has accused France's First Lady, Brigitte Macron, of prejudice against transgender people by her pursuing legal action against those claiming…
UK bans Coinbase advert criticising country
The UK has banned a musical advertisement that sharply criticised the situation for much of the population in the country.
French MP slams Musk’s AI Grok for ‘spreading fake news’
French eco-socialist MP Aymeric Caron has accused Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok of being a “dangerous tool for misinformation” for falsely identifying an image…
Landmark ECJ rulings drastically expand migrants’ rights and limit State discretion
In two landmark decisions, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has significantly restricted how European Union member states manage asylum claims, delivering a setback…
Slovenia ‘first EU nation’ to ban weapons trade with Israel
Slovenia said it will ban all weapons trade with Israel over the war in Gaza in what it said was a first by a European Union nation.
New Ukraine law rules deportations from Communist Poland illegal
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law legislation that recognises ethnic Ukrainians expelled from Communist Poland after the Second World…
Iran growing threat to the West, governments warn
Iran was accused of increasing its hostile operations in the West by the US, several NATO allies and Austria.
Despite euro-fantasies, Trump, Xi and Putin do not regard the EU as a sovereign state
Much has been made of the lopsided deal Ursula von der Leyen struck with Donald Trump, which among other things traded zero tariffs on US goods for a 15 per cent…
EC retaliation on hold until Trump reveals details of trade deal
Brussels is delaying its €93 billion retaliation package against the United States, saying it must first see how US President Donald Trump implemented the terms…
MEP Piperea aims to sue EC chief over alleged ‘false accusations’ of Russian support
Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea said he would initiate legal action against against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen before the Court of Justice…
In trade as in defence, the US is strong and the EU is weak
The new US-EU trade deal has spawned a legion of critics who allege European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen cravenly capitulated in the face of American…
Poland mulls suspending visa-free Schengen access
Poland is considering the possibility of suspending visa-free travel for citizens of certain countries within the Schengen Area.
‘Screening failure’: French university expels Gazan student over alleged anti-Semitic posts
A Palestinian woman from Gaza has been expelled from France’s Sciences Po Lille after authorities accused her of allegedly posting anti-Semitic and pro-terror…
Wannabe “revolutionaries” need a serious plan
In Europe’s summer heat, talk of civil war and regime change is spreading like wildfire and reaching new heights of intensity every week.
Unlike Meta, Google signs EU AI Code of Practice but warns it could ‘cripple EU tech ambitions’
US tech giant Google has agreed to sign the European Union’s new AI Code of Practice.