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France's Green Party leader Marine Tondelier has accused Jean-Michel Aulas, a former football club president turned politician, of copying US President Donald Trump’s…
Germany has recalled its ambassador to Georgia amid an escalating conflict with the government the Caucasus country.
Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki has signalled he will not sign into law the ruling centre-left coalition’s bill that would allow unmarried partners, including…
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer-SD Party has been formally expelled from the Party of European Socialists (PES) in the European Parliament.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu today survived two separate no-confidence votes in the French National Assembly.
With the plethora of news happening across the West – and indeed, across the world – you may have missed a seemingly small story out of the Netherlands this…
Germany’s political leadership is in turmoil after a discussion on the reintroduction of compulsory military service became the latest crisis for the government…
The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government is planning to introduce a lottery system for compulsory military service.
A major trade union protest has taken place in Brussels. Tens of thousands showed their opposition to possible cuts by the Belgian Government.
Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk, ideologically poles apart, are set to clash over judicial reforms aimed at purging thousands…
Déja-vu? France’s freshly reappointed Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has unveiled his new government as opposition leaders began plotting its downfall.
French President Emmanuel Macron is holding emergency talks with party leaders at the Élysée Palace in a last-ditch bid to form a government.
French President Emmanuel Macron was racing to find a new prime minister within a two-day deadline after the resignation of outgoing premier Sébastien Lecornu tipped…
At the heart of the West’s strategic approach to Russia – insofar as there is such a thing – lies a major fallacy.
The collapse of the Lecornu government in the French National Assembly, the fourth government to fail in the last year, raises disturbing resonances of the parliamentary…
The joint leader of Poland’s opposition Confederation party said he was against the Ukrainian minority in the country having its own representation in the Polish…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was opposed to deporting a Ukrainian man detained in Poland on suspicion of being involved in the blowing up of the Nord…
The news from Prague unsettles Brussels. Andrej Babiš is back, prime minister once more.
The victory of Czech populist leader Andrej Babiš' ANO party in Saturday’s elections did more than confirm the populist trend throughout Europe.
Poland has transferred to Ukraine a 16-year-old Ukrainian who was allegedly involved in organising terrorist attacks for Russia.
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament will not impose a voting line on their members for the censure motions against President…
French President Emmanuel Macron has given resigned prime minister Sébastien Lecornu two days to salvage his administration.
Austrian members of the Liberal Renew Europe group say they will not support two no-confidence motions tabled against European Commission President Ursula von der…
I don’t trust the overwhelming, unanimous indignation, nor the sea of Palestinian flags unfurled on land, sea, and air at film festivals, in stadiums, cycling…
A few days ago, Polish Sejm Marshal Szymon Hołownia, the speaker of the lower house, asked in the parliamentary chamber whether Prime Minister Donald Tusk wanted…
A former aide to German lawmaker Maximilian Krah was jailed for four years and nine months on September 30 on charges of spying for China.
In 1917, while Germany fought Russia in a devastating conflict, revolutionary conditions erupted within the Russian Empire, ultimately toppling the Tsarist regime…
Russia on Wednesday dismissed claims that it breached NATO's airspace as "hysteria", a day after US President Donald Trump said the allies should shoot down Russian…
October is right around the corner. In Tallinn, the snow is getting impatient, ready to fall. In Vienna, the sturm wine has arrived and is being eagerly poured.
Danish police said Tuesday that whoever was responsible for flying large drones over Copenhagen airport appeared to have been knowledgeable, as flights resumed in…
