Dubliners fear police cannot defend them from criminals, Irish councillor says
Communities in Dublin have little confidence that Ireland's police can protect them from criminals, a councillor in the country has claimed.
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Has Sunak lost his marbles? It takes major league ineptness to turn a ritualistic Greek demand for the return of the Parthenon Friezes into a diplomatic incident
British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is so floundering, so out of his depth and at the end of his time that the basics of diplomacy are impossible for him to grasp.
Ireland desperately needs a properly Irish Conservative party: Here’s how we might get it
You could look at a line-up – think of a police line-up – of everyone involved in last week’s riot in Dublin.
China tries ‘divide-and-conquer’ approach to EU with visa move ahead of Beijing-Brussels summit
In a surprise move, China has waived visas for citizens of the European Union's five largest economies, which analysts say is designed to split bloc members ahead…
Kallas’ ‘days are numbered’ as Estonia falls out of love with former star
One third of her Reform party abstained from re-electing her as its leader in a November 18 vote
Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki installs 14-day ‘charade’ government
Polish President Andrzej Duda has appointed a government headed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that is expected to last just days.
Sánchez and De Croo criticised after receiving praise from Hamas
The Prime Ministers of Spain and Belgium have been criticised at home and abroad following their visit to Israel after terror organisation Hamas praised what it…
Irish justice minister’s position ‘untenable’ after Dublin riots
Ireland's Minister for Justice Helen McEntee’s position is no longer tenable after the violence seen in Dublin on November 23, politicians from across the country's…
Dutch coalition government talks hit first bump on the road
Geert Wilders's attempt to lead a Dutch Government hit a setback on November 24 when Dilan Yesilgöz, leader of the Liberal centre-right VVD party, said the party's…
European Parliament splits over Spanish amnesty deal
Spain's left-wing coalition decision to pardon Catalan separatists has split the European Parliament.
Hungarian Government targets foreign money in ‘sovereignty bill’
Hungary's ruling Fidesz party filed a legislative package to Parliament calling for the criminalisation of foreign funding for political parties and the establishment…
Tusk shows no signs of having learnt why his party lost power in 2015 – however unlikely it now seems, history will repeat itself unless he changes tack
It was 2020 and the liberal Civic Platform (PO) was facing its biggest crisis when the presidential candidate Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska sunk so far in the polls…
Spain’s police detain three in probe into murder attempt on politician
Spanish police on Tuesday detained three people in their investigation into a murder attempt on the former head of Spain's conservative People's Party in Catalonia.
Chainsaw-flaunting President-elect moves Argentina away from China – but also Europe
The November 19 victory of flamboyant outsider Javier Milei in Argentina's presidential elections will cheer Europe's right-wing parties and pull Argentina away…
China’s President Xi asks Macron to help rebuild failing EU-Chinese relations
China’s President Xi Jinping has expressed hope that his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron will help rebuild his country's relationship with the European Union.
Hungary’s Orban erects billboards vilifying EU’s von der Leyen
Hungary's ruling party unveiled billboards vilifying European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen on Monday, the first time it has made her a personal target…
European Parliament members at loggerheads over Spanish rule of law
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Tusk party’s mayor bans pro-Palestine demonstration outside Israeli embassy
Warsaw’s mayor has banned a pro-Palestinian demonstration this weekend which was to finish outside the Israeli embassy, citing security concerns and anti-Semitism…
Conservatives and Liberals form new Luxembourg coalition government
Luxembourg's two largest parties reached a final accord on forming a new government yesterday evening.
Eyeing role in government, Wilders softens up on Islam
Eyeing a possible government role after next week's Dutch elections, Islam critic Geert Wilders is toning down his views on the religion.
Timmermans’ chance of becoming next Dutch PM ‘not very big’
Former EU climate commissioner Frans Timmermans will face a harder race than expected to become Dutch PM in nine days, says a leading Amsterdam journalist.
Make no mistake, the EU is building an empire. Putin has given it the excuse all imperial projects need
There is more than one way to hide an empire. Rule number one, never call it an empire.
Pope meets Gibraltar’s leaders at the Vatican
The Pope met with Gibraltar's chief minister and governor, saying its interfaith harmony must be "conserved and preserved".
Orban says Ukraine EU membership talks ‘should not start’ yet
Ukraine is “in no way ready” to join the EU, says Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán.
New Polish parliamentary majority signs detail-lite coalition agreement
The four political parties making up Poland's incoming government signed a detail-light agreement permitting Donald Tusk to become prime minister.
Brussels enters Catalan amnesty battle: ‘serious concerns’ about draft law
European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has written to Spain’s acting government expressing “serious concerns” over a potential new amnesty law for Catalan…
AfD MEP calls party’s ‘extremist’ label a ‘de-legitimation strategy’
German domestic intelligence classified the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt branch as an extremist group on Tuesday, which an AfD MEP called a cynical ploy to hurt the party's…
Russia looms large as Serbia heads towards early elections
Serbia and Russia have grown closer since Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Melenchon sanctions his own MP for calling his party ‘undemocratic’
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, founder of France's left-wing La France Insoumise party, has sanctioned one of his own MPs for calling his party undemocratic.
Tusk has to wait as Polish President gives PiS a chance
Poland's President Andrzej Duda has invited sitting prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his PiS party to form a government, rather than Donald Tusk.