German CDU members rally against coalition with hard-left leader Wagenknecht
A group of 40 German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politicians have expressed opposition to co-operating with the hard-left populist party of Sahra Wagenknecht…
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German State elections experiment suggests AI has leftist bias
According to an experiment by Swiss data journalists with the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, artificially intelligent chatbots are pro-veganism, anti-deportations…
PM Sánchez to give €35 million to Spain’s regions for lone migrant minors
The Spanish Government is set to disburse €35 million to its regions to support the reception of unaccompanied migrant minors who are currently on Spanish territory.
Peter Liese MEP: East Germany coalition talks could ‘moderate’ Wagenknecht party
Negotiations to build Right-Left coalition governments in eastern Germany could possibly "moderate" the policies of the populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW),…
Voting populist in Europe? We are all a bit East German now
There were many factors behind the strong election performances of the two populist parties, Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Union (BSW),…
EU gives €9 million to migrant deportation evasion guide
The European Commission has handed nearly €9 million to an online project that helps migrants evade deportation in Germany, Brussels Signal has discovered.
Hamas butchery goes on, UK response is arms embargo against Israel
The British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced this week a partial arms embargo against Israel, the day after the discovery of the bodies of the six hostages…
Germany pays cash handouts to deported Afghan criminals
Germany has given cash handouts to illegal migrants it is deporting to Afghanistan.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency sacks official over leak case
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said on Tuesday it had dismissed its first deputy over a suspected leak case inside the body that spearheads…
Finland plans to ban Russians from buying property there
Finland aims to ban Russians from buying property in the Nordic country, a minister with the Helsinki government has said.
Von der Leyen to reward X-bashing Breton with VP promotion, leak claims
Serving alongside him will allegedly be Spain's Teresa Ribera Rodriguez, who will be handed some form of "transition" portfolio, alongside the Netherlands' Wopke…
The DSA is the EU’s enforcement arm against online free speech
It is an iron law of administrative bureaucracies that gathering power, staff and budgets is more important than providing service to the public.
Albania releases ethnic Greek MEP on probation
“After 16 months of continuous detention, I am now free and proud, but certainly not happy.
Kyiv must address WW2 massacre before it can join EU, Polish minister says
Poland's defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz appeared to make Ukraine's European Union accession conditional on "resolving" a dispute with Poland over a…
Macron meets Hollande and Sarkozy as PM hunt widens
French President Emmanuel Macron has met with two of his predecessors, François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy, amid an increasingly wide-ranging hunt for a new French…
It is not Russia or greedy industry, it is the ECB that is driving inflation
With inflation stubbornly sitting above the target set by the European Central Bank (ECB), there seems to be no end in sight for the cost-of-living crisis.
Leaked letter reveals infighting at top of Austria’s Social Democratic Party
Less than four weeks before the general election on September 29, Austria’s Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) is in crisis mode.
Illegal migrants crossing Polish border ‘should be shot’, says presidential candidate
Sławomir Mentzen, who is the presidential candidate for Poland's right-wing Confederation party, has said that illegal migrants should be shot by border guards…
Who created victorious AfD and BSW? Merkel and her mates, deaf to the people
The German author Jakob Nolte wrote in one of his novels that things that kill you by either “peng peng” or “bla bla.
Alternative for Germany wins big in State elections
German State elections in Saxony and Thuringia saw the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party make big gains while anti-establishment firebrand Sahra Wagenknecht's…
‘Europe should develop AI now and regulate later,’ Macron says
Europe should focus on developing its own brand of artificial intelligence (AI) and leave the issue of its regulation for later, French President Emmanuel Macron…
Report blasts Europe’s carbon capture policy
Oil Change International, a non-profit US organisation that focuses on exposing the impacts of fossil fuels and advocates for a transition to clean energy, has issued…
Serbia signs $3 billion fighter-jet deal with France
Serbia has inked a historic deal with French company Dassault Aviation to buy 12 Rafale fighter jets for a total of €2.7 billion.
Ireland ‘looking into legality’ of EU-Israel trade agreement
Ireland is reportedly probing the legality of the European Union trade agreement with Israel ahead of a European Council meeting in September.
Metsola appoints brother-in-law as head of European Parliament cabinet
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, has appointed her aide and brother-in-law Matthew Tabone as the head of her cabinet, on a monthly salary of…
Maduro is ‘de facto’ Venezuelan President despite alleged vote irregularities, says EU
The European Union has declared that the left-wing "strongman" Nicolás Maduro is the "de facto" president of Venezuela - despite concerns surrounding the country's…
On the right side of the cordon sanitaire
The French language is on the decline in Europe, but since the last European elections, one phrase has been on everybody’s lips in Brussels: cordon sanitaire.
Polish opposition set to lose cash after government-controlled body’s ruling
Poland’s National Electoral Commission (PKW), the majority of whose members were appointed by the present government, has decided that the former ruling Conservatives…
East Germany: Ruling parties face cataclysm amid support surge for both hard-left and hard-right
Germany's ruling coalition faces a potential cataclysm in the country's east as populist parties surge ahead of next month's regional elections
Germany tightens security, asylum policies after deadly festival stabbing
The German government on Thursday announced a proposed package of tighter security and asylum measures following a deadly stabbing spree linked to Islamic State…