Elections: steady Britain, shaky France, and the always surprising America
The much and in fact excessively anticipated fear of a lurch to the Right in the French elections has not occurred and the widely anticipated movement to the Left…
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Paris prosecutor goes after Marine Le Pen over campaign financing
Marine Le Pen's National Rally has been hit with a judicial investigation into suspicions of illicit financing of her presidential campaign in 2022.
National Rally base blames leaders for election defeat
Local members of the hard-right National Rally are unhappy with the party's July 7 election results, with the grassroots reportedly blaming its national leaders…
Welcome to the European Parliament, Patriots: now reform the unreformable
By the European Parliament’s soporific standards, it was as glamourous an event as you will ever witness.
Poland requests green tax exemption to help fuel Ukraine
Poland is to seek an exemption from European Union emission fees so that it can burn extra coal to supply Ukraine with electricity this winter.
Left pressures Macron to appoint left-wing PM, demands ‘cordon sanitaire’ against RN
As the pressure to form a new French government is increasing, the Left has pushed French President Emmanuel Macron to appoint a left-wing prime minister as well…
EU bureaucracy, taxes and energy costs forces major auto manufacturer abroad
Germany's second-largest automotive supplier, ZF Friedrichshafen, is planning to close plants in Europe and cut up to 12,000 jobs.
EU freezes 30 million euros in aid to Georgia
The European Union's ambassador to Georgia said on Tuesday that the bloc had frozen 30 million euros in military aid to Georgia amid what he said was "a low…
Le Pen has had her time, now is the moment for a new National Rally leader
There is nothing sadder than an athlete who has overstayed their time.
New Caledonia elects pro-independence MP after anti-France riots
New Caledonia elected its first pro-independence MP in decades after anti-French riots erupted on the South Pacific archipelago earlier this year.
Poland mulls shooting down Russian missiles over Ukraine
A security agreement signed by Poland and Ukraine has laid out plans for Polish air defences to shoot down Russian missiles suspected of approaching Poland even…
‘EU ammunition production vastly overstated,’ report finds
Their research indicated a substantial discrepancy between the EU's reported figures and the actual increase in munitions manufacturing capabilities.
Patriots for Europe launches as third largest EU Parliament group
RN representative Jean-Paul Garraudt said he believed they were now “more representative and more dynamic” than similar patriotic forces before.
Spain’s Vox threatens Partido Popular over minor immigration
The leader of Spanish party Vox, Santiago Abascal, has warned his party will regard regional pacts with the centre-wing People's Party (PP) as "broken" if the regional…
Orbán’s ‘peace trips’ annoy Brussels leaders
EU leaders have expressed annoyance over "peace trips" to Ukraine, Russia and China undertaken by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Macron may have more tricks up his sleeve, maybe dissolving the Assembly in a year’s time
Charles de Gaulle famously lamented that it was impossible to govern a country with 246 types of cheese.
NATO could mobilize up to 350,000 more troops to fulfill new defence plan
NATO is set to expand its military capabilities to counter potential threats from Russia, with plans to add between 35 and 50 additional brigades, a military source…
France elections: Left-wing surprise win spooks EU markets
While investors and the Eurozone prepared for a hard-right victory on Sunday night, the surprise result spread uncertainty over the country's finances.
EPP and S&D down over 150 MEPs over past 15 years
The European People's Party (EPP) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) groups in the European Parliament have lost their hegemony in Brussels…
VAT on meat should be increased, says German agriculture minister
German agriculture minister Cem Özdemir of The Greens advocated for an increase in VAT on meat products.
The UK general election: Seven essential takeaways from Labour’s shallow landslide to political Islam’s breakthrough
Labour won a landslide victory – on a historically low share of the vote. Starmer’s party won 411 seats, out of 650, on just under 34 per cent of the vote.
Farage’s Reform UK to put brake on Labour moves to cosy up to European Union
Nigel Farage said his Reform UK party, with 14.
France deploys 30,000 police officers during elections amid riot concerns
France will mobilise a massive police presence on election day amid fears of left-wing rioting. A force of 30.
French Left and Right urge voters to ignore polls
The French Left and the hard-right party National Rally (RN) both dismissed the latest projections for the next parliament, instead urging the electorate to vote…
Spain’s Vox leaves ECR for Orbán’s Patriots group in European Parliament
Speaking to Brussels Signal, sources within the party insisted that the decision "has nothing to do" with a possible confrontation with Fratelli D'Italia.
Euro 2024 ‘wolf salute’ sparks Turkey-Germany diplomatic spat
A two-handed "wolf salute" given by a Turkish football player during the Euro 2024 football tournament sparked an escalating diplomatic spat between Ankara and host…
Patriots for Europe set to absorb Identity and Democracy group in European Parliament
Hungarian MEP Kinga Gál, called the new outfit "a true milestone", when speaking to Brussels Signal on July 3, adding she hoped the Right "will be able to create…
German government clinches 2025 budget deal in line with debt brake
Germany's coalition government has clinched an agreement on the budget for 2025 that will adhere to the country's strict spending rules following months of negotiations,…
French elections: End of Macron era will redefine EU politics
As French President Emmanuel Macron's party faces a likely defeat in the snap legislative elections and the hard-right and left-wing opposition forces inch closer…
Polish media unite against EU Digital Single Market directive
Media companies from across Poland have united in protest against the country's proposed implementation of the EU's Digital Single Market directive.