Von der Leyen ’60 votes short’ of majority in European Parliament
According to one pollster, around 300 MEPs had publicly expressed support for another five years of a von der Leyen Commission, around 60 short of the 361 majority…
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French Youtube star Squeezie warns youth against voting hard-right
Hugely popular French YouTuber Squeezie warned against the hard-right in an open letter ahead of the forthcoming snap elections taking place on June 30 and July…
Starmer’s ignorance means EU produce deal will come unstuck
Now that the general election campaign is in full flood in the UK, there have in some quarters been high hopes that a new Labour government under Keir Starmer would…
Meloni has ‘abortion’ removed from G7 statement
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appeared to have successfully quashed an element of a contentious G7 statement by removing the word "abortion" from the group's…
Online porn giants ordered to provide EC with DSA conformity details
The European Commission has demanded details from porn websites over their adherence to the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Farage’s Reform UK tops Conservatives in poll ahead of elections
Arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has overtaken the Conservative Party in the latest UK polls.
Volatile politics spooks French markets ahead of snap election
French equities faced pressure as the Paris Bourse declined by 1.4 per cent early on June 14 as investors expressed wariness amid a growing political crisis.
Voters realise Green movement is nothing but an apocalyptic cult
In 2005, an American evangelist called Harold Camping made a startling prediction: the world was going to end on May 21st, 2011.
Greens and Left crushed as Ireland finally finishes EP vote count
The Greens and hard-left have been crushed in Ireland's European Parliament elections after a lengthy vote count.
Internal Reconquête messaging tells of ‘heartbreak, betrayal and sabotage’
The split of France's Reconquête party is now "complete", insiders claimed in a new internal memo.
National Rally’s Bardella vows to end France’s birthright citizenship
The president of France's National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, announced his party’s intention to end birthright citizenship in France.
PVV ‘wants former Dutch MP who aimed to abolish foreign aid as new foreign aid minister’
Dutch media report that Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) wants to make Reneitte Klever the new minister of foreign trade and foreign aid, a department she wanted…
Bulgaria’s GERB party wins most seats in parliament
Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party won 68 seats in the 240-seat parliament on Sunday and will need at least two coalition partners to form the cabinet, state election…
Italy and France spar over abortion at G7 summit
Italy has demanded the removal of a reference to "safe and legal abortion" from the final statement of this week's Group of Seven summit, diplomats said on Thursday,…
European hard-right finds success among young voters
Europe's hard-right is becoming increasingly popular amongst younger voters, polling surrounding the EU elections has shown.
Conservative struggle: an upset, but not yet an earthquake
After the second battle of El Alamein in 1942, Winston Churchill famously said: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.
‘Outrageous’ says Orbán as ECJ orders Hungary to pay €200M for ‘violating rights of migrants’
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ordered Hungary to pay €200 million plus a penalty of €1 million per day if it does not comply with the court's ruling of…
Shoving contest breaks out in Italian Parliament
An Italian plenary debate over local autonomy degenerated into a shoving match on June 13.
Influencer-led Spanish party secures three Euro MPs
New party Se Acabó la Fiesta (SALF) has scored a major victory on the European Parliament elections by winning three of Spain's allotted seats.
Exclusive: Maréchal ‘to build own party’ after Reconquête implodes in French election chaos
Marion Maréchal is to "build her own party" after the implosion of Reconquête in the run-up to France's snap elections.
Azerbaijan-EU relations strong despite ‘unhelpful’ France, Baku says
Relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union remain strong despite the "unhelpful" interventions of France, a senior Baku official said.
Why young voters are turning to the populist-right
Whenever things look dire for the left, there is always one comforting thought: “If we can mobilise the young voters, all will be well.
‘NATO ready to crack down on Russian spies,’ chief Stoltenberg says
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the organisation is prepared to go all-out against Russian spies following the latest acts of sabotage and cyberattacks…
Political revolt breaks out among French Right ahead of general election
Eric Zemmour, leader of the hard-right French party Reconquête, has dismissed newly elected MEP Marion Maréchal from the party while the centre-right Republicans…
Poland: Sacked pro-Putin journalist says he has nothing to hide
A journalist sacked from Poland’s English-language news channel TVP World after giving interviews to Russian portal Sputnik and praising President Vladimir Putin…
‘Everyone in AfD is a Nazi’, claims BBQing left-wing leader
Everyone actively involved in the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is a "Nazi", according to Lars Klingbeil, the co-leader of the left-wing German Social…
Three new Euro MPs draw ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ cards
Some fresh Members of the European Parliament breathed sighs of relief after being elected; at least three of them have seen their prosecutions halted
Italian activist and new MEP Ilaria Salis ‘to be released from house arrest’ in Hungary
After being elected an MEP for Italy's Green and Left Alliance, Italian left-wing activist Ilaria Salis will be released from detention in Hungary, authorities in…
Brexit is the dog that hasn’t barked in UK’s general election
Something is missing from the UK’s general election this summer.
‘It’s not a defeat, it’s a correction,’ say European Greens after EP vote
The European Greens led by German MEP Terry Reintke and Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout released their analysis of the group’s results in the European Parliament elections,…