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There is a difference between a trigger and a reason: The Arab Spring in 2011 was triggered by the Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi setting himself on fire…
European officials will have the ability to completely cut off European Union citizens from certain social media platforms during times of unrest, Internal Markets…
“Que te vote Txapote! Que te vote Txapote!”.
French education minister Pap Ndiaye wants to address what he sees as an alarming decline in students’ ability to write correctly.
The Libyan Coast Guard opened fire on an NGO migrant rescue mission from a European Union-donated boat, according to reports.
Sources within Ireland's Government have reportedly claimed that Micheál Martin, the country's former prime minister, is a frontrunner to replace Ursula von der…
After dissolving his government on July 7, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on July 10 told parliament he will end his own political career entirely.
Turkey’s President Recep Erdoğan is making a fresh stab at gaining entry to the European Union.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the President of Germany, has said that his country "cannot" oppose the United States’ decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine.
Populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the largest "opponent and enemy" of the country's centre-right, European People's Party (EPP) leader Manfred Weber…
A prominent French 'green' MP has been forced to retract her comments after sparking fury in France by claiming on Twitter that the police should never use firearms…
Mohammed*, my 40-year-old Moroccan greengrocer, whose small busy shop in a quiet street in central Paris serves as an informal club for the entire neighbourhood,…
Poland’s agriculture minister Robert Telus claims the European Commission is refusing to extend an embargo on Ukrainian grain imports beyond September 15 in a…
Political division has riven Spain ahead of its general election on July 23.
The European Parliament's Socialist (S&D) Group failed to conduct basic checks to protect against corruption by its own MEPs
The Brussels-Capital Region risks being mired in enormous debt, according to a study by the University of Namur.
Ireland's Government is considering a push to get European Union Member States to recognise Palestine and may even “go solo” over the issue.
Local and regional leaders have expressed their support for the proposal to increase the European Union's budget to aid Ukraine's recovery from the war.
The European Union is having to rely on US billionaire Elon Musk to get its satellites into space.
A senior politician on the Spanish Right has raised eyebrows by launching her new party's election campaign from a brothel.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has no objections to the re-approval of the weedkiller glyphosate, despite the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer…
The European Council and European Parliament have struck a €500 million deal to ramp-up the production of ammunition for Ukraine and replenish Member States’…
A political party in Flanders has announced that it will be sending free beer to residents to mark the anniversary of a battle that saw the region defeat the French.
A political investigation by the European Parliament-based Renew Europe Group is to be undertaken to evaluate the 'Liberal' credentials of the Czech ANO party.
The Dutch Government is suffering a major crisis and might even collapse, some say, with Prime Minister Marc Rutte on a collision course with his left-wing coalition…
Germany's so-called 'traffic light' coalition government is in turmoil after a decision by the country's top court to block forthcoming votes on a key piece of environmental…
Those who break or circumvent European Union sanctions across the bloc should face jail, a European Parliament committee has agreed.
Moves by the UK Government to re-examine the European Union law that has led to the sudden closure of bank accounts held by some high-profile Britons have been shrugged…
The Left in Europe is experiencing a serious wobbly moment.
An unseemly shouting match broke out in the European Parliament on July 6 as tempers flared over the tragic deaths of hundreds of passengers when a migrant boat…
