Belgian Flanders region slammed over ‘housing policy failures’
The Belgian region of Flanders was not doing enough to address the affordability of housing for vulnerable groups, according to a ruling by the European Committee…
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Where is democracy? Unelected establishment judges now stand against elected populists
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a right-populist walks into office. The unelected judiciary says, “We’re investigating you!”
Hungary passes law to ban Pride march, sparking protests
Hungary's parliament has passed a law to ban the annual Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities, triggering the blockade of a bridge in central Budapest in protest against…
Austrian court orders public health insurance to pay for trans woman’s beard removal
A court in Vienna, Austria, has ruled that the country’s public health insurance must pay for the removal of facial hair from a trans woman who was born as a biological…
Anti-abortion protest in Poland shut down because of picture of a foetus
A Polish court has upheld a decision by the Mayor of Toruń to stop an anti-abortion protest over the display of a picture of a foetus.
EU and Soros-funded NGO accuses Italy of ‘undermining democracy’
According to the Civil Liberties Union for Europe, Italy, along with Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovakia, have been contributing to a "democratic race to the…
Armies that do real fighting do not employ women as infantry or submariners
The recent inquest into the suicide of a young female soldier in the British Army nearly four years ago has generated vast amounts of adverse-publicity for the army.
‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty,’ demands French MEP
French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann has called on the US to return the Statue of Liberty to his home country over dissatisfaction with the policies of the administration…
Telegram founder Durov allowed to temporarily leave France
Pavel Durov, the owner of social media platform Telegram, has been allowed to temporarily leave France where he has been charged over alleged failures in content…
Irish family ejected from Washington event after protest over ‘transgender ideology’
Three members of a well-known Irish evangelical Christian family were forcibly ejected from a St Patrick's Day gala dinner in Washington, which Ireland's Taoiseach,…
Romania targets ‘illegal online content’ ahead of re-run elections
The Romanian Government has stated it will step up its efforts to "combat illegal content online".
German high school accused of requiring pupils to attend Ramadan ceremony
A public high school in Berlin has come under fire for allegedly requiring its pupils to attend a Muslim celebration on the occasion of Ramadan.
French TV host sues left-wing LFI party over alleged anti-Semitic poster of him
French right-wing host Cyril Hanouna has announced he would sue left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI) over an alleged anti-Semitic poster of him used to advertise…
Pro-abortion activists set up Warsaw clinic in defiance of Polish law
A non-governmental organisation has opened Poland’s first ever abortion clinic despite Polish legislation that severely restricts abortion rights and protests…
ECJ Advocate General rules Polish Constitutional court ‘not independent’
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, or court, (TK) cannot be considered impartial and independent, according to the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice…
Let’s take the EU ‘back to basics’, Conservative think-tanks’ report says
Two European Conservative think-tanks, Polish Ordo Iuris and the Hungarian Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) have published proposals on institutional reform of the…
Russian-linked group ‘behind attack on X’, cybersecurity expert tells Brussels Signal
The large-scale cyberattack that brought down Elon Musk's X platform was carried out by Dark Storm, a Russian-linked hacker group whose "targets are high-profile…
Dutch newspaper to appeal against judge’s editorial ruling
De Telegraaf, the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, has announced it would appeal a controversial ruling from a judge who ordered it to clarify a comment piece about…
French publisher halts book criticising ‘woke ideology’ amid political backlash
A prestigious French academic publisher, Presses Universitaires de France (PUF), has halted the release of a book criticising "woke ideology" in Western higher education,…
Vienna teachers sound alarm as ever-younger children fast for Ramadan
Teachers in Austria’s capital Vienna have become alarmed at the growing number of young schoolchildren observing the Muslim fasting period of Ramadan.
Italian whippet proves top dog at UK’s Crufts
A whippet from Venice in Italy has been named best in show at the 2025 Crufts international dog show in the UK.
Popular Berlin folk festival cancelled due to risk of car-attacks
A popular folk festival in the Berlin borough of Friedrichshagen, the Bölschefest, has been cancelled because the organiser said he felt he could not guarantee…
Judge becomes editor in Dutch newspaper Hamas controversy
A Dutch judge has ruled that De Telegraaf, the Netherlands' largest newspaper, must add a clarification to a comment piece about Hamas to prevent readers from misinterpreting…
A friendly letter from the American heartland to our European allies
Hello Europe, I’d like to introduce you to America. No, not the America you know.
Romanian election re-run: Musk accused of ‘manipulating public opinion’
A Romanian NGO has accused US tech billionaire Elon Musk of trying to sabotage the country’s democracy, claiming he was part of a “disinformation and intimidation”…
What happened when police questioned me for an alleged speech crime
A recent article by Carl Deconinck in Brussels Signal found French President Emmanuel Macron ordering the surveillance of libertarians, those of us sometimes called…
German NGOs urge incoming government to get tough on social media platforms
More than 75 German non-governmental organisations (NGOs), trade unions and church representatives have sent an open letter to the country’s expected future government…
Leaked documents: ‘Italians torpedo EC’s plans to implement EU-wide nutrition labelling’
The European Commission has reportedly abandoned its years-long attempts to set up the mandatory Nutri-Score across 27 member states, it has been reported.
Head of new Polish media centre admits it is a ‘government mouthpiece’
Michał Broniatowski, the director of Poland's new Foreign Language Media Centre created by public broadcaster TVP, has admitted it was designed to promote the government's…
French Government puts pro-Milei libertarians under surveillance
Influential libertarian accounts on social media in France are under government surveillance, it has been revealed.