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…
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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…
UEFA bans ‘L’amour Toujours’ song at Euro 2024 over ‘misuse’
Football body UEFA has banned a popular song from the European Football Championships in Germany due to its association with xenophobic sentiments.
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).
‘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…
Denmark recalls South Korean noodles for being ‘too spicy’
Buldak Spicy Noodles have been deemed by Copenhagen to be too hot to handle and pulled off the Danish market.
Ukraine Recovery Conference to focus on ‘green recovery and gender mainstreaming’
European and wider Western Ukraine allies are thinking about the country's progressive future as it fights for survival against Russia.
Dutch civil servants ‘in fear over new right-wing government’
Civil servants in the Netherlands reportedly fear job cuts and policy changes in directions they do not want as the country braces for new leadership featuring the…
Europe’s era of chaos is only just beginning
Most great political revolutions in history take years, even more than a decade to unfold fully.
Nova24 chief blasts Brussels for ignoring attacks on Slovenian media
"Věra Jourová, I don't know how she is sleeping at night, with these double standards," he said.
Attack on Georgia is hypocritical, orchestrated intimidation
The criticism now being directed against the Georgian government seems too good to be true -- which is to say, too good to be real.
German authorities raid 70 homes over ‘online hate posting’
Police have raided more than 70 homes in Germany concerning incidents of so-called "online hate posting", the country's justice ministry said.
Only Europeans can save Europe’s ancient spirit from decay
Is the decline the EU has fallen into a terminal condition?
German teachers warn against lowering voting age as youth shifts Right
A German teachers' union has warned against lowering the voting age to 16 for national elections, shortly after polling data showed that the youth in the country…
Meta gets 11 EU complaints over use of personal data to train AI models
Meta was hit with 11 complaints on Thursday over proposed changes that would see it use personal data to train its artificial intelligence models without asking…
Violence in Germany: AfD candidate victim of second Mannheim stabbing
"The dissolution of borders has turned Germany into a battlefield of violent criminals against whom the State is clearly powerless," one MP told Brussels Signal.
Facebook owner Meta fined for censoring right-wing MEP
Facebook owner Meta has been fined almost €28,000 after it censored a right-wing MEP in Belgium.
Belgian Liberals advertise on Grindr for EU elections
In a search for votes for the European Parliament elections in June, the Belgian Liberal Open VLD party is advertising on the gay dating app Grindr.
French Senate backs curbs on child sex transitions
French Senators voted in favour of the introduction of measures curtailing child-gender transitions, prompting an outcry from the political Left.
NGOs vow to defy Georgia’s Foreign Agent law amid Brussels threats
Around 200 NGOs in Georgia said they would defy the country’s new Foreign Agent legislation amid threats from Brussels that the law could "harm Georgia's EU aspirations”.
Slovenian police raid Nova24 media days before European Parliament elections
Opposition MEP Milan Zver said the raid represented a "severe breach of independence" of the media as well as a "political misuse of the police”.
Hard-right Eurodance craze spreads despite Germany threats
A hard-right Eurodance craze is rapidly spreading through Germany, despite attempts by the political mainstream to threaten would-be partygoers with job loss, fines…
India is a democratic success: globalists are so annoyed
India, the largest democracy on earth, is heading to the polls right now.
New EU embryo law draws ‘human trafficking’ criticism
Newly approved European Union legislation regulating the trade of embryos has been compared to the legal regularisation of "human trafficking".
Macron: ‘Democracy is in crisis’
French President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to "get involved" in the European Parliament elections in June "to unmask the ideas of the National Rally".
Georgia accuses European Commission of assassination ‘threat’
The European Commission has denied issuing any form of "threat" to see Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze shot over the country's anti-foreign interference…
‘French media illegally discriminates against political Right,’ report finds
Reconquete MEP Nicolas Bay told Brussels Signal that everyone was well aware that the "so-called ‘public service’ media in France is a mouthpiece for the political…
Germany: Two more politicians attacked amid ‘spiralling’ political violence
Two more politicians have been attacked amid "spiralling" political violence in Germany.
EU to consider banning anonymity online and MEPs from using ‘hate speech’
The European Union is to consider implementing a de facto ban on online anonymity, as well as prohibiting elected MEPs from using so-called "hate speech".
AfD politician hospitalised after alleged attack in pub
An Alternative for Germany (AfD) party member with the regional state Parliament in Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania was hospitalised after what is alleged to be…