Turkey says EU is ‘unjust and biased’ on membership bid
The European Commission's annual report on Turkey's long-stalled EU membership bid is "unjust and biased", the Turkish foreign ministry said.
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All political advertising to be labelled under tough new EU rules
Draft rules demand political advertising be marked with a clear label stating who funded it, and how much they paid
Albania: opposition MPs jump in through the windows after Parliament ban
Albanian opposition lawmakers banned from parliament have resorted to jumping in through the windows.
Ursula von der Leyen’s Green Deal faces dilution
Ursula von der Leyen's Green Deal looks set to be diluted, with the agricultural lobby pushing key elements back until after May 2024's EU elections.
The Gaza conflict could reshape EU politics – and the EPP and S&D are panicking
The Gaza conflict has a direct spillover effect in Europe: Unrest and insecurity are on the rise.
New deputy speaker of the Slovak parliament removes EU flag from his office
Ľuboš Blaha, the newly elected deputy speaker of parliament in Slovakia, is beginning his tenure with some symbolic and controversial gestures.
Cancel culture has now reached Poland — the EU machine can relax and celebrate
The astounding appeal appeared in the pages of Poland's largest daily newspaper.
Bulgaria’s seventh election in two years brings more instability to a rickety power share
In Bulgaria's seventh major election in a rocky two years, its two government power-sharing partners are now squaring up in run-off municipal elections on November…
The EU machine is forgetting its citizens are not merely ‘economic abstractions’ — if they don’t notice soon they will be engulfed by the populism they so fear
How much is a carton of milk? used to be question thrown at politicians to gauge whether they were in touch with the reality faced by the common man.
Czech Republic should leave UN as it ‘supports terrorists’, minister says
The Czech Republic needs to consider leaving the United Nations after its members voted to "support terrorists", says the country's defence minister.
Working group plotting how to make MEPs turn up to parliament
A working group of 13 MEPs have been plotting ways to fix the European Parliament's low attendance by members and paltry public profile.
From curbs on free speech to centralising asylum policy, the EU is leveraging Hamas’s assault on Israel to give itself more powers
Like the sun rising in the morning and Eurostat getting everything utterly wrong, one of the truisms of the EU is that it never wastes a crisis.
Majority of MEPs skip committee meeting on EU spending in Palestine
The majority of MEPs sitting on the European Union's Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) failed to show up to a meeting with the European Commission's Olivér…
European Parliament pre-election legislation deadline leaked
The deadline for MEPs to provisionally agree proposed legislation with the European Council has been leaked.
EU leaders achieve consensus on Israel-Hamas war
Despite widely differing opinions between the European Union’s 27 Member States, a compromise text regarding the war between Israel and Hamas has been agreed upon…
EC defends ‘incomprehensible’ €18m-plus EU PR campaign
The European Commission has defended a PR campaign promoting the European Union after it was slammed as "incomprehensible" by an MEP.
Meloni: ‘Defend EU’s external border to save Schengen’
Speaking to the Italian Senate on October 25, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni prioritised the defence of Europe's external border in order to save the Schengen free-movement…
British MPs’ concern at costs and cuts in UK’s Brussels mission
The UK Mission to the European Union faces a shake-up after a senior House of Commons inquiry found transparency wanting around the work and cost of the Brussels-based…
‘Pro-Russian’ Fico to become Slovakian PM in time for European Council summit
Robert Fico is to be installed as Prime Minister of Slovakia just in time for the summit of the European Council on October 26-27.
Despite Brexit and Europe and North America’s populist revolts, the Blob continues to win throughout the West
The resignation statement of Josh Paul — the director of congressional and public affairs at the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, who…
French confidence in EU hits a low point
French citizens’ trust in the European Union is at one of its lowest levels to date.
Kisin: Europe is seeing more censorship as elites are ‘losing control’
Europe is experiencing more and more censorship because the elites feel they are "losing control", Konstantin Kisin, the co-host of the popular podcast Triggernometry,…
Sunday’s Swiss elections said a resounding no to the EU – Brussels should expect more of the same
There appears to have been a quick snort of the salts in Brussels over the results of the weekend’s elections in Switzerland.
EP hearing ‘hidden’ from MEPs amid Romanian financial chaos
The European Unions's financial overseers have seemingly dodged serious questions from the European Parliament amid a brewing financial scandal in Romania.
Poland: Tusk heads to Brussels as justice minister challenges EU ban on fossil fuel cars
Donald Tusk, who has been nominated by his party as candidate for Prime Minister, is due to travel to Brussels on October 25 or 26 to talk with European Union leaders…
Slovakian President decries nomination of ‘climate-change sceptic’ as environment minister
Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová is postponing the installation of her new government as she is against the nomination of Rudolf Huliak, whom she said was a…
EC defends decision to double its communications budget to €60 million
Politicians from both the Left and Right of the European Parliament have expressed anger at the move, especially since the EC appears to be reducing spending in…
EP condemns Malta over ‘institutional failure of law enforcement and justice’
The European Parliament has approved a scathing resolution regarding Malta with an overwhelming majority.
Not that Olaf! MEPs sent to Disneyland instead of European Parliament
In what was either a cartoonish mistake or a dastardly plot to save the European Union money, MEPs on October 16 were sent to Disneyland instead of the European…
Football clubs seek to test European Commission powers to regulate game-changing subsidies
Spain's top men’s professional football division La Liga has taken a complaint about France's Paris Saint-Germain team to EC referees, arguing the French club's…