The end of ideological politics and the return to empire
These days election after general election only seems to confirm one thing: that ideological politics is dead, and with it, the modern era of politics, full stop.
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Polish police to charge motorists for clearing road of climate blockade
A group of motorists who used a fire extinguisher and pepper spray to remove climate protesters blocking a main road in Warsaw on July 9 "will have to face charges",…
Cologne police sees rise of extreme violence connected to ‘Mocro Mafia’
Extreme violence connected to organised crime is reaching new heights in the German city of Cologne.
Overpaid? YouTuber MEP exposes European Parliament gravy train
MEPs' earnings are once again under scrutiny after an exposé published by influencer-turned-European Parliament member Fidias Panayiotou.
French news channel fined €80,000 over negative broadcasts on migration and climate change
Popular Conservative French news channel CNews was fined €80,000 by the country’s media regulator for expressing negative viewpoints regarding migration and…
Polish Konfederacja split between Patriots and Sovereigntists in European Parliament
Polish right-wing populist alliance Konfederacja has reportedly split in the European Parliament, with half of its MEPs to join the new Europe of Sovereign Nations…
Police open hundreds of hate-speech investigations over German ‘meme anthem’
German police forces have launched more than 360 investigations into instances of suspected hate-speech over the playing or singing of a German meme "anthem".
Slovak PM Fico returns to office after assassination attempt
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is back in office after surviving an assassination attempt in May.
Nuclear weapons spending tops $90 billion in 2023
NGOs monitoring the sector say there has been a one-third increase in weapons spending over the past five years by the nine nuclear-armed states modernising their…
German Left demands cordon sanitaire against Patriots for Europe
Germany's ruling left-wing parties demanded a cordon sanitaire against the newly founded Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament.
Elections: steady Britain, shaky France, and the always surprising America
The much and in fact excessively anticipated fear of a lurch to the Right in the French elections has not occurred and the widely anticipated movement to the Left…
Paris prosecutor goes after Marine Le Pen over campaign financing
Marine Le Pen's National Rally has been hit with a judicial investigation into suspicions of illicit financing of her presidential campaign in 2022.
National Rally base blames leaders for election defeat
Local members of the hard-right National Rally are unhappy with the party's July 7 election results, with the grassroots reportedly blaming its national leaders…
Welcome to the European Parliament, Patriots: now reform the unreformable
By the European Parliament’s soporific standards, it was as glamourous an event as you will ever witness.
Swedish Government aims to tighten family migration laws
Sweden is to review policy regarding migrant family reunification, looking to implement more stringent procedures to lower the number of arrivals.
Poland requests green tax exemption to help fuel Ukraine
Poland is to seek an exemption from European Union emission fees so that it can burn extra coal to supply Ukraine with electricity this winter.
Left pressures Macron to appoint left-wing PM, demands ‘cordon sanitaire’ against RN
As the pressure to form a new French government is increasing, the Left has pushed French President Emmanuel Macron to appoint a left-wing prime minister as well…
EU bureaucracy, taxes and energy costs forces major auto manufacturer abroad
Germany's second-largest automotive supplier, ZF Friedrichshafen, is planning to close plants in Europe and cut up to 12,000 jobs.
EU freezes 30 million euros in aid to Georgia
The European Union's ambassador to Georgia said on Tuesday that the bloc had frozen 30 million euros in military aid to Georgia amid what he said was "a low…
Le Pen has had her time, now is the moment for a new National Rally leader
There is nothing sadder than an athlete who has overstayed their time.
New Caledonia elects pro-independence MP after anti-France riots
New Caledonia elected its first pro-independence MP in decades after anti-French riots erupted on the South Pacific archipelago earlier this year.
Poland mulls shooting down Russian missiles over Ukraine
A security agreement signed by Poland and Ukraine has laid out plans for Polish air defences to shoot down Russian missiles suspected of approaching Poland even…
‘EU ammunition production vastly overstated,’ report finds
Their research indicated a substantial discrepancy between the EU's reported figures and the actual increase in munitions manufacturing capabilities.
Academics and other self-indulgent frauds understand nothing of human nature
Pablo Picasso (b. 1881) and James Joyce (b.
Patriots for Europe launches as third largest EU Parliament group
RN representative Jean-Paul Garraudt said he believed they were now “more representative and more dynamic” than similar patriotic forces before.
Spain’s Vox threatens Partido Popular over minor immigration
The leader of Spanish party Vox, Santiago Abascal, has warned his party will regard regional pacts with the centre-wing People's Party (PP) as "broken" if the regional…
German exports crash as deliveries to China tumble 10 per cent
Economists have expressed dismay at a sudden drop in Germany's exports with deliveries to China crashing by more than 10 per cent in just one month.
Russia sanctions ‘barely affecting’ Kremlin war effort: researchers
Sanctions targeting Russia are "barely affecting" the country's ability to wage war in Ukraine, according to research funded by the German Government.
Orbán’s ‘peace trips’ annoy Brussels leaders
EU leaders have expressed annoyance over "peace trips" to Ukraine, Russia and China undertaken by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Macron may have more tricks up his sleeve, maybe dissolving the Assembly in a year’s time
Charles de Gaulle famously lamented that it was impossible to govern a country with 246 types of cheese.