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A state MP with the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has been fined of €11,600 for printing an election poster that allegedly showed a man performing…
Poland’s ruling coalition is experiencing turbulence after a senior member of the government announced she and more than a dozen other MPs are leaving to form…
As the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party’s congress nears, the local CDU branch of Schleswig-Holstein is pushing to scrap online anonymity.
New investigations show that European technology continues to fuel Russia's military capabilities in Ukraine, despite numerous European Union sanctions.
France remains gripped by shock and political fury following the death of 23-year-old Quentin Deranque, a mathematics student and nationalist activist beaten to…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said his government will go ahead with borrowing money under the European Union’s SAFE (Security Action for Europe).
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s address to the Munich Security Conference last week has ricocheted around Europe and the world as a stirring and conciliatory…
Following a backlash from both the Conservative (PiS) opposition and discontented troops, Poland’s defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has cancelled training…
Austria can spend billions on buying new equipment for its military, even though the budget deficit is soaring and the country is under a European Union deficit…
In Brussels, these are the worst of times, but also the best of times.
The Bavarian Administrative Court has decided that two German towns were wrong to issue speaking bans for a leading representative of the right-wing Alternative…
The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against the Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein under the Digital Services Act (DSA), targeting the suspected…
Estimations by the Spanish Government of the effects of a mass regularisation of illegal migrants are severely underestimating the real numbers, a report issued…
Germany's ZDF public broadcaster has come under fire over an episode of its flagship heute journal news programme after it emerged it broadcast an AI-generated video…
Italy has introduced a “law and order” package in response to violent incidents linked to far-left groups in Italy and across Europe.
When I called a Hungarian politician, who is highly placed among the current political elite, yesterday evening and asked him how he assessed Marco Rubio's visit…
A nominee for Dutch State Secretary of Finance tasked with overseeing a contentious reform of taxes on unrealised gains, has stepped down following revelations that…
The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, is an interesting (if only sort-of) example of what happens when life follows art.
The leader of Hungary’s main opposition party Tisza has promised that if elected into power he would send two Polish politicians granted asylum in his country…
The French hard-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) is under fierce pressure after activists from a closely allied organisation are being accused of the killing…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has caused consternation at home and abroad by meeting up with California governor – and potential Democratic presidential candidate…
While cold temperatures are still dominating and after a chilly start to 2026, Germany is facing historic low gas storage supplies.
Volkswagen is facing its most severe restructuring since the 2015 "Dieselgate" scandal as CEO Oliver Blume proposes a €60 billion cost-slashing programme and refuses…
Real political change tends to have more than one cause, and although it has become somewhat fashionable to reduce everything to a single issue – whether it is…
Two longstanding associates of former Belgian foreign minister and ex-European commissioner for justice, Didier Reynders, have been formally charged with money laundering.
Poland’s request for nearly €44 billion from the EU’s SAFE defence loan programme is being framed in Warsaw as a strategic breakthrough.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Hungary for talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orban today, ahead of elections where the nationalist leader faces…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni publicly distanced herself from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over his criticism of the US MAGA movement and his framing…
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has said Poland must have its own nuclear weapons to give it adequate protection from potential aggresssors.
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has slammed the present US administration for attempting to impose its values on Europe.
