Netherlands ordered by court to slash nitrogen emissions by 2030
A Dutch court ordered the government on January 22 to drastically cut nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands by 2030, in a ruling that could hurt construction and…
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Austria set to leave EU Sky Shield defence programme under new government
Austrian coalition negotiators have indicated the country would leave the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) once the new right-wing government takes office.
EU bristles as Trump pulls US out of OECD agreement
The European Union appeared to be annoyed at US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of a global Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development…
Trump pushes for peace with threat of Russian sanctions if Putin declines
US President Donald Trump has suggested that imposing additional sanctions on Russia was "likely" if President Vladimir Putin refused to engage in peace talks.
Tusk orders Polish consulates in US ‘to prepare for Trump deportations’
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has asked his foreign ministry to prepare the country’s consulates to assist Polish citizens who might be affected by US President…
Europe as the Cold War order dies: stagnating, fading, failing, lost
Out of the many actions President Donald Trump took on his first day in office, two caught the eyes of Europeans: his announced withdrawal from both the Paris Climate…
German Chancellor tells Musk: Supporting ‘extreme-right’ is not free speech
Germany's outgoing left-wing Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told US tech billionaire Elon Musk that supporting so-called "extreme-right" positions did not count as free…
Greenpeace activists delay EC chief von der Leyen’s WEF opening speech
Greenpeace activists have evaded the World Economic Forum's tight security checks, staging a brief climate change protest outside the main hall of the annual meeting…
‘Germany will push Trump to rejoin WHO’: German health minister
Germany's health minister has said the outgoing left-wing government will urge the US to rejoin the World Health Organisation (WHO) after US President Donald Trump…
The new EU defence commissioner, not much money, not much influence
No one knows the hazards of the defence portfolio better than Ursula von der Leyen, whose tenure leading the German defence ministry was marked by a failure to improve…
Former Commissioner Breton says EU should launch ‘tech offensive’
Thierry Breton, former European Commissioner for the Internal Market, has called for Europe to defend its digital sovereignty and maintain unity in the face of challenges…
Qatargate: Former MEP Arena charged with ‘criminal organisation’ membership
Belgian authorities have indicted former MEP Marie Arena for alleged membership of a criminal organisation following a two-year investigation into "Qatargate".
EU hails full implementation of plans to censor ‘digital hate’
Senior Eurocrats have been celebrating the full implementation of its censorship plans aimed at countering so-called "digital hate".
Germany’s US ambassador warns: Trump will ‘undermine democracy’
Germany's ambassador to the US has warned his superiors in Berlin that US President-elect Donald Trump will seek to "undermine democracy" in his second term.
Ex-EC ‘digital enforcer’ Breton taken to task over ‘truthfulness’ on X
Former European Commissioner Thierry Breton has been accused by social media users of having been less than truthful on X.
Poland’s Tusk tells UK’s Starmer of dream for ‘Breturn’
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that he “dreams that Brexit will be replaced by 'Breturn'”.
Musk vs Soros: the internationalists save their outrage for just one
In the theatre of modern politics, where money, power, and influence play out like a high-stakes game of chess, two names consistently rise to the surface of every…
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EU ramps up investigation into X amid feud with Musk
The European Union has ramped up its Digital Services Act (DSA) investigation into the X social media platform amid a growing feud with its owner, Elon Musk.
EU Commissioner Lahbib visits Syria with €235 million support
Hadja Lahbib, the EU Commissioner for Crisis Preparedness and Management, has travelled to Damascus and met with Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of the HTS rebel group that…
Hungary’s Orbán backs US-sanctioned head of secret service
US sanctions against Antal Rogan, head of Hungary's secret service, have sparked controversy but also solidified his role within Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government,…
Are European governments next? Paris joins growing exodus from Musk’s X
The city of Paris has become the latest European municipality to abandon Elon Musk’s social media platform, saying it will close its X account January 20.
Google rejects EU demands for fact-checking
Google has rejected demands by the European Commission to add fact-checking to its search results and YouTube videos as well as to use fact-checking in ranking and…
FPÖ bigwig starts firestorm with call for abolishing EU censorship law
Petra Steger, a leading MEP for the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), has provoked an EU firestorm about censorship and freedom of speech with her calls to abolish…
Former EC tech chief Thierry Breton gets top lobbying job, skipping two-year waiting period
Thierry Breton, the EU's Internal Market Commissioner and tech enforcer until September 2024, has received special approval from the European Commission to start…
EU car industry calls for CO2 fine relief to avoid ‘irreparable’ harm to competitiveness
The European automobile industry has called on the EU to roll back CO2 emission fines to avoid crippling the bloc's competitiveness.
ECHR upholds criminal conviction for malicious obstruction of traffic by unions
The European Court of Human Rights has unanimously upheld a Belgian court decision convicting the Belgian Socialist Union on a charge of blocking roads during a…
NGOs gained influence under von der Leyen, while companies lost theirs
NGOs had much more contact with the European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen, compared with her predecessor Jean-Claude Juncker.
Commission announces ‘action plan’ for EU health cyber attacks–but no funding
Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission announced an "action plan" January 15 to respond to a sharp rise in cyberattacks against the EU health sector--but the…
EU plans to give away €1.9bn in ‘humanitarian aid’ in 2025
The European Union is planning to give away €1.9 billion of taxpayer money in so-called "humanitarian aid" this year, the European Commission has announced.
Wilders: Cut spending on climate policies and Ukraine to fund tax cuts
Dutch hard-right leader Geert Wilders called on his country's government to cut spending on climate policies and the Ukraine war to fund tax cuts.