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Dutch Socialist Party (PvdA) and the Green Party (GroenLinks) are pushing the idea of cementing a union in what could be a fundamental shift in the country's politics.
It is nearly seven years since politicians in Catalunya declared their region's independence from Spain, the short-lived announcement being almost immediately annulled…
The Spanish Government is making its support of Palestine known ahead of the European Parliament elections on June 9.
According to a survey released over the Easter weekend an overwhelming majority of Poles oppose entry into the common-currency Eurozone, preferring to keep the Polish…
Austria was the main opponent to the two countries joining the bloc, with Vienna expressing concern that loosening border-control requirements would further expose…
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has railed against the EU's migration pact, saying the deal prevented his country from dealing with migrants streams from Russia…
The last EU soldier will leave Mali May 18 following a decision not to extend the mandate of the EU Training Mission (EUTM) there.
Teachers in Germany should instruct their students about the "anti-constitutional tendencies" of the populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, the head…
Czech intelligence services have accused politicians of accepting payments from a Russian influence operation, according to Czech and German media.
The leader of Northern Ireland's largest unionist party Jeffrey Donaldson stepped down on Friday after confirming he had been charged with "allegations of a…
The vote, 159 votes to 141, follows claims from both the Left and the Right that the government engaged in a cover-up to protect certain politicians connected to…
In an unpublished analysis widely reported by the German media, researchers claim there is no legal issue if an individual NATO country, such as France, decides…
With a year of elections ahead, including the European Parliament vote in June, the Danish model of immigration policy is spreading to its European neighbours.
Spain, which was at the point of banning the Telegram app this week, backtracked on the decision after searches for VPNs skyrocketed.
With three MEPs in the current European Parliament, the Sweden Democrats look set to double the number to six in the June elections.
Parliamentary debates in the normally staid Netherlands are becoming more feisty of late, with Thierry Baudet of the Forum for Democracy (FvD), threatening March…
The predicted rise of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) appears likely to provide Commission President Ursula von der Leyen a tempting opportunity…
For both Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her “frenemy” coalition partners to the Right, June's European Parliament election will be largely about migration.
There are 62,000 people who are either active in, or have connections to, gang networks in Sweden according to the country's National Police Commissioner, Petra…
Denmark's government aims to be the second in the world -- after New Zealand -- to officially set a carbon tax.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday during his visit to Brazil that a potential agreement between the European Union and the South American Mercosur…
European governments are weighing the introduction of tougher rules on cigarette makers' new zero-tobacco heat sticks, moving to close the loopholes they were designed…
There are "systemic risks online that may impact the integrity of elections", the European Commission has warned
More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister…
Hard-left activists prevented the chair of NATO's military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, from speaking at an event at the University of Amsterdam March 26.
Moldova's Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down legislation aimed at barring from elections a banned party linked to a fugitive business magnate who supports…
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and transport minister Matteo Salvini is not amused with European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager's objections to German airline Lufthansa's…
Von der Leyen’s re-appointment campaign "will be much rougher and polarised" than previous races for the post, according to one political scientist
French defence minister Sebastien Lecornu said he was prepared to use his powers to requisition industrial capacities or impose priorities to weapon makers to speed…
