Belgium: What drives the electorate in the North?
In June, Belgium will simultaneously hold its European Parliament, national, and regional elections, with municipal votes following just a few months later.
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The key players in Belgian elections 2024
2024 is set to be a tumultuous year in Belgian politics.
Education minister Simon Harris frontrunner to succeed Varadkar in snap leadership race
In the end, there were no palace coups, no visible pressure to quit.
Nature Restoration Law is dead, Belgian PM De Croo says
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, whose country holds the six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union, said Europe's proposed Nature Restoration…
As UK’s ruling Conservatives mull general election date, decency breaks out on Tory benches
There is an aspect over the decision about the timing of the UK general election that has been overlooked and it is a very human angle.
France and the European Parliament elections: What you need to know
The second-largest state in the European Union by population and economic power, founding member France remains one of the loudest players in European politics.
EP elections poll: Eurosceptics set to gain most as centre-left holds ground
With just over 80 days until the European Parliament elections, an Ipsos poll shows big gains for Conservatives and nationalists, while Greens are set to lose out…
Irish PM Varadkar unexpectedly quits ahead of European Parliament elections
Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has resigned ahead of the European Parliament elections in June.
Polish central bank chief set to be indicted by PM Tusk’s ruling majority
Adam Glapiński, the head of Poland’s central bank (NBP), is in line to be indicted by Parliament and tried by the country’s Tribunal of State, the body responsible…
Estonian PM plays hard-ball over NATO hopeful Rutte
Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte looks to be in pole position to become the next NATO Secretary-General after outmanoeuvring the Estonian Prime Minister…
The West won the World Wars and the Cold War. We must win today too – but to do so Europe must rediscover its belief in democracy
It seems that every month the European project becomes more beleaguered.
Spain: ‘Pro-European’ across the spectrum
As anti-EU sentiments continue to rumble across the continent, Spain has remained a somewhat unlikely champion of the European project.
EU agrees new limits on Ukraine farm imports
The European Union reached a provisional agreement to grant Ukrainian food producers tariff-free access to its markets until June 2025, albeit with new limits on…
TikTok clips wings of AfD lead politician Krah
Maximilian Krah, who leads the European Parliament vote list for Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, has apparently been stifled by TikTok.
Italy PM Meloni angles for EU role as ‘Trump whisperer’ and moderate leader of the new Right
With what seem a shrewd series of telephone calls to US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and visits alongside European Commission President Ursula…
NATO can survive the return of Trump – and still deter Putin. It will simply mean Europe paying for more of its own defence
Much has been made recently over the prospective return of Donald Trump and his transactional style of conducting foreign relations.
Belgian PM ‘using EU presidency to try to kill Nature Restoration Law’
Alexander De Croo, the Belgian Prime Minister leading his country’s six-month EU presidency, is actively campaigning to torpedo the bloc’s nature restoration…
EC ‘bankrolling dictators’ MEPs claim, as €7.4 billion Egypt deal signed
Senior MEPs accused the European Commission of "bankrolling dictators" after a 2023 migration deal put €150 million directly into the hands of Tunisia's President…
To have peace, Europe must prepare for war, EU council president says
Europe must strengthen its defence capabilities and shift to a "war economy" mode in response to the threat posed by Russia, European Council President Charles Michel…
EU agrees on sanctions on Hamas, violent West Bank settlers
European Union foreign ministers agreed in principle on Monday to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers for attacking Palestinians in the West Bank and to add further…
Taiwan’s vice president-elect makes Czech visit, angering China
Taiwan's vice president-elect and former de facto ambassador to Washington, Hsiao Bi-khim, is on a visit to the Czech Republic following a low-key trip to the United…
Trends ‘favour Spanish right-wing victory’
The highly polarised political landscape in Spain is set to have an impact on the European Parliament elections in favour of the bloc's growing Right.
Macron and Scholz love-in ‘unlikely to last’
Differences between French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are too deep to vanish easily, warn observers of their recent 'fence-mending'…
Reconquête! VP Maréchal: ‘French citizens should choose media outlets to fund’
Marion Maréchal, Vice-President of the French right-wing Reconquête! party, is advocating the implementation of a "media voucher" system in France.
Putin’s re-election receives a chorus of silence
On the unsurprising re-election of Russian President Vladimir Putin there was an apparently eerie silence in place of what have previously been relatively fulsome…
Can the EU learn from Britain’s ‘extremism crackdown’? Not giving public money to Islamists is long overdue, but the new definitions could be used against conservatives
In an effort to “keep our citizens safe and our country secure”, Britain’s Conservative government has announced a new definition of extremism.
German EU elections: Will Populism triumph in June?
"Conservatives, in fact, are mostly losers."
Shoot-out in Belgium leaves one police officer dead and two wounded
A Belgian police raid targeting a suspect allegedly involved in illegal car dealing, drugs and arms trafficking became deadly.
Is France turning into an Anthony Burgess dystopia? The dangers of going ‘Zulu’ and embracing the ‘Horns of the Buffalo’
France appears to be embracing the deadly Zulu “Horns of the Buffalo” tactic when it comes to the lifespans of its citizens.
Denmark’s EP elections: What you need to know
As Denmark heads to vote in the European Parliament elections June, the country's Social Democrats -- with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at the helm -- govern…