Belgian farmers to blockade Zeebrugge port as protests spread
Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, European Union environmental policies and cheap food imports plan to block access roads to the Zeebrugge container port,…
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Storm over EC President’s post implying Auschwitz ‘was Polish’
Polish officials protested against the use of the phrase: "Auschwitz Camp, Poland" by the European Commission.
Mayor of Pregrada champions young community leaders
Committee of the Regions, Brussels – Pregrada, Croatia
Hungarian-speakers’ organisation to renew push for Szeklerland autonomy
Szeklerland, Romania.
Poland witnessing ‘creeping coup’, says opposition leader
The leader of the Polish Conservative (PiS) party, Jarosław Kaczyński, has slammed the actions of the newly-installed justice minister Adam Bodnar whom, he said,…
Is the resurrection of East Germany more than a fantasy?
"Thus it was that, 68 years ago, the flag of Austria was raised above the land, and the Austrian Dragoon was the law in Hungary ...
AfD ‘will not be banned’, despite German Government threats
Germany’s populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party will not be banned despite threats from the Government, according to one prominent academic.
Protests erupt across Germany against ‘neo-Nazi’ AfD
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Germany to demonstrate against the populist right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, seen by many…
Europe’s capital facing sinkhole, sewage problem as debt explodes
Brussels is in danger of drowning in its own filth while sinkholes erupt across the city like a spotty teen’s chin.
Argentina’s Milei berates Western ‘Neo-Marxists’ at World Economic Forum
"Neo-Marxists have managed to co-opt the common sense of the Western world and this they have achieved by appropriating the media, culture, universities, and also…
European Parliament threatens to sue EC over funds for Hungary
A majority of MEPs, dominated by Liberals and the assembly's Left, are enraged about the European Commission's decision to release up to €10.
Green MEPs guilty of ‘hyperbolic pathos’ as near-empty Parliament debates rise of ‘neofascism’
Liberal and left-wing MEPs are calling for the heads of Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).
Is rape a crime? EU seems unsure …
The European Union's first directive on combating sexual violence against women has hit a roadblock.
AfD’s Höcke should lose ‘fundamental rights’, German politicians told
A major player in Germany’s populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party should be stripped of all his "fundamental rights" under the country’s Constitution,…
EU risks being left ‘on its own’ if Trump returns, says Belgian PM
The European Union risks being left "on its own" if the US opts to return Donald Trump to the White House as President, the Prime Minister of Belgium has said.
Belgian Socialists call for ‘ban on political advertising’ on social media
Socialists in Belgium say they want to put a stop to “excessive” spending on social-media adverts by political parties.
Italian NGO wins prestigious Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award
Committee of the Regions, Brussels - Brescia, Italy
Potential AfD ban divides public opinion in Germany
Fewer than half of Germans support a nationwide ban on the populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party over allegations it is "extremist", a new poll has shown.
What is happening in Poland is setting a dangerous precedent for the whole of Europe: Autocracy in the name of liberalism is coming to a parliament near you soon
Poland has repeatedly been ahead of its time. Now, Donald Tusk is initiating a trend heralding a new era of liberal autocracy in Europe.
Second Trump presidency ‘could threaten US democracy’, European Parliament research body warns
Trump would probably push for the deconstruction of the American “deep-state”, a move the assembly think-tank claimed could threaten US democracy
ECJ silent on ‘legitimacy’ of Polish judges
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has refused to accept prejudicial questions from Polish judges who claim some of their colleagues have been appointed in a non-legitimate…
Democracy at the crossroads: Illiberal liberals seem intent on rigging Europe’s elections
From Frederic Bastiat’s The Law to John Rawls’s Theory of Justice, the basic premise of liberal philosophy has always been equality before the law: Freedom and…
EU-funded supercomputer may be ‘misused by Erdoğan’, warns MEP
A European Union-funded supercomputer could be used by Turkey's Government to track dissidents, Sweden Democrat MEP Charlie Weimers has told Brussels Signal.
From the United States to Germany, the self-proclaimed defenders of democracy are fast becoming its enemies: They are playing a very dangerous game
A supposedly serious Bloomberg headline is setting the tone for the new year: “2024 is the Year of Elections and That’s a Threat to Democracy”.
Norwegian mass shooter Breivik pushes to end prison isolation
Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, will testify in court on Tuesday as he presses…
Netherlands’ Wilders drops ‘unacceptable’ legislative proposals in bid to please
In a move designed to appease his colleagues, Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party have formally withdrawn three controversial legislative proposals.
Man ‘shot with Italian MP’s gun’ at New Year’s Eve party
A male guest was shot with a gun belonging to one of Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's MPs at a New Year's party in the town of Rosazza, in Northern Italy.
AfD ban could backfire, leading Social Democrat warns
Any proscription would likely be met with backlash due to the growing support for the AfD, according to the Government’s Commissioner for East Germany
Will 2024 be the year in which judicial activism begins to dictate the course of elections?
The attempts to take Donald Trump's name off the US presidential ballot and rumblings about banning the German AfD and Polish PiS parties could be the start of a…
Tusk-supporting MPs ‘recruiting for Polish State media’
Polish news portal Onet.