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EU budget fails to take account of Ukrainian refugee crisis, says Poland
Tensions have been ramped up between Poland and the European Commission over the EC’s revision of the European Union budget for 2021-2027.
Green groups put brakes on Germany’s biggest classic-car rally
It looks like the end of the road for Germany's biggest vintage-car rally, which has been cancelled just days before it was due to take place, amid environmental…
EC and EU stumped by Ukrainian POW dilemma in Hungary
The European Commission was caught between a rock and a hard place on June 21 over how to respond to growing controversy regarding the presence of a number of Ukrainian…
Twitter boss Musk folds on free speech in India, claiming he has ‘no choice’
US billionaire and Twitter owner, Elon Musk, seems less of a free-speech advocate than he would like the world’s public to think.
France and Italy kiss and make up after heated migrant dispute
French President, Emmanuel Macron, and Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, have buried the hatchet at a meeting in the French presidential palace on June 20…
Poland welcomes two million foreign workers while resisting relocation of illegal migrants
Under Poland’s ruling Conservatives there has been a dramatic increase in the number of foreign workers in the country while, at the same time, the government…
Poland smells a rat in EC proposal for Migration Pact opt-outs
The Polish government is suspicious about suggestions in Brussels regarding amendments to the European Union’s proposed Migration Pact.
As much as Europe’s liberal elites abhor America’s divisive abortion fights, they are here already
Abortion has been a hugely divisive issue in the United States ever since the 1973 Roe v Wade judgment fifty years ago.
EU climate chief fears green deal risks hit from ‘culture wars’
The European Union’s landmark green deal is at risk of being dragged into the “culture wars,” said the bloc’s climate chief Frans Timmermans as he warned…
German government coalition averts collapse, again
Germany's governing coalition has narrowly avoided collapse over the European Union’s new Migration Pact.
Trump has much to learn from Berlusconi’s successes
Comparisons have long-been made between former US President Donald Trump and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Finnish right-wing parties agree to form government
A Conservative coalition has been formed in Finland after the previous leader’s resignation in April.
Institutional bias: the European Parliament has failed to tackle the real issues raised by Covid-19 and its lockdowns
After 15 months of considering the EU’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic, an EU Parliament special committee has released its 56-page report.
Greek boat disaster fuels migration debate
The tragic sinking of a boat packed with hundreds of people seeking refuge abroad has sparked riots and furious debate about migration throughout Europe.
Belgian Socialist leader says he’s bisexual in controversial YouTube video
Conner Rousseau, the leader of Vooruit, Belgium's Dutch-speaking socialist party, announced publicly on June 15 that he is sexually attracted to men and women.
Private cars of German police officers sabotaged during far-Left riots
Riots involving hundreds of far-Left radicals in Leipzig, Germany, protesting at the conviction of the activist known as 'Lina E', resulted in what a German police…
European Commission attacks Poland in European Parliament over ‘violation of democracy’
The European Parliament on June 14 debated controversial Polish legislation that according to the European Commissioner for Justice “violates the principle of…
European Parliament polarised over Migration Pact
Acrimony filled the Strasbourg plenary hall, as Right and Left lambasted the pact for their own reasons, while the Centre pleaded for constructive support to get…
Deaths on Middle East and North Africa migration routes skyrocket
Almost 3,800 people died on migration routes from the Middle East and North Africa in 2022, the highest number since 2017.
Prince Harry, Sebastian Vettel, Greta Thunberg – practice what you preach before lecturing the rest of us
You cannot go far these days in Europe, indeed throughout the West, without being harangued by some celebrity about climate change or social justice.
Brussels City receives Tehran’s hardline mayor weeks after EU banned a group he led
Politicians and Iranian refugees have criticised the city of Brussels for inviting Tehran's hardline mayor to City Hall, just weeks after the EU sanctioned a group…
Swedish police wrong to ban Quran burning, judges rule
Swedish police were wrong to ban two gatherings earlier this year during which protesters intended to burn the Quran, an appeals court has ruled.
Poles’ support for Ukrainian refugees slumps
Support among Poles for their Ukrainian guests has slumped dramatically, with many now opposing benefits.
Ukraine NATO rift cools Weimar talks
A split over Ukraine's membership of NATO chilled talks between leaders of the Weimar Triangle in Paris despite unanimous support from France, Germany and Poland…
Poland ‘won’t comply’ with EU migration pact
Poland would rather pay hefty fines than follow the EU's new migration pact, saying it would not be “dictated to by Brussels”.
Presidentialism: What Giorgia Meloni has, and other Right-wing leaders would do well to emulate
Many Right-wing populists in the West, from Donald Trump in the US, to Matteo Salvini in Italy, and Marine Le Pen in France, are known for their abrasive and direct…
French Right-wingers alarmed about ‘Islamist’ participation at European youth-event
The European Youth Event (EYE), organised by the European Parliament in Strasbourg over the weekend of June 9 and 10, has sparked controversy after it included an…
Meloni’s party seeks to ban mosques in warehouses and garages
The Brothers of Italy party of Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has proposed a new law to ban mosques set up on sites such as industrial warehouses and garages…
Learn to live with rats, says Paris city council
In what late film star James Cagney might refer to as a case of, “You dirty rats!