X bends to Brussels’ will over Israel-Hamas censorship demands
Elon Musk's X has kowtowed to Brussels after the European Union’s censorship tsar Thierry Breton demanded a clampdown on "illegal" content linked to the Hamas…
Category
Society
Latest reporting and analysis on society.
Brussels put ‘democratic process at risk’ with plan to axe Palestine aid: Billy Kelleher MEP
Speaking in the Brussels Signal studio, Kelleher described the announcement to cut aid made by Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi…
Lawfare reaches Poland – if Civic Platform win on Sunday, prepare to see its opponents put on trial
When we observe the Polish public debate, we are struck by the brutality of the confrontation between Civic Platform (PO) and Law and Justice (PiS).
EU threatens Musk with ultimatum to censor ‘disinformation’ on X
The European Union has issued X owner Elon Musk with an ultimatum, ordering the tech billionaire to censor so-called "disinformation" or face being sanctioned under…
Tunisia migration deal dead as country returns EU money
The controversial deal between Tunisia and the European Union seems to be dead in the water.
Vienna Beer Party, on promise of more ale for all, polls at historic highs
The Beer Party in Vienna, or Bierpartei, is polling at 12 per cent, its highest and a score that would make it the third party in the Austrian city.
Members of Timmermans’ party demand more pro-Palestinian line
Dutch politician and former European Union deputy Frans Timmermans is facing heat over his vocal support for Israel following the Hamas terrorist attacks that began…
Former EC ‘green’ tsar Timmermans attacks Right for criticising green agenda
Frans Timmermans, the European Commission's former “green” tsar, has lashed out at the political Right for daring to criticise his green agenda.
German police arrest members of Reichsbürger group accused of coup plot
German police conducted raids and arrested members of a far-right group that had sought to violently overthrow Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and kidnap the…
Over 800,000 asylum claims made in Europe this year, leaked EC document shows
More than 800,000 asylum claims have been made in Europe so far this year, a leak from within the European Commission shows.
Europe’s capital needs media to challenge the status quo: That’s why Brussels Signal is launching
Access to information - and indeed the dissemination of it - has been massively democratised over the last quarter century.
European hard-Left condemns EU leaders’ support of Israel
…
Mediterranean countries demand action on illegal migration
Migration and interior ministers from the five European Union nations most impacted by illegal migration from the Mediterranean want more help to tackle the problem.
Orbán fires back: ‘Brussels legally raped Poland and Hungary’ with the Migration Pact
The decision to move forward with the Migrant Pact is being poorly received by Hungary and Poland.
Spain cancels press conference after dust-up between Sánchez and Sunak
The Spanish and British Prime Ministers were on October 6 in such disagreement over migration that the closing press conference at the European Political Community…
Islamist terror surge likely in France in 2024, warn intelligence services
A surge of Islamist terrorist attacks is likely in 2024, French intelligence services have warned.
Sunak and Meloni unite to ramp up pressure on EU over illegal migration
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined forces with his Italian counterpart Georgia Meloni in demanding tougher action from the European Union in tackling…
Spain rescues 262 migrants in Canary Islands as EU mulls migration
Spanish coast guards rescued 262 migrants in three boats trying to reach the Canary Islands in the early hours of Friday amid a surge in crossings, just as European…
MEPs push for ban on European airline hand-luggage charges
Airlines operating within the European Union should not be allowed to charge extra for passengers' hand luggage, MEPs have said.
European Council strikes initial deal on Migration Pact
European Union Members States have agreed on how to handle illegal migrants and asylum seekers.
Sacré bleu: ‘No English in adverts!’ demand defenders of the French language
A campaign is underway in France against the use of English in advertisements.
Birds of a feather? Putin praises Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
Russian President Vladimir Putin has honoured controversial Latin American Socialist political figures from the past at an International Parliamentary Conference…
European Socialists are ‘cowards’
European Socialists are cowards, former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told a Brussels soirée last week.
Facial recognition technology now available to Western states could make China look like amateurs in mass surveillance
For me, the moment the surveillance society really began to hit home was as far back as 2010, when primary schools in the UK started fingerprinting their pupils…
Don’t panic! French minister urges calm as bedbug plague bites Paris and Brussels
France's health minister has urged the public not to panic as both France and Belgium succumb to a plague of blood-sucking bedbugs.
German minister proposes giving 18-year-olds €20,000 for free
Germany should start handing out €20,000 in cash to citizens when they turn 18 years of age, a government minister has argued.
EU Media Freedom Act ‘violates founding treaty’, Polish MEP claims
"The European Media Freedom Act tries to bring in provisions that violate the Treaties," Elżbieta Kruk told Parliament.
No deal! Tunisia rejects EU money
European plans to curb the mass influx of migrants coming from Tunisia have suffered a major setback as Tunisian President Kais Saied rejected financial support…
Polish Right is ‘taking pleasure out of sex’
Wysokie Obcasy (High Heels), a women’s magazine distributed with Poland’s liberal leaning daily Gazeta Wyborcza, has published a text accusing the ruling Conservatives…
Surviving the Zombie apocalypse: What the Victorians can teach us
Every semester I like to ask my students a simple question: “Where would you go during a Zombie apocalypse?”