Stand by for the GenAI elections: regulators powerless to stop AI deepfakes
Early signs suggest an unprepared Europe is about to witness a flood of AI-generated, politically-oriented images and video, just as many go to the polls
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Predictions for 2024: The West’s energy crisis may be coming to an end, but Zelensky must look ahead at the coming year with foreboding
As the old saying goes, predictions are always difficult, especially if they concern the future.
It’s the polls that swung it: EU leaders watered down the Green Deal in fear of Europe’s populist tide
Abraham Lincoln’s saying that you can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but never all of the people all of the time…
Berlin lowers local voting age to 16
Berlin's local government has lowered the voting age for its regional elections to 16 years.
Is Donald Tusk really the most influential person of 2023? Why Politico has called it wrong
Listening to and reading the Western media, one can get the impression that a new European legend has been born: Donald Tusk, almost certain to return as Poland's…
Azerbaijani President Aliyev announces snap election
Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, has signed a decree implementing a snap presidential election in the nation to be held in February next year.
All buttocks great and small: France’s Greens shake up election campaign with ‘booty therapy’
France’s The Greens party has kicked off its campaign for the European elections next year in an unconventional way – through “booty therapy”.
For Sweden Democrats, ‘Swexit’ is now on the radar
Charlie Weimers, a leading MEP for the Sweden Democrats and vice-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, says a Swedish exit from the European…
Meloni facing uphill battle in bid for constitutional reform
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni does not have enough parliamentary support to push through the constitutional changes required to introduce a directly elected…
Hungarian Government targets foreign money in ‘sovereignty bill’
Hungary's ruling Fidesz party filed a legislative package to Parliament calling for the criminalisation of foreign funding for political parties and the establishment…
EU holds ‘cybersecurity exercise’ to combat potential 2024 election interference
The European Union has held a so-called "cybersecurity exercise" aimed at toughening defences against possible attempts to interfere in the bloc's 2024 elections.
Tusk may be PM for a year, then seek to succeed von der Leyen
Donald Tusk told allies he may only be PM for a year, and then return to Brussels to succeed Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president.
Portugal’s president dissolves parliament and calls early elections
Portugal's president has scheduled early elections for March 10 2024, following the resignation of the country's PM amid a corruption investigation.
Former Tusk minister jailed for corruption set to be freed to become MEP
Włodzimierz Karpiński was arrested in February for allegedly taking a bribe of over €1 million from a company bidding on a rubbish collection contract
Moldova: pro-EU party fares badly amid alleged Russian interference
Moldova's pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) failed to win Chisnau's mayor race Sunday, raising questions both about possible Russian interference and the…
The Gaza conflict could reshape EU politics – and the EPP and S&D are panicking
The Gaza conflict has a direct spillover effect in Europe: Unrest and insecurity are on the rise.
Bulgaria’s seventh election in two years brings more instability to a rickety power share
In Bulgaria's seventh major election in a rocky two years, its two government power-sharing partners are now squaring up in run-off municipal elections on November…
European Parliament pre-election legislation deadline leaked
The deadline for MEPs to provisionally agree proposed legislation with the European Council has been leaked.
Le Pen’s Rassemblement National tops France 2024 EU elections poll
Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National (RN) has surged ahead in the French opinion polls ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections.
Which side are you on? The centre-Right is at a crossroads ahead of next year’s European elections
Europe, together with the entire West, stands before a critical dilemma.
Maximillian Krah: ‘ID group and ECR foreign policy differences’ are main problem
Maximillian Krah, lead candidate of Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party for the European Parliament elections in 2024, has taken issue with the…
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.
French Socialists bury left-wing unity list for European Parliament elections
The head of the French Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, said he does not want to be part of a united left-wing list ahead of the European Parliament elections in…
Poland’s elections matter way beyond the country’s borders – they could presage a realignment in European politics
2024 EU Elections polls suggest that the national conservatives of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) will be the biggest overall winner, establishing…
Irish Deputy PM still has eye on EU top job, party insiders say
Micheál Martin, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister, still has his eye on the position of European Commission President, insiders have claimed.
Qatargate probe in jeopardy as lawyers block investigation until May 2024
Qatargate, the investigation into possible corruption in the European Parliament, has hit a major road block as defence lawyers claim fundamental legal procedural…
Le Pen and Salvini reaffirm their European alliance
The de facto leader of the French Rassemblement National (RN) party and the head of the Italian Lega party have underlined their close political proximity ahead…
Renew calls for ‘cordon sanitaire’ against ‘anti-European’ parties ahead of 2024 European Parliament elections
The declaration is an opening salvo ahead the 2024 European Parliament elections, as the Parliament's third-biggest group assembled in Vienna to decide its party…
Le Pen niece tops Zemmour’s Reconquête! list ahead of European Parliament elections
Marion Maréchal announced on September 6 that she will head the list of right-wing firebrand Éric Zemmour, leader of the Reconquête! (R!
Summertime and the quizzing is easy for EC candidate Ivanova
Hearing participants seemed to be going through the motions.