There was a lot of media attention recently to Germany being in a recession. The only problem is that those who said so, were wrong. Here is why.

Nine member states will be able to elect one or two extra MEPs next year, as the parliament will increase from 705 to 716 members. Though unlikely to be law, the idea of a “pan-European” constituency is still on the table.

Despite the EU’s crude attempt to master AI regulation, the AI Act is expected to become law this November after an EPP push for greater use of real-time biometric tracking by police failed.

During an otherwise peaceful demonstration in support of Belgium’s healthcare workers, it appears that one officer attempted to hit chairman Tom Van Grieken in the face, while a fellow MP claimed she had been kicked by another policeman after having fallen to the ground.

The forgery scheme allowed hundreds of numbers of illegal migrants to pass themselves off as EU nationals who were applying for French residency.

At least 79 migrants are confirmed dead with hundreds more missing after a deadly shipwreck off of the southern coast of Greece which could be the deadliest in the Mediterranean so far this year.

Ultimately, this serves Italy’s Mattei Plan, which seeks to invest in African energy infrastructure and promote employment, reducing the long-term desirability of Europe-bound migration.

An Afghan YouTuber with refugee status in Belgium is facing backlash after putting out videos in support of the radical Islamist Taliban as government officials have called for a review of his refugee status and others have called for his deportation.

Meanwhile, Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani traveled to Strasbourg to give a speech in front of the European Parliament, where she said Pristina wants nothing but “good neighborly relations.”

Forewarned by the Dutch of Ukraine’s intentions in June 2022, Washington in an attempt at dissuasion brought the matter to Kyiv’s attention. An intervention that failed since, in September that year, the pipelines were crippled regardless.

A fairly one-sided ‘debate’ has been launched after a woman lied to medical professionals in order to kill her unborn baby, whose gestational age was between seven and eight months.

The decline of the European political centre continues, albeit at a modest pace as a potential ECR-EPP alliance will likely be a major point of contention following next year’s elections.