The CDU politician pushing the ban has delayed introducing the bill, claiming to be waiting for a court decision.

The shutdown comes amid a longstanding debate on scrapping all faith-based schools in Sweden.

The case is just the latest headache for the far-left France Insoumise.

There have been mutterings that Sunak has just days to save his premiership.

An audit court warned on Monday that the supplementary budget for 2023 is “extremely problematic under constitutional law,” because it retroactively invokes an emergency for a budget year that is almost over.

Gunman at large after suspected gang shooting near the European Parliament

EU trade talks with China are part of Brussels’ broader ambition to reduce its foreign dependency for critical raw materials.

Beyond a stance in favour of the countryside, the political platform of the Alliance rurale is unclear.

Some Tory MPs would let the ban pass so long as their preferred cigars were made exempt.

Leftist parties are predicted to lose dozens of seats, making a right-wing majority finally possible.

Progressive plans to naturalise millions of migrants, many of them Turkish, is unsettling German conservatives as Turkey continues its collision course with the West.

After more than a decade in office, the Conservative Party remains unable to work out how tough it wants to be on immigration.