
‘No Comment’: EPP Silent on Le Pen Sentencing
The largest EU party’s refusal to comment has drawn sharp criticism amid a storm of reaction from supporters and opponents.

The largest EU party’s refusal to comment has drawn sharp criticism amid a storm of reaction from supporters and opponents.
New sentencing guidelines—which would have judges discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender and religion—have been suspended following threat of emergency legislation.
Belgian prosecutors are investigating how the Chinese tech giant may have bought favours from at least 15 MEPs.

Almost 5,000 rejected asylum applicants could be deported from Sweden despite lobbying by pro-migration officials.

Finland debates whether or not to join countries that prohibit people from freely receiving support to deal with internal conflicts related to their sexuality.
Tuesday’s exercises were aimed at sending a “stern warning,” Beijing said.

The watchdog noted that 140 MEPs have also misused assistants’ funds, yet none of them faced such unprecedented punishment as the French presidential frontrunner.