Month: June 2025

Spanish PM Snubs NATO Defence Target, Cites Economy Over Security

Spanish PM Snubs NATO Defence Target, Cites Economy Over Security

Pedro Sánchez says 5% goal is ‘unreasonable’ despite growing threats

June 19, 2025
Migrants in Germany Using Churches To Dodge Deportation

Migrants in Germany Using Churches To Dodge Deportation

With no legal standing but political cover, Germany’s churches are sheltering thousands of deportation-resistant migrants—many of whom arrived through safe EU states.

June 19, 2025
Portugal Pushes To Seal the Mercosur Deal To Avoid “Global Humiliation”

Portugal Pushes To Seal the Mercosur Deal To Avoid “Global Humiliation”

Luís Montenegro could not care less about Europe’s farmers paying the price as long as his public image remains intact.

June 19, 2025
Patriots Break Through Firewall with Anti-Migration Amendments in Mali Resolution

Patriots Break Through Firewall with Anti-Migration Amendments in Mali Resolution

The adopted amendments pay tribute to European soldiers who sacrificed their lives fighting jihadists, and call for stronger EU action against illegal migration from West Africa.

June 19, 2025
Spanish PM Turns on the Fan, But the Stench of Corruption Still Lingers

Spanish PM Turns on the Fan, But the Stench of Corruption Still Lingers

“We are not corrupt,” claimed Sánchez in parliament, but reality contradicts his claim on all fronts.

June 19, 2025
France Faces IMF Guardianship Over Soaring Debt

France Faces IMF Guardianship Over Soaring Debt

Chief economist issues stark warning: without urgent reforms, France could lose control of its own budget.

June 19, 2025
French Nuclear Renaissance Is Here Thanks To Massive Right-Wing Push

French Nuclear Renaissance Is Here Thanks To Massive Right-Wing Push

France is finally catching up with reality: going green means going nuclear.

June 19, 2025
Italian Left Sides with the Ayatollahs

Italian Left Sides with the Ayatollahs

From the Association of Italian Partisans to the Green and Left Alliance and the centre-left, the progressives in Italy condemn Israel as the aggressor as it fights an existential war against Iran.

June 19, 2025
EU Parliament Approves New Body to Investigate the Climate NGO Scandal

EU Parliament Approves New Body to Investigate the Climate NGO Scandal

The right-wing initiative put forward by the ECR is a major step toward transparency, but it’s still far from what true accountability would look like.

June 19, 2025
JD Vance Joins Bluesky—And Gets Auto-Banned Almost Instantly

JD Vance Joins Bluesky—And Gets Auto-Banned Almost Instantly

The U.S. vice president’s debut on the progressive-friendly Twitter rival lasted minutes before Bluesky’s systems flagged him as a fake. He wasn’t.

June 19, 2025
‘Matching Today’s Challenges’: Growing Calls for ECHR Asylum Rule Reform

‘Matching Today’s Challenges’: Growing Calls for ECHR Asylum Rule Reform

Not all campaigns for change are sincere, but they could still result in it becoming easier to deport foreign criminals.

June 19, 2025
Hungarian Police Ban Budapest Pride Parade Citing Child Protection Law

Hungarian Police Ban Budapest Pride Parade Citing Child Protection Law

Authorities say the march would violate a law prohibiting LGBT promotion to minors. The city’s liberal mayor insists it will go ahead.

June 19, 2025