The ruling PiS government may not revive the visa reforms after this year’s elections, as immigration becomes a leading issue on the campaign trail.

Despite denials from the White House, von der Leyen ticks all the boxes for Washington, and, for different reasons, is the preferred candidate for Germany and France in a career change that could alter the post-2024 political calculus of the EPP.

The diplomatic slap in the face is a blow to Europe’s hopes of carving a foreign policy path away from a more hawkish United States as relations increasingly sour with Beijing.

Both sides say the other wants to engineer a nuclear disaster at Zaporizhzhia as Ukrainian forces look to recapture the power plant as part of their counteroffensive.

Advanced notice was able to nip violence in the bud in Brussels, but the rioting, inspired by events in France, has also spread to Switzerland and French Guiana.

Despite ample media publicity, Italy’s bungling new left-wing opposition leader Elly Schlein is making matters worse for the centre-left PD as party insiders fear their own Jeremy Corbyn moment and loss of working-class voters to the Right.

Liberal opposition leader Donald Tusk took to denouncing Islamic immigration in the aftermath of this week’s turmoil in France while Poland’s PiS used the carnage as political ammunition during EU asylum talks.

Rioting in Lille has been a surprisingly multiracial affair as white ultra-left radicals capitalised on the chaos on the streets to pursue a vendetta against the Macronist state while nationalists sit in wait.

Tsipras said it was time to pass the torch to a new generation of Syriza leaders Thursday, as poor electoral results and an unexpected return of the ultra-Right bodes poorly for the Greek socialists.

The altercation will likely strain already poor relations between Serbia and the breakaway region after weeks of violence over the installation of Albanian mayors in Serbian regions in Kosovo.

Attje Kuiken, the leader of the Dutch Labour Party, said that farmers should accept that food production must be radically scaled back to save the environment.

Two town halls were set ablaze in the second night of race riots, while the country’s politically powerful police unions have turned against the Élysée Palace, saying their officers are being turned into scapegoats.