The French establishment has been quick to condemn the police for structural racism as violence engulfed the western Parisian suburb of Nanterre Tuesday night.
A sign of a weakening consensus between the centre Right and Left, the EPP came in for heavy criticism from the S&D for working with the far Right after a controversial land reclamation bill was defeated at committee stage in the European Parliament Tuesday.
The reforms are ostensibly aimed at attracting workers from the Western Balkans yet could lead to a new round of chain migration from non-EU countries.
Yousaf will help launch the basis of an independent Scottish diplomatic representation in Brussels this week as he tries to escape from the storm clouds gathering around the SNP at home over recent corruption scandals.
Greece’s New Democracy’s gamble in calling a second election paid off as exit polls revealed the party won a majority of seats as the Greek Left splintered.
The EU has sent its top gun in the form of Commission official Thierry Breton to prepare Twitter and Facebook for new hate speech regulations.
The Finns Party are hoping that the second time will be the charm as they enter a new coalition deal with the centre-right this week after promising electoral results.
The change comes just as the Belarussian government loosened restrictions on non-European migrations coming into the country who could cross into Poland.
The sanctions were lighter than expected, largely on account of Chinese diplomatic efforts to assure the EU that it would prevent Western hardware from leaking to Russia.
Despite past commitments to bring green manufacturing back to the bloc with a European Sovereignty Fund, the EU only stumped up €10 billion in a radically trimmed-down funding programme.
Hate speech legislation targeting social conservatives could be next after the Estonian Parliament rammed through gay marriage this week in a move that could alienate the country’s substantial Russian-speaking population.
Farmers say that harsh EU pesticide regulations could make 79% of land unfarmable in Cyprus.
