The socialist MEP’s son has also been implicated.

Sources say questions remain over which hostages are being released and how.

UPDATE: With 94% of the vote counted, the right-wing populist PVV is the projected winner with 37 seats, more than doubling its share in the parliament.

Which is it? Leftist MEPs insist Sánchez’ deal with separatists is an ‘internal national matter’ but that Hungary’s internal domestic policies are a violation of the ‘rule of law.’

David Cameron is likely to frustrate the Tory Right by putting his focus on “re-energising” international development.

Tories will work to keep positive economic news in the headlines, but incoming migration figures are bound to take the spotlight.

Tusk has publicly referred to the plans as “stupid” and declared that almost all MEPs in the Polish delegation would oppose the federalist push on the grounds of national sovereignty.

The plans would see a massive transfer of competences from a national to an EU level.

Allowing immigrants to access Austria’s generous social welfare system inhibits the process of integration, a leading FPÖ politician said.

Geert Wilders’ populist PVV gains ten more seats in the latest nationwide poll and wins mock ‘school elections.’

Spain’s new executive branch is even less democratic than the last.

Israel pledges to continue security operations in full force after the four-day pause until all hostages are released.