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Germany Struggles To Fund Green Agenda

An audit court warned on Monday that the supplementary budget for 2023 is “extremely problematic under constitutional law,” because it retroactively invokes an emergency for a budget year that is almost over.

Germany: Birth Rate Sinks to Ten-Year Low in 2022

Germany: Birth Rate Sinks to Ten-Year Low in 2022

Despite its birth rate sinking to a ten-year low, the population of Germany nevertheless climbed to 84.3 million people in 2022—more people than have ever lived in the country before—as net migration amounted to a record-setting 1.5 million people.

July 27, 2023
1,500 Tech Developers Target Apple With $1 Billion Lawsuit

1,500 Tech Developers Target Apple With $1 Billion Lawsuit

The case has been brought forward by a professor of competition policy who said Apple’s charges for developers are “excessive and only possible due to its monopoly on the distribution of apps.”

July 27, 2023
EU Raw Material Strategy in Tatters as MEPs Visit Congolese Cobalt Mines

EU Raw Material Strategy in Tatters as MEPs Visit Congolese Cobalt Mines

As mining experts declared the EU’s Raw Materials strategy effectively dead in the water, MEPs visited cobalt mining facilities in the Congo with the promise of enhanced humanitarian aid.

July 27, 2023
Former Senior Ukrainian Military Official Arrested for Bribery

Former Senior Ukrainian Military Official Arrested for Bribery

Yevhen Borisov, accused of having accepted bribes in return for exempting some would-be soldiers from mobilization, is said to have purchased real estate worth around 4 million euros at the posh Marbella resort in southern Spain.

July 26, 2023
Brussels Terror Trial: Six Convicted of Murder

Brussels Terror Trial: Six Convicted of Murder

In two separate jihadi suicide bombings, at a metro station in the EU Quarter and Brussels Airport in Zaventem, 32 people lost their lives.

Rebellion Among French Police Is Growing

Rebellion Among French Police Is Growing

The movement, which started in Marseille, is now spreading across the country. “It’s not a movement of anger but rather one of disgust,” a member of an influential police union explains.

Orbán’s Words Lead to Diplomatic Spat

Orbán’s Words Lead to Diplomatic Spat

Romania is upset about being made fun of, Slovakia protests the naming of its territories as “detached” Hungarian land.

July 26, 2023
Impeachment Inquiry Against Biden Now a Possibility

Impeachment Inquiry Against Biden Now a Possibility

Republicans believe an inquiry would lead to even more information being uncovered about the president and his son’s dubious foreign business dealings.

July 26, 2023
Spain: Inconclusive Vote Leaves All Options Open in Forming a New Government

Spain: Inconclusive Vote Leaves All Options Open in Forming a New Government

Spain’s political impasse looks set to drag on as both the Left and Right search for coalition partners. Meanwhile, VOX leader Santiago Abascal blamed polling companies for spoiling the day for populists.

July 26, 2023
Russia Moves Attacks on Ukraine Grain to Danube Ports

Russia Moves Attacks on Ukraine Grain to Danube Ports

Russia expands its attacks, hitting Ukrainian ports on the Danube.

July 26, 2023
Tories Only Hold Boris’s Old Seat Due to Revolt Against Mayor Khan’s ULEZ

Tories Only Hold Boris’s Old Seat Due to Revolt Against Mayor Khan’s ULEZ

Labour has acknowledged that it is doing something “very wrong” on the expansion of London’s green policy, though Mayor Sadiq Khan appears keen to push ahead.

July 26, 2023
EU Looks To Shoulder Burden of Ensuring Ukraine Grain Exports

EU Looks To Shoulder Burden of Ensuring Ukraine Grain Exports

A stone in the EU’s shoe is a Poland-led loose alliance of five nations bordering Ukraine that, in a bid to protect their farmers, wish to extend a ban on the sale of Ukrainian grain, a demand that if not met, some warn they will satisfy unilaterally.