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.

As rioters use social media apps like Snapchat and TikTok to coordinate their violent activity, President Macron’s threat to block the sites has led to accusations of “authoritarianism.”

Chancellor Scholz did not officially reply to the request, but promised to keep lobbying on behalf of Romania’s Schengen accession by the end of the year.

The movement is filing a formal complaint with several EU institutions against Spain’s national judiciary.

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.

To the applause of watchdog groups, Meta’s mass data collection in Europe may be over.

Police official Steve Li admitted that while the chances of prosecution were slim as long as the defendants remained abroad, Hong Kong authorities “won’t stop wanting them.”

The case has sparked debate, with some arguing that housing transgender inmates with male genitalia in women’s prisons impinges upon the rights of female prisoners, while others contend that having them serve sentences in all-male prisons amounts to a human rights violation.

“I could never complain about those who defend their national interests,” Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said in Warsaw, signaling support for Poland and Hungary’s sovereigntist position after vetoing the Migration Pact last week.

In landmark cases, the U.S. Supreme Court abolished racial preferences in university admissions and strengthened religious liberty for workers.

At least 51 people are reportedly dead off the Spanish Canary Islands as smugglers’ greed kills yet again. The Canary Islands have seen a surge in migrant activity in June, with an estimated 89 people dead in total in just 15 days.

As immigration levels soar above the 2019 manifesto promise of the UK Conservative Party 2019, a group of backbench Tory MPs have offered an alternative migration plan to reduce numbers by as much as 400,000 per year.