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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.

Qatargate and Western Sahara Complicate New EU-Morocco Fisheries Deal

Qatargate and Western Sahara Complicate New EU-Morocco Fisheries Deal

The European Commission confirmed this week that negotiations for a new fisheries agreement have not yet commenced, but any deal is likely to stir the pot on the question of Western Saharan sovereignty and Morocco’s meddling in Spain and the European Parliament.

July 18, 2023
Police Inaction Means UK Criminals Have “Licence to Shoplift”

Police Inaction Means UK Criminals Have “Licence to Shoplift”

The chair of an iconic British retailer said she has “lost count” of the number of times affected branches have been told the police will not respond to thefts.

July 18, 2023
Italy: Supreme Court Sentences Bookshop Bombers to Eight Years

Italy: Supreme Court Sentences Bookshop Bombers to Eight Years

Italy’s Supreme Court has upheld sentences against two far-left anarchist extremists who planted a bomb that severely maimed a police officer who tried to defuse it.

July 18, 2023
Claim: France’s Homicide Rate May Be Even Higher Than Statistics Indicate

Claim: France’s Homicide Rate May Be Even Higher Than Statistics Indicate

France has the highest overall homicide rate in Europe by total number but according to a French academic, the statistics could be even higher due to how they are classified.

July 18, 2023
Norway To Ban Facebook and Instagram’s Data Harvesting Advertisements

Norway To Ban Facebook and Instagram’s Data Harvesting Advertisements

Meta will face daily fines of $100,000 if it continues to show Norwegians personalized ads based on their search history or location.

July 18, 2023
EU-Tunisia Finalizes Meloni-Led Deal To Curtail Illegal Migration

EU-Tunisia Finalizes Meloni-Led Deal To Curtail Illegal Migration

Italian PM Meloni, who spearheaded the agreement, said it should be regarded as a “model” for the EU to present to other North African governments that will be called upon to help to control mass migration out of Africa.

July 18, 2023
Spanish Conservatives Sound Alarm After Irregular Postal Voting Patterns

Spanish Conservatives Sound Alarm After Irregular Postal Voting Patterns

Pegasus, Catalonia, and recent vote rigging scandals have fueled an atmosphere of distrust in the electoral process. Most polls predict a comfortable victory for the Right in this week’s Spanish parliamentary elections.

July 18, 2023
<em>El Autocrata</em>: Documenting the Legacy of Prime Minister Sánchez

<em>El Autocrata</em>: Documenting the Legacy of Prime Minister Sánchez

After complaining that the ministry of culture was attempting to suppress the film, director Carlos Hernando has made it free to host, download, and reproduce.

Russia Terminates Black Sea Grain Deal

Russia Terminates Black Sea Grain Deal

On multiple occasions, Russia threatened to quit the initiative because its demands to lift sanctions on Russia’s logistical and financial sectors, which hamstrung its own grain and fertilizer exports, had not been met.

Ukraine Claims Responsibility for Deadly Attack on Crimean Bridge

Ukraine Claims Responsibility for Deadly Attack on Crimean Bridge

The Kerch Bridge—the longest bridge in Russia and in Europe—serves as a crucial artery that allows military equipment and personnel to flow from mainland Russia to the southern battlefront in Ukraine.

July 17, 2023
Florida County GOP Calls mRNA COVID Shots “Bioweapons”

Florida County GOP Calls mRNA COVID Shots “Bioweapons”

The local GOP joined the steady growth among the political voices in the U.S. that demand the criminalization of mRNA technology “on behalf of the preservation of the human race.”

July 17, 2023
China Set To Benefit As Global South Lobbies Against EU Carbon Tariffs

China Set To Benefit As Global South Lobbies Against EU Carbon Tariffs

Despite being lauded in Europe as essential to the green transition, new EU carbon tariffs have evoked considerable anger in the Global South and stirred fears that the tariffs will destroy national steel industries and direct more countries into the arms of China.

July 17, 2023