While he has a history of denouncing certain policies of the Hungarian government, Emmanuel Macron last week said he regarded Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a political opponent but also as a European partner.
The Court of Justice declared that member countries are “free to decide whether or not to allow marriage and parenthood for persons of the same sex under their national law.” But the Court ruled that Bulgaria had to recognize the child’s Spanish birth certificate and issue an ID.
The amnesty scheme will grant thousands of illegal migrants official residence, give them access to the Ireland’s labor market, and provide them with a pathway to citizenship.
Nikolaus Kramer, the AfD group leader for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, condemned the attack on Michael Meister saying: “How did we reach a place in this country where MPs are attacked on the street because of their party membership?”
Scholz met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in an attempt to establish better relations between the two nations that have been increasingly at odds over issues ranging from energy policy to rule of law.
Santiago Abascal, the leader of Spain’s national-conservative party VOX, met with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last week to establish a transatlantic front against the growing threat of communism and left-liberalism on the European and South American continents. During the visit, Abascal delivered a speech at the Deep Brazil Conference and met with President Bolsonaro along […]
On Friday, the Australian-born whistleblower was informed that the United States government won an appeal over his extradition in London’s High Court. Charged on 18 counts, Assange oversaw the publication of classified information, altogether constituting the largest leak in U.S. history. Mainly composed of U.S. military records and diplomatic cables, his accuser claims the leaks had endangered lives.
A group of Catholics were attacked and subjected to vicious, anti-Christian verbal abuse in a Parisian suburb last Wednesday during a torchlit procession that had been organized to celebrate the Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Conception. The Marian procession, which took place in Nanterre and saw a group of thirty Catholics walk from the chapel of Saint-Joseph-des-Fontenelles […]
More of a mission statement by each world leader than an actual in-depth discussion of the topic, some of the core themes at the summit addressed the strengthening of their own democracies, safeguarding rights and freedoms, and promoting egalitarianism wherever possible. Threats posed by ‘authoritarianism,’ ‘populism,’ and ‘fake news’ were common throughout.
At the heart of Portugal’s budget deadlock are three policy goals: economic growth, a balanced budget, and more funding for the welfare state. The conflict between these three goals is not unique to the Costa budget, nor is it unique to Portugal. This is a Europe-wide volcano that happened to erupt in Portugal, and has led to an attention-grabbing political crisis.
German security officials issued a statement that a planned Islamist attack had been foiled over the summer. A man who had been trying to buy weapons and make explosives had been arrested in the northern city of Hamburg.
96.5% of the votes cast in the referendum were in favor of remaining as a French territory, rejecting independence. President Emmanuel Macron responded: “France is more beautiful because New Caledonia has decided to stay.”
