
Anti-Government Protests Spread Across Europe
A recent poll conducted by YouGov arrived at the conclusion that the sense of grievance among Europeans is so high that social unrest might become an unpleasant reality in the near future.
A recent poll conducted by YouGov arrived at the conclusion that the sense of grievance among Europeans is so high that social unrest might become an unpleasant reality in the near future.
Despite spending much of the leadership campaign denouncing Sunak’s “handout” schemes and proposing generous tax cuts instead, now in government Truss seems to have U-turned.
Apart from vastly increasing the executive’s power, the proposed reform would have enshrined ideological assumptions around gender and sexuality and the green energy transition. In the end, 62% of Chilean voters voted against it.
The debate over the Order of Malta’s status as a “subject of the Holy See” is not new, but Pope Francis’ reforms have caused anxiety for those who understand what is at stake in the Order’s loss of sovereignty.
One of Germany’s largest nitrogen plants, responsible for producing fertilizer and AdBlue supplements for trucks, has halted production, putting crops and supply chains at severe risk.
The parliament was called in for an extraordinary session because the prime minister’s measure would make the government a co-signer for new lines of credit from private financial institutions for energy companies.
The number of troops on the ground is much lower than in the previous 2018 exercise. But the symbolic significance of this event is quite different. It is an explicit display of the Sino-Russian alliance on the international stage.
A group of nine countries, including the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium and Denmark, already warned the EU that it was going too far.
Truss faces multiple political challenges from the outset, not least of which is to unite a Conservative party still scarred by the toppling of its most successful leader in decades, not to mention the less-than-amicable leadership contest which followed.
A majority of voters (35%) view the Sweden Democrats’ immigration program as the most favorable to the country’s interests.
Brussels and Washington would curb on the power of giant tech companies.
Carles Puigdemont could be extradited to Spain, which is hunting him for “sedition”.
According to Josep Borrell, Europe should be able to launch military operations overseas.
Germany opted for a more conciliatory approach.
The migrants crossed from Belarus into Poland. Four of them froze to death in the border zone.
The European Court of Human Rights found that Russia was responsible for the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko.
Viktor Orbán said the Hungarian economy was set to grow more than 5.5% this year.
Poland has said it will not close a polluting coal mine.
France recalled its ambassadors to the US and Australia.
Many independent candidates were not allowed to run.
Putin’s United Russia party is polling at a near-historic low.
France could lose out on a multibillion-euro submarine-technology deal with Australia.