Category: NEWS

EU Countries Remain Skeptical of the €66B Budget Top-Up

Most EU members demand more clarification, increased defense funds, or settling old scores before granting the Commission’s request for extra contributions, while the most frugal ones simply reject the idea altogether.

Eurobarometer: Migration is Now Third Biggest Threat

Fewer people think that inflation and the war are the biggest challenges facing the EU, while considerably more pointed to migration than six months ago, according to the Commission’s latest EU-wide survey.

Rumors of Reshuffle Within the French Government

In the event of Élisabeth Borne’s departure, the question arises of the colour of the person who would replace her: would Emmanuel Macron then choose to lean more to the Right or more to the Left?

Tory MPs Push to Undo Church of England’s Ban on Gay Marriage

Tory MPs Push to Undo Church of England’s Ban on Gay Marriage

Conservative Party politicians are pushing for the Church of England to perform gay marriages despite long-held, law-bound promises regarding “religious protection.”

January 26, 2023
EU Asylum Numbers Climb in 2022; Austria Sees Highest Percentage Increase

EU Asylum Numbers Climb in 2022; Austria Sees Highest Percentage Increase

Austria, with its population of just under nine million, witnessed the largest percentage increase of any EU member state, logging 108,490 asylum applications last year compared to 39,930 registered in 2021.

January 26, 2023
Germany, U.S. Pledge Tank Support

Germany, U.S. Pledge Tank Support

Chancellor Scholz’ hesitation might have served a purpose. Not wanting to be left holding the bag should things turn sour, Scholz got the U.S. on board first.

January 26, 2023
French Bakers Take to the Streets

French Bakers Take to the Streets

The bakers are calling for an emergency tariff shield, valid for all. Others give a more political tone to their protest and question the European common market of electricity.

January 26, 2023
Sweden Launches International Campaign to Reduce Immigration

Sweden Launches International Campaign to Reduce Immigration

“This government was elected, among other things, on a mandate to create a paradigm shift in migration policy. This requires many major changes,” Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) told members of the press.

January 26, 2023
Erdoğan Calls Early Election Ahead of Tight Leadership Challenge

Erdoğan Calls Early Election Ahead of Tight Leadership Challenge

In spite of his rising unpopularity, will forcing a disunited opposition to an early election be enough to allow Erdoğan to return to office?

January 26, 2023
South African Group To Set Up its Own Energy Infrastructure

South African Group To Set Up its Own Energy Infrastructure

In the face of crumbling energy infrastructure, one civil rights group is looking to establish its own power provider.

January 25, 2023
17th March for Life in Paris Against Euthanasia

17th March for Life in Paris Against Euthanasia

For the organizers of the movement, the challenge is to encourage politicians to think differently, and to refuse to encourage the culture of death by instead developing alternative policies that respect life and the dignity of the human person.

January 25, 2023
Finland To Join NATO Without Sweden Amid Quran-Burning Controversy

Finland To Join NATO Without Sweden Amid Quran-Burning Controversy

President Erdoğan has so far blocked both countries’ bids and is using his vetoes as political leverage in an attempt to get Sweden and Finland to meet his demands.

January 25, 2023
Portugal: Support for National-Conservative Chega Reaches All-Time High 

Portugal: Support for National-Conservative Chega Reaches All-Time High 

For those who have been paying moderately close attention to European politics over the past several years—and especially over the last year to six months—Chega’s continued electoral ascendency is indicative of a much broader trend presently taking place across much of Europe.

January 25, 2023
Bank Sells Services and ‘Polyamorous’ Relationships

Bank Sells Services and ‘Polyamorous’ Relationships

ING promotes itself as the “banco no banco,” in English, the ‘not-a-bank bank,’ proclaiming to have broken banking conventions. 

January 25, 2023
Swedish PM Addresses Continued Wave of Bombings, Shootings, and Deaths 

Swedish PM Addresses Continued Wave of Bombings, Shootings, and Deaths 

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) called those responsible for the ever-increasing violence “the domestic terrorists of our time.”

January 25, 2023