
Members Urge Brussels to Change Course on Emissions
Officials are concerned that the curbs could distract attention from the push for ‘net zero.’

Officials are concerned that the curbs could distract attention from the push for ‘net zero.’

The demonstration was organized by the right-wing Vazrazhdane (Revival) party and the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the successor to the former Communist Party, which together occupy 25% of seats in Bulgaria’s 240-seat parliament.

Since 1881, the idea of preventing future crimes by censoring ideas or events were supposed to have disappeared from French law—but the cancellation of the commemoration proves it is still very much alive.

The Austrian interior ministry recorded 1,183 criminal offenses—including crimes like rape, sexual abuse of children, physical harm, murder, document forgery, fraud, and theft—that took place at asylum centers in 2022, a year-over-year increase of 57.5%.

Balancing geopolitical ambitions with budgetary realities, the EU not only keeps existing foreign missions but also tries to add new ones, while calling for 40% female participation and 100% member state-funded personnel.

With 5% of the votes in the first round, Sinan Oğan is the one to potentially break the tie in Turkey’s presidential race. And although it broke his alliance, the ‘kingmaker’ chose to help Erdoğan secure another turn.

It is the heftiest fine an EU watchdog has ever imposed on a tech firm, with Amazon being the previous record holder.

In the latest battle between EU regulators and U.S. tech firms, Brussels claims that Apple benefited from tax breaks from the Irish government while Dublin struggles to keep both sides happy.

Despite the outrage in Vienna, Budapest thinks it’s unfair that Hungarian taxpayers pay for the prison costs of foreign human traffickers, who make up 13% of the entire prison population.

The results paint a picture of a region in transition: Sinn Féin steps up to the plate as a moderate party of government while unionists face uncertainty triggered by post-Brexit realities.
Given the concern over foreign interference in democratic processes the European Union has been expressing of late, Spain’s VOX has asked whether the Commission is investigating George Soros.
To Chris Janssens of Vlaams Belang, the disinformation campaign targets “right-wing opinions” for fact-checking, while “left-wing opinions would be given free rein.”
The four parties of the governing coalition explained that they had not taken over a “laid table” but rather a pile of problems that will take a long time to solve.
Putin accused the West of “stoking of war in Ukraine,” destabilising the global food and energy markets, destroying pan-European gas pipelines, and ignoring Russia’s security concerns through NATO expansion.
The German parliament passed an amendment that may put people who deny any genocide or war crime, regardless of time or place, behind bars for up to 3 years.
Member states have been deeply divided on the best way to handle the energy crisis, and the meeting kept all options on the table, with Germany finally giving in to the possibility of price caps.
A former member of Ecuador’s National Assembly noted that “it seems to be an attack against the values of the great majority of Ecuadorians, and that the U.S. is practicing a ‘diplomacy of gender ideology.’”
Inflation is of major concern, according to the ECB.
The diplomatic incident is a perfect microcosm of the growing unease European nations feel over China’s considerable investments in their ports and other critical infrastructure.
The judgement handed down by the disciplinary chamber is evidence of a significant evolution in the official bodies regulating medicine in France.
Climate activist Luisa Neubauer promoted her new book by claiming that she didn’t feel safe at the Frankfurt book fair in the presence of right-wing publishers. An invitation by Junge Freiheit to participate in a discussion was, however, left unanswered.
Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki said in an interview that Germans, who want Russia to be held accountable for its crimes in Ukraine, should take responsibility and support Polish claims for reparations from Germany.