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EU To Encourage Its Own Chip Production

According to von der Leyen, the deal “will power a clean tech industry made in Europe and strengthen our digital resilience and sovereignty.”

EU To Speed Up Labor Migration to Europe

The EU “needs to attract new low and medium skilled third-country national workers … who cannot find legal ways to reach Europe,” the statement to the legislation argues for establishing a common, simplified residence permit system.

Italian Minister Warns of “Ethnic Replacement”

“We can’t give in to the idea of ethnic replacement: the Italians are having fewer children and we’re replacing them with someone else. That is not the way,” Francesco Lollobrigida, Italy’s Agriculture Minister said.

European Parliament Still on the Fence About Border Walls

“If we want to show solidarity, then we must restore the order at our borders, if needed by building fences where they are needed,” EPP spokesman Jeroen Lenaers said after pushing through an amendment to fund border walls, which was later thrown out by the Left with the entire package.

Luxembourg’s Gay PM Slams Orbán over LGBT Law

“I would ask you not to stigmatize those with a different identity or faith,” Hungarian MEP Tamás Deutch replied after PM Xavier Bettel accused Hungary of homophobia.

EU Sees Falling Unemployment

EU Sees Falling Unemployment

From 2021 to 2022, youth unemployment declined from 16.3% to 14.2% in the euro zone and from 16.1% to 14.0% in the EU.

September 5, 2022
Attempted Assassination of Argentinian VP

Attempted Assassination of Argentinian VP

The assailant, who was arrested on sight, is a 35-year-old Brazilian man.

September 5, 2022
Benin Bronzes Repatriated to Edo State, Nigeria

Benin Bronzes Repatriated to Edo State, Nigeria

The bronzes were removed from the Edo kingdom when admiral Sir Harry Rawson led British soldiers into Benin City in 1897

September 5, 2022
Support for Ukraine “No Matter What My German Voters Think”

Support for Ukraine “No Matter What My German Voters Think”

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock caused a ruckus by dismissing her voters. The opposition demands Baerbock’s immediate resignation, but her colleagues and public broadcasters sense a disinformation campaign.

September 5, 2022
Macron Abuses Defence Councils

Macron Abuses Defence Councils

The existence of recurrent crises should not be used to justify the maintenance of a permanent state of emergency or to bypass the governing protocols of the Fifth Republic.

September 4, 2022
‘Speed Dating’ for French Teaching Jobs

‘Speed Dating’ for French Teaching Jobs

Newly recruited teachers will be contractual workers, not civil servants, who will be exempt from passing the competitive examination: something that is hardly conceivable in the French education system.

September 4, 2022
Lukoil Chairman Dies After Falling From Hospital Window

Lukoil Chairman Dies After Falling From Hospital Window

The chairman of one of Russia’s largest energy companies has fallen to his death from the 6th floor of a Moscow hospital. While officials are still figuring out whether it was an accident or suicide, an unnamed third explanation makes its rounds.

September 4, 2022
Gazprom Halts Nord Stream 1 Gas Deliveries Indefinitely 

Gazprom Halts Nord Stream 1 Gas Deliveries Indefinitely 

Gazprom’s purported technical issues mark the latest episode in what is fast becoming a long-running series of similar events—Gazprom has regularly invoked such issues as the reason for reducing gas flows into Germany and the rest of Europe.

September 3, 2022
Sweden Democrat Chief: Social Democrats are the Real Threat to Sweden 

Sweden Democrat Chief: Social Democrats are the Real Threat to Sweden 

Åkesson’s sharp statements come as the Sweden Democrats are poised to become the second-largest party represented in the Riksdag.

September 3, 2022
Poland to Demand €1.3 Trillion of Reparations From Germany

Poland to Demand €1.3 Trillion of Reparations From Germany

The head of the ruling PiS party in Poland, Jaroslav Kacynski, announced plans to demand €1.3 trillion in reparations for the damage Poland sustained during World War II, but the German government considers the matter settled since 1953.

September 3, 2022
Outgoing Boris Johnson Goes All-in On Nuclear

Outgoing Boris Johnson Goes All-in On Nuclear

In his typical sloganeering fashion, Johnson called on the nation to “go nuclear and go large, go with Sizewell C.” He appeared confident that the deal will get “over the line” in the coming weeks, saying it would “be absolute madness not to.”

September 3, 2022
Russian Energy Giant Gazprom Posts Record Profits Despite Sanctions 

Russian Energy Giant Gazprom Posts Record Profits Despite Sanctions 

In the first six month of this year, Gazprom—despite its gas imports to Europe having dropped by 35%—posted a record-breaking net profit of 41.7 billion euros.

September 3, 2022