Over the past five days, the Saint-Gilles quarter of the Belgian capital saw a series of explosions and shootings, bringing Brussels’ total violent incidents in 2025 to 96.
The demonstration coincides with an EU Council summit and comes hours before Ursula von der Leyen travels to Brazil for talks linked to the Mercosur agreement.
Federal underfunding of a support centre leaves psychologists overwhelmed—reports on offenders are now taking months to complete and potentially affecting court decisions.
The European political climate after Gaza, street-level pressure, and the partisan use of the conflict complicate any attempt to rebuild the relationship between Brussels and Jerusalem.
Patriots for Europe VP and Hungarian MEP Kinga Gál condemned the Commission’s decision, calling it “the highest form of discrimination on the basis of gender ideology.”
