The same European Union that spent years claiming to champion privacy and data protection now requires millions to hand over biometric data just to legally cross a border.
Fully funded by the European Parliament, the Brussels institution consolidates a narrative in which Europe’s historical heritage is reduced to war, colonialism, and traumatic memory.
The European Commission says it will cancel a €2 million grant unless the Russian pavilion is excluded from the exhibition, while the Biennale argues art cannot be subjected to political censorship.
The meeting in Armenia brings together nearly 50 leaders, but once again confirms the declarative nature of a format that Brussels uses more to project narrative than to produce effective results.
The concentration of knife attacks in the Barcelona metropolitan area widens the gap between the official discourse on crime and public perception of security.
The new Hungarian prime minister is racing against both the clock and opposition from his own voters to meet conditions tied to rule of law reforms, Ukraine, and migration policy.
European taxpayers are funding racially discriminatory spaces under the guise of democratic cohesion, storing up fresh social conflicts on an already strained continent.
