
Poll: 7 in 10 French Don’t Believe Macron Can Maintain Order
Since Macron assumed office in 2017, his presidency has been punctuated by bouts of serious unrest and disorder—sometimes days other times weeks, and even months.

Since Macron assumed office in 2017, his presidency has been punctuated by bouts of serious unrest and disorder—sometimes days other times weeks, and even months.

Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, currently under Beijing’s sanctions, called the report “absolutely damning,” and the UK government’s policy on China a “shambolic mess.”

In contrast to the previous day, when NATO accession was denied to him, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed satisfaction with the new, multi-year pledges made by G7 countries. “The security guarantees are an important development as we move into NATO, this is very important,” he said.

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.

“We keep a very wary eye on everything that occurs in Belarus with Prigozhin there and an unknown number of very trained and skilled fighters who presumably will be joining him,” Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš said.

After the objections of Austria, Ireland, and Cyprus, the final text was watered down to respect member states’ neutrality when deciding on EU-wide defense commitments to Ukraine.

Illegal immigrants get free healthcare, housing, and cash—that is no deterrent, but an open invitation to the UK and the EU, said businessman and former Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib.

Journalist groups have expressed concern as the European Union may allow countries to spy on reporters in the name of national security as part of a draft law meant to curb spying on journalists.

If and how Europe deals with reducing its reliance on China is a defining issue of the decade, as a new EU strategy launched this week envisions greater controls on foreign investments into the bloc and the flow of technology.

The Russians should be treated like the Japanese in the U.S. during WWII, President Pavel said, stopping just short of suggesting internment camps, as it’s “simply the cost of war.”