At the end of the day’s strike, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that she had heard the “questions” and “doubts” raised by the reform but wanted to continue the debate in the national assembly.

The Council of State sided with Christians on the issue and stated that a total ban on conversion therapy would also violate people’s freedom to choose their own therapy.

If the open-air killing of a clergyman by an Islamist doesn’t prompt a reckoning, it’s hard to see what will.

Fearing open war, Scholz appears to be looking for an off-ramp. Further talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin are necessary, according to the German Chancellor.

According to Iranian officials, the drones targeted an ammunition manufacturing plant.

Tensions are running high between Palestinians and Israelis, but a new government looks unlikely to opt for de-escalation and reconciliation.

Following his decisive victory over Andrej Babiš, the 61-year-old Petr Pavel told supporters that “values like truth, dignity, respect and modesty have won.”

With the wiretapping scandal dealt with for now, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis can turn his attention to securing Greece’s national defense interests.

With talk circulating about a right-wing political coalition, the pros and cons of such an alliance are more complex.

Riksdag member Anna Starbrink’s pledge to vote against a national panhandling law, at any stage of the legislative process, reduces the coalition majority from 176-173 to 175-174.

A broad sector of Denmark’s society—including the Lutheran bishops, business communities, Rightist and Leftist opposition parties, trade unions, and others—remain vehemently opposed, for varying reasons, to the government’s scrapping of the public holiday.

Austria, with its population of just under nine million, witnessed the largest percentage increase of any EU member state, logging 108,490 asylum applications last year compared to 39,930 registered in 2021.