New parties joining the Belgian political system face an uphill battle to establish themselves alongside well-funded and already-established groups, MEP Sophie in ’t Veld, running with Volt Belgium, told Euractiv in an interview. A wide variety of “systemic” obstacles –…
With the new German party BSW projected to become the biggest left-wing delegation in the European Parliament after June’s EU elections, its leader, Sahra Wagenknecht, insinuated on Tuesday (20 January) that she will try to create a new left-wing parliamentary…
Leaving the EU remains the far right’s ultimate goal, even if they stay quiet about it ahead of election time, former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told Euractiv in an interview on Tuesday (20 February), warning that the far right has…
Dissatisfied with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s reluctance to deliver Taurus missiles to Ukraine, the EU lead candidate for the German liberals will side with the conservative opposition party in an upcoming motion, putting another strain on the coalition’s fragile bond. Pressure…
The majority of refugees are women and children — one-in-four Ukrainian women now living outside the country (Photo: European Commission) It is generally accepted that the longer refugees are out of their home country the less likely they are to…
Before officially joining the French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN), former Frontex head Fabrice Leggeri had been in contact with the right-wing Les Républicains (LR) party “for several months”, a person close to the delegation in the EU Parliament has…
The estimated cost of reconstructing Gaza is $20bn [€18.5bn] — an extremely conservative estimate, given the scale of the devastation, which UNCTAD said would take the rest of the century to repair (Photo: UNRWA) As Europe awaits an Israeli assault…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The carmaker’s website describes the Aurus as Russia’s first full-size luxury sedanBy Robert GreenallBBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin has given North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian-made car. Pyongyang’s state media said…
Local communities from the Antwerp region suffering from the shocking ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS pollution caused by 3M and others, nor green groups, were invited (Photo: Wikimedia) EU politicians will cosy up with Big Toxics at a secretive event on Tuesday…
Nikki Haley’s 22-year-old son, Nalin, has hit the campaign trail and is taking shots at his mother’s political attackers. Share full article Nalin Haley, center, at a Haley campaign event last month in Cedar Falls, Iowa. While Nikki Haley has,…