The move against President Biden, which Speaker Kevin McCarthy had been signaling for weeks, comes as some far-right House Republicans are irate over spending and threatening to depose him. Share full article 752 Speaker Kevin McCarthy had long signaled he…
Two memorandums of understanding signed at the British-Irish Energy Day between Ireland and the UK on Monday aim to increase cooperation in developing offshore renewable energy, explore further electricity interconnection opportunities and enhance the security of gas supplies, according to…
“If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal,” is a famous quote by Emma Goldman, a Russian-born US political activist, anarchist and writer (1869-1940). A similar quote – “If voting made a difference, they wouldn’t let us do it” –…
Respect for human rights will be at the heart of the EU’s controversial new ‘cash for migrant’ control deal with Tunisia, the European Commission insisted on Tuesday (12 September). Speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, EU Neighbourhood Commissioner Olivér…
The Commission once again lowered the growth prediction for Germany in its summer forecast, a decrease of 0.4%, the worst economic performance among the EU’s six largest economies, but Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni insists the country has all the necessary…
Austria wants to formally end accession talks with Turkey as a full membership to the bloc would be ‘not conceivable for us’, Chancellor Karl Nehammer told die Welt following a recent push by Turkey to revitalise stalled negotiations. While Nehammer…
EU member states should start making “better” investments to fight escalating climate change as Europe’s resources are reaching their limits, the EU commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management said on Tuesday (12 September), following the recent deadly floods in…
With 280 days before the Belgian elections, the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB/The Left), Reformist Movement (MR/Renew), social-liberal party DéFI and the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA/ECR) have launched their campaigns at three federal, regional and European levels. The PTB was…
Catalonia’s separatist forces celebrated the region´s National Day on Monday with a call to exert maximum pressure on the Spanish government to adhere to their demands, including a referendum on self-determination. Since the 1980s, Catalonia’s “Diada” has been commemorated every…
In a Loudoun County, Va., case that became a national flashpoint over transgender rights, Scott Smith rose to accuse a boy of assaulting his daughter, and a fight ensued. Share full article Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, emphasized the issue…