Dutch opposition parties asked the cabinet to tackle poverty rates in the country more urgently during a Thursday parliamentary debate, demanding a ‘robust, social package’ before the summer. The parliamentary debate covered the preliminary annual budget (‘Voorjaarsnota’), which was presented…
Energy, economic, and defence security: These are the three pillars that should become the determinant of the EU’s political doctrine, writes Mateusz Morawiecki. Mateusz Morawiecki is the prime minister of Poland. Reconstruction is a key word in the European dictionary…
The EU Council of Ministers agreed on Friday (9 June) on a general approach to the anti-SLAPP directive, which aims to tackle abusive lawsuits filed to silence journalists and rights defenders, but not everyone is convinced it goes far enough. …
Despite its tourist image, Laos has 'long been an authoritarian state with no tolerance for public criticism' but increasingly 'it appears to be also becoming a criminal state�
The government will extend the Horizon Europe guarantee scheme – which provides funding to researchers and innovators unable to receive their Horizon Europe funding – until the end of September 2023, according to a press release published by the Science,…
Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto will run for president with the help of a constituency association, he announced on Thursday during a press conference. The announcement came as no surprise as Haavisto has been leading the polls for months to succeed…
The EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola and political group leaders’ visit to Madrid, which was scheduled for 26 June on the occasion of the Spanish EU Council presidency inauguration, was indefinitely postponed on Thursday after Sánchez announced snap elections on…
House Republicans vowed to use their majority in Congress to fight the Justice Department. Give this article Representative Matt Gaetz in Washington, D.C., in May. House Republicans reacted with outrage on Thursday night to the federal indictment of former President…
Several local Social Democratic leaders have expressed views on who they would like to see as Denmark’s potential future leader on Thursday while Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen continues to dispel rumours that she is being considered for the NATO…
In a last-minute strategic move to defuse internal controversies, left-wing party Unidas Podemos (EU Left) decided to consult its members about a sensitive coalition agreement with the new platform Sumar with less than 24 hours before the official deadline for…