Yellen Calls Invoking 14th Amendment to Raise Debt Limit ‘Legally Questionable’
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Former EU commissioner quits Swedish Liberals over far-right complacency
Former Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström left the Swedish Liberal Party on Wednesday as the party has been constantly criticised in Brussels and Stockholm for its complacency with the far-right populistic Sweden Democrats. Malmström served as EU Trade Commissioner from 2014…
Strasbourg court backs Finnish authorities in Jehova data collection case
Finnish authorities did not infringe the religious rights of Jehova’s witnesses by labelling their data collection practices during house visits as illegal, the Strasbourg-based human rights court ruled after a decade-long back-and-forth. The decision ended a long and complicated dispute…
Portuguese president: empowering youth will be the death of populism
To overcome populism, generational change must be accelerated by empowering the youth, particularly regarding political participation, Portuguese President Rebelo de Sousa told MEPs in Strasbourg on Wednesday. “Time is pressing, and Europe cannot afford to waste any more time” in…
Bulgaria’s political stalemate is stymying corruption fight
Boyko Borissov's brand of old-guard populism has continuously dominated Bulgarian politics, dashing hopes of any real progress (Photo: eu20
Slovak industry production rises following five-month slump
Industrial production rose by 2.5% in March after a 4.7% decline in February, with the increase being driven by Slovakia’s key car manufacturing sector, the Slovak Statistics Office said. According to the figures, industry output rose year-on-year in March, despite…
Sofia accuses Skopje of having contradictory entry rules
North Macedonia has contradictory entry rules, said Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov in reaction to the recent refusal to let Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev (EPP) into the country. On Tuesday, North Macedonia’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Agneza Rusi Popovska was summoned…
Romanian Chamber of Deputies adopts bill to prevent child separations
The Chamber of Deputies adopted a draft bill to prevent the separation of children from their families on Wednesday despite the far-right party AUR falsely claiming the bill included provisions legalising child abduction. The draft law stipulates that a child…
Public Health Lessons Learned From the Coronavirus Pandemic
The United States’ struggle to respond to the virus has highlighted the importance of communicating with the public, sharing data and stockpiling vital supplies. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each…
Greek PM admits bugging socialist leader’s phone was wrong
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis admitted for the first time that there was no national security reason for the secret services – under his personal control – to bug the phone of socialist leader Nikos Androulakis in the so-called “Greek…