President Emmanuel Macron’s supporters, including in government and parliament, are divided on strategy regarding the “mediation” proposed by French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT) leader Laurent Berger on behalf of the inter-union group on Tuesday. Berger renewed his wish to…
Inadequate social benefits, racial profiling, inadequate protection of unaccompanied children seeking asylum, poor housing, increased pressure on media freedom, and failure to reach climate targets were listed as Austria’s human rights failures, Amnesty International wrote in its annual report. Amnesty…
With a strong governor, a Legislature passing a raft of liberal measures and a looming early presidential primary, Democrats are testing the promise and pitfalls of complete control of the state. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you…
The bipartisan action to roll back resolutions from 1991 and 200
Ukrainian children in a bomb crater from a Russian missile which hit a playground in Kyiv, October 20
Over the past year, Vladimir Putin has compared himself to empire-building eighteenth century Russian Czar Peter the Great, and has attempted to annex entire regions of Ukraine while declaring that he is “returning historically Russian lands.” A recently leaked document…
President Joe Biden on Wednesday (29 March) urged unity among democracies in the face of Russia and China as he committed nearly $700 million to halt global democratic backsliding and forged an alliance against surveillance technology. Biden invited 121 leaders…
Dear French protesters, there is a saying in German: “Ihr habt wohl den Schuss nicht gehört?” Loosely translated, it describes someone who has missed a crucial signal, like, say, the start of a footrace, and it’s quite fitting for an…
The EU must change direction to achieve its migration objectives in the Mediterranean, write James Dennison and Andrew Geddes. Dr James Dennison is a part-time professor at Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute; Professor Andrew Geddes is the Director of…
The illegal migration bill could result in modern slavery victims being less likely to give evidence against traffickers, making it harder to catch them, the UK’s former Prime Minister Theresa May warned. The illegal migration bill would enable the detention…