Activist Carola Rackete, who rose to prominence as captain of an NGO search and rescue boat, was nominated on Monday (17 July) as one of the two lead candidates for the German Left Party for next year’s EU election. The…
Droughts are emptying groundwater reserves, which are seriously under the usual monthly average, a trend that continues to lead to wildfires and shortages of freshwater for consumption, the French authority monitoring water resources has found. Winter and summer rainfalls in…
Prime Minister and Socialist candidate Pedro Sánchez has refocused his messages on the problems of young people and women’s rights, while his rival and leader of the centre-right Partido Popular, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, is trying to woo “disaffected” Socialist voters…
The long-shot Republican presidential candidate is releasing a list of potential justices to highlight his bona fides with key voters. Give this article Vivek Ramaswamy’s list of judges for a Supreme Court seat, if one were to open, include Senators…
The Czech government opposes the proposed EU directive to harmonise penalties for corruption across the EU, with Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek (ODS, ECR) saying his country doubts some of the measures presented in the proposal. The European Commission proposed…
It is not just migration and the mammoth task of aligning with the EU legislation that Albania’s agricultural sector has to cope with: According to Agriculture Minister Frida Krifca, climate change is the biggest challenge. Albania opened negotiations with the…
Spain is heading to the polls next Sunday to elect a new national parliament, and one of the EU’s most powerful member states may get a new cabinet, as recent polls suggest that the left-of-centre coalition and their regionalist allies…
Currently, the EU commission and the ECB heed too much to the concerns of the commercial banking industry that sees its traditional business model under stress (Photo: alles-schumpf) The digital euro is a great opportunity to address real problems, such…
Ongoing tensions between the centre-right ÖVP and the chief of the far-right FPÖ, Herbert Kickl, have intensified amid accusations that the far-right leader poses a serious security risk and the accused calling for an early election. In autumn 20
Leading Dutch MEP Sophie In ‘t Veld (Volt) criticised the EU–Tunisia migration deal that was concluded on Sunday, saying outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD/Renew), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (FdI/ECR), and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have…