Government must stop violating laws, Duda tells Tusk
The government should stop violating the law on several issues, President Andrzej Duda told Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a meeting at the Presidential Palace, commenting on the actions of…
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EU lawmaker François-Xavier Bellamy leads 2024 elections charge for French conservatives
François-Xavier Bellamy was named EU election lead candidate for the conservative Les Républicains party (EPP) late on Monday (15 January) amid Emmanuel Macron’s poaching of key conservative figures for his…
Romanian government reaches agreement with farmers following a week of protests
An agreement was reached between the Agriculture Ministry and representatives of major agricultural organisations on Monday, with the former addressing several demands by farmers who have been protesting for six…
Bulgaria will invest €6 billion in infrastructure to rapidly deploy NATO forces
Bulgaria will invest in infrastructure that will help, if necessary, deploy NATO forces on the eastern flank but can also be used for civilian needs, Defense Minister Todor Tagarev announced…
Israeli leadership divided on Palestinian statehood says Czech president
The Israeli leadership is not united on how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Czech President Petr Pavel said on Monday after he meets with Israeli authorities. Pavel arrived in Tel…
Catalan unlawfully investigated by former government – leak
Members of the former government of Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy (PP/EPP) used the national police to illegally investigate the political activities of several leaders of Catalan separatist forces for…
French far-right vows EU blocking majority against ‘federalist coup d’état’
French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) chief Jordan Bardella has vowed to work together with other anti-EU forces to create a blocking majority and essentially kill what he described as…
Commissioner Schmit set for Socialists’ top job ahead of EU elections, backed by Germany and Spain
The German and Spanish socialist parties announced on Monday evening (15 January) that they support Nicolas Schmit as the Party of European Socialists (PES) lead candidate for the EU elections,…
EU’s Breton downplays Euroscepticism but warns against left, right extremes
The EU’s Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton warned on Monday (15 January) against far-left and far-right parties ahead of upcoming EU elections, saying they might be lacking consensus-based “governance culture”…
German government urged to tighten asylum policy as AfD grows in popularity
Germany’s main opposition party, the CDU, is urging the country’s three-way coalition government to work with the states to tighten asylum policy, fearing that the issue could be left to…