EU member states struggle to implement human rights rulings, report finds
EU member states have consistently failed to fully implement rulings from both the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), a report…
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PSOE delegation and Puigdemont meet in Geneva to smooth relations
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and representatives of the ruling Socialist Party met in Geneva on Friday in an attempt to smooth relations after the separatist leader’s party voted against…
Trump cancels meeting with President Duda, Polish media report
US presidential candidate Donald Trump cancelled his meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda without giving a reason but did post a message of support on social media. Duda, who was…
Austria election brings into focus Russian gas addiction
The government that takes power in Austria after next Sunday’s (29 September) general election will face growing pressure to diversify its energy supply away from dependence on Russian gas, just…
Babiš celebrates landslide wins in Czech regional and Senate elections
Opposition party ANO of former prime minister Andrej Babiš won a resounding victory in 10
Bulgaria’s GERB threatens ruling party in Skopje with expulsion from EPP
The ruling VMRO-DPMNE party in North Macedonia has been threatened with expulsion from the EU centre-right political family (EPP), with Andrey Kovachev, an MEP from Bulgaria’s largest party, GERB, accusing…
Italy to push for early review of Green Deal’s combustion engine ban
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Germany’s social democrats prevail in east German stronghold
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) narrowly beat the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the highly contested state elections of Brandenburg on Sunday (22 September), according to the…
French government revealed: More of the same, with hard-right turn on immigration in the works
Newly-appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier presented his government late on Saturday (21 September), largely maintaining the political course of previous pro-Macron administrations while making concessions to the far-right Rassemblement…
Germany urges countries to apply EU migration law as Athens takes issue to EUCO
The migration discussion has opened again in Europe, with Germany preparing to increase the number of asylum seekers it sends back to first-line countries and Greece planning to raise the…