Images of Italian teacher chained in Budapest court spark debate in Italy
Images of an Italian woman being shackled and chained at a court hearing in Budapest have sparked a huge debate in Italy, with leaders urged to do something about the…
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Spanish Parliament will continue talks on amnesty law after rejection by Catalan separatists
The Spanish Parliament will resume negotiations on a draft amnesty law for Catalan independence supporters responsible for the 2017 secession attempt after it was rejected by the lower house on…
Portugal’s GDP recorded a 2.3% growth in 2023
The Portuguese economy grew 2.2% year-on-year and 0.8% quarter-on-quarter in the last quarter of 2023, escaping the technical recession and guaranteeing GDP growth of 2.3% for the whole year, Portugal’s…
The Brief – Meloni, the new Merkel?
Diplomats agree that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni played a key role in taming Viktor Orbán during the extraordinary EU summit on Thursday (1 February). Their ideological closeness helped –…
German budget blocked again, leaving subsidy feud with farmers unresolved
Germany’s largest opposition party, the conservative CDU, blocked a decisive vote on parts of the annual budget scheduled for Friday (2
Opposition to Slovakian PM’s proposed criminal reforms grows
The changes to the Slovak criminal code being hurried through parliament by Robert Fico’s government have seen weekly protests led by the opposition, expressions of concern by the Prosecutor General’s…
Czechia fumes as its truckers face attacks from French protesters
The Czech government, MEPs and the Czech Road Association are calling for an immediate response to incidents in which protesting French farmers stopped Czech lorry drivers, destroyed non-French agricultural products…
Polish foreign minister: Germany no longer ‘inactive’ on Ukraine
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski praised Germany’s progress in supporting Ukraine during his trip to Berlin on Tuesday, recalling his famous speech on German inaction when he held the same…
Chisinau inks EIB deal for highway to link EU with Moldova, Romania, Ukraine
Moldova signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Tuesday to secure funding for the Iasi-Ungheni-Chisinau-Odesa highway, marking the first step towards the construction of what is set…
EU liberal party ALDE’s manifesto targets ‘EPP-led’ Commission, vows single market revival
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) seeks to “complete” the EU’s Single Market by boosting harmonisation and having the European Parliament scrutinise the implementation of legislation,…