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“It is undoubtedly the case that there is a bit of a mismatch on some of the perceptions versus the reality, but I think if you walk through the streets and you see rubbish in the streets, you can smell cannabis, you talk to a shopkeeper who’s just had somebody steal something, your bike…

Five diplomats from various European countries, however, complained that Belgium appears to have a secondary agenda in holding onto Russia’s money thanks to the tax generated. They noted Belgium was breaking an international commitment — made last year — to disclose what it was doing with…

In 2017, Hohm lost his job as an aide for the AfD parliamentary group in the eastern state of Brandenburg after he was spotted at a soccer game for FC Energie Cottbus, a team in Germany’s third division that at the time attracted right-wing extremist hooligans known for chanting Nazi…

Politicians in Westminster are always falling all over themselves to sound tough on crime.

But with so-called “low level” crimes like shoplifting and phone snatching now at record levels, the rhetoric on “lawless” Britain has been growing ever louder.

This week,…

Hopes had grown in recent days that De Wever could reverse his position if the European Commission were to offer him legal guarantees in the proposal that Belgium would not be financially exposed.

But despite increasing diplomatic pressure for Belgium to cave, De Wever on Thursday only…

Resisting calls to step down from parliament, Ábalos has spent the past year sitting with the “Mixed Group” of lawmakers from smaller far-left and nationalist political parties, but has consistently voted in favor of draft laws submitted by the Socialists. His continued support has given…

By establishing a system of control and rules, the new EU Pact on Asylum and Migration, albeit not perfect, has the potential to bring back confidence to European citizens on a topic that has caused deep political divisions – that’s according to Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner, who…

Teresa Ribera — qui, en tant que première vice-présidente exécutive de la Commission, est la numéro 2 de l’exécutif européen derrière la présidente Ursula von der Leyen — a souligné que la réglementation européenne du numérique ne devrait pas avoir de lien avec les…

President Vladimir Putin has doubled down on his core demands for ending the war in Ukraine, stating that Russia will lay down arms only if Kyiv’s troops withdraw from territory claimed by Moscow.

Putin has long pushed for legal recognition of the Ukrainian territories Russia has seized by force.

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