Category: 3. Europe

The EU should avoid falling into the same trap Britain fell into: funding defence spending by cutting aid, says former British Army Major General Charlie Herbert.
“There’s no lasting security at home when large parts of the world are consumed by conflict and uncertainty. To…

China’s capital has evolved into far more than a traditional political center. In today’s rapidly shifting global order, Beijing represents influence, legitimacy, and strategic relevance on an international scale. Across the Global South and beyond, presidents, prime…

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Weil der Haushalt gekürzt wird, droht dem Elterngeld ein drastischer Einschnitt. Gordon Repinski bespricht mit Maximilian Stascheit die Optionen: Werden die Bezugsmonate gekürzt, die Einkommensgrenzen weiter abgesenkt oder gibt es doch noch Sparmöglichkeiten ganz woanders?…

“It’s only four months ago that we felt very threatened by the US, so the timing is not appropriate,” says Greenlandic businesswoman and former politician, Maliina Abelsen, who thinks Landry should have waited and who declined an invitation for a meeting.

The European People’s Party — the largest group in the chamber — is keen to get the deal on the books, and negotiators hope a majority will back it.

Zeljana Zovko, the EPP lawmaker representing the center-right group in the negotiations, told POLITICO that the deal “will save our…

But NGOs say that these hubs risk becoming lawless offshore detention centers. The lack of detail on where the hubs will be placed and who will monitor them “risks leaving the door open to abuses of power, human rights violations, and even more disorder at Europe’s borders,” said Imogen…

“I’m getting ready,” Hollande told the weekly magazine Marianne, which splashed the quote across its front page last month.

“What’s at stake in the [2027] presidential election is major, historic. For France, but not just for France,” Hollande said last month in a clip posted…

The by-election won’t meaningfully alter the balance of power in Ireland’s key lower house, the Dáil, where the center-right government of Taoiseach Micheál Martin has a stable majority. But it will provide a litmus test for where anti-government sentiment is growing most in urban…