By Denis MacShane The European Parliament elections with their low turn outs, unknown politicians, and use as a protest vote against incumbent governments have exploded into life with the decision of President Macron to dissolve the French Parliament. In effect he is holding a plebiscite asking the French people and indirectly the rest of Europe […]
The EU is stepping up its ongoing efforts to protect children from potentially harmful “online porn sites.” It is asking online platforms to spell out what measures they are taking about the dissemination of “illegal and harmful” content. The sites have until early next month to respond. Failure to do so could render them liable […]
By Martin Banks Gains by the far right in last week’s EU elections are “deeply concerning”, says former UK MEP Claude Moraes The far right held their positions in Italy and the Netherlands (with swings between far-right parties rather than to them). But they failed to make headway in other countries where they were predicted […]
By Martin Banks A leading think tank says the time has come to move from “divisive campaigns” to a coalition that “works for Europe.”
By Martin Banks The “much hyped” rise of the Far Right in the EU election was “limited,” says a former senior British Labour MEP.
Between an oil tycoon embroiled in a visa-selling scandal, an anti-Semitic firefighter and former ministers convicted of abuse of power, the conservative PiS (ECR) party, which came a close second to Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition, is set to bring some controversial faces to the new EU Parliament.
By Martin Banks The EU has agreed to pump in an extra €150 million in humanitarian aid for the crisis in Afghanistan.
The EU elections are the world’s second-largest democratic ballot after India. However, compared to other elections, EU citizens face a complicated web of administrative hurdles they need to overcome to be eligible to vote.
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday (6 June) that the EU risked being blocked by a big far-right presence in the European Parliament after this week’s elections.
A fake news story claiming that Italy might leave the EU if there was a low turnout at this weekend’s elections shared on Italian social media was taken down by big tech platforms this week.
