By Martin Banks The success of the Far Right in the first round of the French elections “threatens” the future of the European Union, it has been claimed. It is said that there is a “real risk of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) obtaining an absolute majority in the French Assemblée Nationale in Sunday’s second […]
By Martin Banks Ukrainians are not yet ready to countenance territorial trade-offs for NATO accession. This is one of the key findings of a major new multi-country polling report out on 3 July. It says there is still sustained public support for the delivery of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, but shows divisions on how […]
By Martin Banks The SNP says it is the only party offering Scotland a route back into the European Union. Energy Secretary Mairi McAllan also accused the Conservatives and Labour of having “utterly abandoned Scotland’s European future”. Her comments just ahead of the UK general election this week. Both the Conservatives and Labour remain opposed […]
By Martin Banks A senior MEP has condemned Emmanuel Macron for calling the snap general election in France. Danuta Hubner says the move has paved the way for a possible “anti EU” French government. She was speaking to this website after the shock weekend election which saw major gains for the National Rally. On Monday, […]
By Martin Banks This year’s UK general election has at least one highly unusual candidate running for office….. “AI Steve.” If elected, it would be the world’s first elected AI politician. “SmarterUK” is a new AI-powered political party in Britain which has put forward AI Steve as a candidate to fight in next week’s general […]
The Russian foreign ministry announced the move on Tuesday (25 June) in retaliation against EU sanctions on Russian propaganda outlets. Russia’s online ban covered national broadcasters and news agencies in Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden, but not Germany or Poland. It […]
One in three residents in Brussels are not Belgian and,in some areas of the city, it is almost half. But up to 285,000 in Brussels could vote in the 2024 municipal elections which are important as they dictate how local policies are enforced in the coming years. Now a campaign has been started to help […]
It comes after the head of the British Overseas Voters Forum, Bruce Darrington, who lives in Bangkok, raised concerns about the reliability of the postal system in parts of Asia and other parts of the world. After speaking to many of their members, he fears that a high number of postal votes will not reach […]
The number of attacks on Sinti and Roma registered in Germany nearly doubled in 2023, according to a new report. The Antiziganism Reporting and Information Center (MIA), a federal data tracking agency in Germany, recorded 1,233 such cases — up from 621 in 2022. In all, authorities recorded 50 violent attacks, 10 of which were […]
By Martin Banks The EU’s outgoing foreign affairs chief says there has been a “continuous erosion of the rights and freedoms” of people in Hong Kong. Josep Borrell was reacting to the release of the EU’s 2023 annual report on Hong Kong. The former Spanish MEP said the report “illustrates in great detail the continuous […]
