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Today the Greek bailout plan comes before the German parliament (the Bundestag), the latest approval hurdle for the third bailout package which nobody believes will work. Ratification of the €86 million rescue deal is expected, notwithstanding yesterday’s comments from Germany’s Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang

Hungary today announced that a fence intended to stem the flow of migrants along its border with Serbia will be completed by December. The combined efforts of military personnel, the unemployed and prison inmates have already broken ground on the temporary solution to the

Politicians are bracing themselves for a backlash after a 10 per cent pay rise for MPs from £67,060 to £74,000 a year was announced by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa). The move comes in spite of widespread opposition from the general

In the early hours of this morning Greece’s parliament passed the austerity measures demanded by its creditors in order to open talks on a new Greek bailout. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, deserted by many in his own Syriza party who believe the

Cora Sherlock, Deputy Chairwoman of the Pro Life Campaign, yesterday told the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Human Rights Committee) that the idea human rights treaties can be interpreted to allow a right to abortion is “completely without foundation”. The pro-life campaigner made the

A leaked IMF study of the Greek debt crisis, ignored by creditors at the weekend, warns Greece may need a 30 year moratorium to pay off European debt, including new loans, and a dramatic extension on the maturity of its debts. The

President Obama’s imminent trip to Kenya continues to spark controversy. First came promises from the student body at the University of Nairobi of mass suicides and urinating on a tree he once planted there if he fails to visit their campus

Figures recently published by the French Interior Ministry and Le Service de Protection de la Communauté Juive (SPCJ) show a sharp rise in the number of anti-Semitic acts since the beginning of 2015. In reaction Jewish representative groups have denounced the hidden anti-Semitism found in the

“In 2013, an estimated 9,000 ex-servicemen were classified as homeless. Can the Minister update us on how we are getting on with that problem, and what the current statistics may look like?” – a simple enough question about homeless veterans,

After 17 hours of “extremely hard, violent even” negotiations concluded in Brussels on Monday, a third Greek bailout – a three-year plan worth some €86 billion – appeared secure. Then doubt began to emerge. Most centred on whether Prime Minister Tsipras

A leading human rights lawyer has pronounced British justice prejudiced against Muslims. Gareth Peirce said English juries, English prosecutors and English police have proceeded “with complete ignorance of culture or religion” in the past and now “have to be educated about Islam”.

Security concerns have been raised as climate change activists from direct action group ‘Plane Stupid‘ caused delays and cancellations at Heathrow, Europe’s busiest passenger airport, after breaching the perimeter fence, invading the north runway and locking themselves together in protest at the airport’s possible

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy signed a petition on Thursday to oppose the ‘repurposing’ of unused churches into mosques, a proposal made by Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grand Mosque in Paris and president of the Muslim Council of France. Sarkozy, who hopes to fight

Facing up to four-and-a-half years in prison if found guilty, two Turkish newspaper commentators went on trial yesterday for illustrating columns with a cartoon of Mohammed.  Charges of “inciting public hatred” and “insulting religious values” were brought against Ceyda Karan and

Deep within the Summer Budget 2015, straddling pages 94 and 95 of the official publication and unannounced in the Chancellor’s speech on Wednesday, tax inspectors have been given the power to raid personal bank accounts. The controversial ‘American-style’ powers are intended to allow HM

The Greek government has at last confirmed what has long been suspected; it is planning a €2bn gas pipeline with Russia. The move is likely to cause concern in other EU member states and allies such as the United States who fear the

Mayor of London and Conservative MP Boris Johnson has warned against legally banning the Islamic State (IS) flag because Britain is a “free country”. He agreed that he did not want to see the IS flag flown anywhere but said banning it

Senior staff at the BBC are preparing themselves for the possibility of public condemnation when the outcome of Dame Janet Smith’s review into the Jimmy Savile affair is published. The former Court of Appeal judge is investigating how Savile was able

Following his ousting as leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD) last weekend, the party’s co-founder is said to be considering the creation of a new party. Bernd Lucke and the executive board of his factional association, Weckruf 2015 (Wake-Up Call 2015), have decided to consult the

The eurozone’s former communist nations, including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia, have themselves endured painful reforms and austerity programmes within living memory. Perhaps as a result, they are now among those taking the hardest line on Greece following that country’s

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is taking fire from many quarters today as he attends the Eurogroup meetings to discuss his country’s debt crisis. He can, however, take solace from the fact that one titan of international politics is on

Italian police announced yesterday the arrest of a 25-year-old Moroccan man near Pisa on charges of spreading jihadist propaganda and inciting terrorism against a number of high-profile targets, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Statue of Liberty. Ansa reports police identified the suspected

Six mayors have signed ordinances stating that they will only accept migrants into their towns if accompanied by a health certificate stating the holder is disease free. The six mayors, from the Italian Province of Savona in the north-west coastal region of Liguria, made the move as hundreds

With the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker dampening expectations of a speedy resolution to the Greek economic crisis, analysts are again giving apocalyptic visions of the country’s future. PA reports Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital, setting out exactly how bad

Echoing comments previously made by Nigel Farage and the head of the EU’s judicial cooperation agency Eurojust, the French Minister of Defence, Jean-Yves Le Drian, today warned that in the absence of a political solution an Islamic State (IS) controlled Libya – “a thieves’

A new front in the fighting is breaking out in the Gaza Strip. The battle between the Islamist terrorist organisation Hamas and the state of Israel has been a fact of life in the region for over 25 years, but

Despite fears some had of an inconclusive and divisive knife-edge verdict, Greece delivered a resoundingly strong ‘No’ vote in yesterday’s referendum. The country partied last night, but today faces the hangover. Some of London’s leading think tanks have given Breitbart London their

The value of the euro compared to major peer currencies is already dropping as the financial effects of the Greek ‘No’ vote in Sunday’s referendum filter into the global market. With analysts predicting banks facing funding crises and individuals unable to take their money from ATMs, volatility is set to reign for some time.

The Economist Intelligence Unit has pinned its colours to the mast: The EIU forecast victory for the “No” camp as soon as the referendum was called. We are sticking to that call. — The EIU Europe (@TheEIU_Europe) July 5, 2015

In a televised address given Saturday, President Beji Caid Essebsi announced that Tunisia has declared a state of emergency, just over a week after 38 tourists, 30 of them British, were killed in an Islamist attack in the resort city of Sousse.

Frauke Petry was yesterday elected undisputed leader of Germany’s eurosceptic party, Alternative for Germany (AfD). Winning 68 per cent of the vote of 3,500 members present at the AfD extraordinary congress in Essen she replaces the AfD co-founder and frontman, economics professor Bernd Lucke, signalling

Greece’s referendum day is upon us. After five long months of bitter debate with creditors and one quick week of frantic campaigning, the Greeks are now voting. Up until the close of campaigning the left-wing government urged voters to reject the bailout deal that had

LONDON, United Kingdom – Taking the opportunity for some international travel, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been apologising to legal and conservative audiences in London for America’s international export of judicial activism, warning against unchecked interventions of foreign

Side-effects of the euro crisis are spreading beyond Greek borders into Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia. Once seen as their poverty-stricken northern neighbours, Greeks are now looking to Bulgaria for some relief. Euobserver reports that with Greek banks closed and the state in

In a sign that eurosceptic sentiment is spreading across the Continent, it has been announced that 261,159 Austrians beat the 1 July deadline to sign a petition supporting a referendum on whether Austria should leave the EU. This means the threshold of 100,000

On last night’s edition of BBC’s Question Time the Prime Minister was schooled in the proper way to react to Islamic State by the journalist and commentator, Douglas Murray. Murray flagged up the debate that arose earlier this week, calling