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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says Apple’s recently proposed changes to its App Store policies represent a “new low” for the tech giant. The Spotify boss, a constant critic of Apple’s stranglehold on the marketplace for apps and the “tax” it places on in-app purchases, calls Apple’s proposed changes “extortion, plain and simple.”

The EU has reportedly drawn up a scheme to “sabotage” Hungary’s economy over opposition to a further 50 billion euros in funding to Ukraine.

Thousands of farmers took to their tractors in a coordinated attempt to block off entrances to Paris in protest against green regulations.

EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen drew condemnation after posting a video which wrongly suggested the Auschwitz death camp was Polish.

Populist parties are projected to be victorious in at least nine EU member states and come in second or third in a further nine countries.

The French public overwhelmingly supports the farmers, as nearly nine in ten backing their protest against globalists in Brussels and Paris.

The head of the EU’s Frontex border agency backed an open borders approach, claiming that it is impossible to stop illegal migration.

German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation easing the rules on gaining citizenship and ending restrictions on holding dual citizenship.

EU Illegal migration will rise in 2024 despite promises from politicians and will be a major factor in upcoming elections, a think tank said.

Illegal migration into the European Union has hit its highest level since 2016 after surging by 17 per cent over last year, Frontex reported.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called more censorship of “disinformation” at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

Farmers rose up in protest in France on Tuesday, with manure being dumped and hay set on fire in Avignon and Toulouse.

France and Germany vowed to continue to support Ukraine in its war with Russia for “as long as necessary”.

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani argued the formation of an EU Army was worth sacrificing the national sovereignty for security.

European Council President Charles Michel will step down from his top EU post in order to run in June’s European Parliament elections.

Polish farmers who had blockaded a border crossing to Ukraine ended their protest after reaching an agreement with their government.

There were over 127,000 “unauthorised entries” by migrants recorded in Germany in 2023, the highest since the Europe Migrant Crisis of 2015.

An Albanian court ordered house arrest for former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who leads the opposition party to the governing socialists.

The EU is reportedly preparing to use a Covid-era accounting trick and skirt Hungary’s veto on continuing to send billions to Ukraine. 

In a significant move, the European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, raising concerns about its compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA puts strict controls on social media companies to moderate “misinformation.”

Incoming Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk promised closer ties with the EU and to be a champion for the war in Ukraine.

Zelensky’s chief of staff urged U.S. lawmakers to approve billions more in aid to Ukraine, warning they may lose the war without more money.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government informed Beijing that Italy is withdrawing from the Belt and Road global domination scheme.

European Union lawmakers allegedly accepted €4 million in bribes to use their influence to advance the aims of Morocco, Mauritania, and Qatar.

Ukrainian officials blocked former President Petro Poroshenko from leaving the country to meet with Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán over an alleged Kremlin plot.

At COP28, EU Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen demanded new taxes and other schemes to take green agenda investment into the “trillions”.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written a letter to Brussels threatening to use his veto power to block EU funding for Ukraine.

Geert Wilders’ and his anti-migration Party for Freedom swept to a stunning victory in Dutch elections, with exit polls predicting it will become the largest party.

The European Commission has asserted there is no evidence of EU aid to Palestine being diverted to “unintended purposes”.

Geert Wilders hailed a poll that put his anti-mass migration party tied for first place in next week’s general election as a “game changer”.

Viktor Orbán said Ukraine is “light years away” from joining the EU, signalling Hungary may seek to block the ascension process.

Major advertisers IBM and the European Union have ceased advertising on Elon Musk’s X/Twitter social media platform due to escalating concerns over antisemitic content and “hate speech.”

Two men of “Arab appearance” are wanted by police in Germany after a mother was reportedly raped in a schoolyard.

Croatia’s defense minister was seriously injured in a car crash early on Saturday in which another person died, officials said.

Google’s response to a 2018 European Union antitrust order included “Go Big in Europe,” a comprehensive plan to enhance its search engine’s capabilities across the EU, according to internal documents included in the massive antitrust case against the Silicon Valley giant. 

Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa said Tuesday he is resigning after being involved in a widespread corruption probe.