The Jerusalem Post reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called on individual EU states to pressure the European Commission to change its “double standard” toward Israel. Netanyahu’s call came during a meeting with visiting Estonian Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand.
Continuing its campaign against the newly-elected centre-right Polish government, the European Commission has launched an unprecedented formal investigation into the rule of law in Poland. In a move representing the first time European Union (EU) authorities have instituted such an
Brussels (AFP) – The EU launched an investigation Tuesday into whether British government aid to convert the giant Drax power station from coal to more environmentally friendly biomass breaches the bloc’s state aid rules. The massive Drax complex in north-eastern
The European Commission is attempting to rush through new regulations limiting access to the internet for under 16 year olds. Children would be prevented from setting up social media accounts without parental consent, and would face restrictions on their use
The Commissioner of the European Union (EU) has urged Italy to “use force” when necessary to collect the fingerprints of asylum seekers coming into the country, and to immediately activate two new migrant registration “hotspots” to ensure that all migrants
In a move said to represent the biggest transfer of national sovereignty since the creation of the single currency, the European Union is to propose a standing European border force able to take control of the bloc’s external frontiers even when a
The Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Scotland in the United Kingdom has stripped U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump of an honorary degree awarded to the businessman in 2012. The university received almost $1m in funding from the European Union in
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has hit out at the European Commission, pledging to take it to court over its mandatory migrant quotas. His government filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice over the Commission’s plans to distribute
On November 13 terrorists who were able to acquire firearms and other weaponry despite France’s strict gun controls shot and killed approximately 130 law-abiding citizens who could not arm themselves for self-defence due to the same laws the terrorists ignored.
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Commission called Friday for the establishment of an EU-wide intelligence agency in the wake of the Paris attacks, as interior ministers held emergency talks on boosting security. The proposal comes amid concerns about how the
The European Commission, the most powerful body in the EU, is planning web regulation described by one politician as “its most dangerous yet.” Draft documents, leaked by bloggers, shows the Commission planning to regulate hyperlinks, one of the foundational forms of communication on the web.
A year after Jean-Claude Juncker took charge of what he called the “last chance” European Commission, his plans to win back sceptical voters have been partly sidelined by existential threats like the migrant and Greek crises, analysts say. The former
Contents: Eurosceptic party in Poland wins election overwhelmingly; European Union nations in crisis agree on a migration plan for refugees; Hey kids, what time is it? In Turkey, it’s Erdogan Time!
The European Commission is allegedly suppressing a critical report into the worsening civil rights situation in Turkey, ahead of national elections next Sunday, November 1st. German newspaper Die Welt Am Sonntag reports the Commission, headed by Jean-Claude Juncker, is sitting
Europe has become a “valley of fears” as its “glorious years” have come to an end, top Eurocrat Jean-Claude Juncker has admitted. In a downbeat assessment of the trading bloc’s immediate future, the president of the European Commission told an audience in
Jubilant photos (above) from last week, of the European Union’s (EU) grand plans for forced migration quotas spinning into action were indeed arranged by, and funded by the European Commission, in a propaganda effort that clearly went awry. The relocation of migrants
French authorities want new European Union (EU) rules mandating all travelling EU nationals to scan their fingerprints and maybe even their faces. The introduction of Smart Borders, a digital dragnet system using biometric scans to identify visiting non-EU nationals, was discussed at an EU interior ministers
Conflicting reports are emerging from Germany, with some claiming the federal government is thinking of imposing a “solidarity tax” or “Soli” on its resident tax payers in order to help pay for the migrant crisis. Government sources are refuting the
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann cast doubt on the workability of the so-called migrant hotspots European leaders plan to create by the end of next month in Greece and Italy to help manage large numbers of refugees. Of
The European Commission on Monday warned Spain to scale back government overspending that is in violation of EU budget rules or risk an embarrassing reprimand ahead of December elections. Spain should “take the necessary measures within the national budgetary process
Evidencing further mismanagement of the ongoing migrant crisis, the European Commission is investigating 19 countries for asylum violations. The investigation into 40 asylum violations was announced the same day that European Union (EU) leaders came together for an emergency summit about the
BRUSSELS, Sept 22 (Reuters) – The European Union approved a plan on Tuesday to share out 120,000 refugees across its 28 states, overriding vehement opposition from four ex-communist eastern nations. Diplomats said interior ministers meeting in Brussels had voted to launch
Britain may have to pay £90m for a scheme to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers around Europe, despite the Prime Minister saying it could encourage more migrants to risk their lives travelling across the continent. Downing Street admitted last night that
One of the world’s largest, allegedly corrupt charities has joined forces with one of the world’s largest, allegedly corrupt governments to guilt trip the Western world into welcoming 60 million migrants to their shores. On Sunday, the European Commission and Oxfam launched
The European Union and the United States have clinched a deal protecting personal data shared for law enforcement purposes such as terrorism investigations, according to a document seen by Reuters. The two sides have been negotiating for four years over
The European Commission has become embroiled in an argument over a potential cover-up of engagement between its officials and the tobacco industry during negotiations over the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty. Campaigners from Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) published documents revealed under
The latest users of the infamous adultery website Ashley Madison to have been exposed are European Union bureaucrats. The hack of the website’s membership list reveals 13 officials used work email addresses to register their interest, raising serious international security issues.
New European Union tax rules introduced in January have already driven thousands of small companies out of business, with thousands more set to follow as awareness of the change in the VAT law grows. Research has shown that incompetence on
Officials in Slovakia are refusing to take Muslim migrants as part of the EU’s migrant resettlement plans, claiming that they won’t fit in as the country doesn’t have any mosques. Instead the offer to take 200 Christians from Syria was
Contents: Slovakia will accept 200 migrants — but only if they’re Christian; China’s yuan devaluation causes currency chaos in Asia
According to latest polling information released by the European Commission, immigration is the main concern of Europeans, ahead of economic problems and unemployment. The 38 per cent of respondents across the European Union citing immigration as their top concern contrasts to a similar
Contents: China reacts harshly to Japan’s plans for ‘collective self-defense’; European officials prepare to negotiate Greece’s next bailout
Contents: Greece heads for further chaos with referendum on Sunday; IMF report on Greece raising concerns about IMF’s credibility; China hunts for ‘stock manipulators’ as market crashes
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Furious Eurogroup members plan Greece’s default after Tsipras ends bailout negotiations Greece’s chaos may begin as early as Monday Tunisia will close 80 mosques that are ‘spreading venom’ Furious Eurogroup members plan Greece’s default
The European Commission reshuffled its top bureaucrats this week, with President of the Commission Jean Claude Juncker apparently desperate to come across as more “female friendly” during the big move. But eagle-eyed journalists have noticed that while the EU claims a
Contents: Zimbabwe offers 5 US dollars for 175 quadrillion Zim dollars; IMF and ECB walk out of negotiations with Greece; The Greek Tragedy must move to the happy ending
Contents: Greece’s game of Chicken no closer to resolution; Greece’s Alexis Tsipras faces a government mutiny from the far left
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made a characteristically combative appearance before the European Parliament yesterday, drawing fire from some MEPs. He took the opportunity to return to recent controversies that arose following comments he made on the death penalty and immigration.
Greece makes one debt payment, wonders if it can make the next; Europeans reject more bailout money for Greece, for now; Jean-Claude Jüncker warns of Anglo-Saxon threat to eurozone
ISIS claims responsibility of major terrorist attack in east Afghanistan; Afghanistan becomes more ungovernable as US-led coalition withdraws; Greece scrapes the bottom of the barrel as bankruptcy talk increases
