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Tunisia held talks with European leaders to discuss a potential bailout in exchange for slowing the waves of migrants heading to the EU.

The UK Guardian on Wednesday reported that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), the state oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was given access to the email system employed by the Cop28 climate summit and has been reading much of the summit’s electronic correspondence.

Countries that do not want migrants could pay money instead, it is claimed. Figures of $21,400 per migrant were suggested.

Saudi Arabia could be selling the EU Russian oil products at a major markup, effectively undermining the bloc’s sanctions, an MEP has suggested.

An EU scheme to supply more ammunition to Ukraine is a moved aimed at “usurping military powers”, an MEP has warned.

A pro-MeToo push to tackle sexual harassment within the European Union risks putting every single man “under general suspicion”, an MEP has warned.

An EU push for social media censorship is really aimed at restoring the monopoly on power the government and media used to enjoy, an MEP has claimed.

The European Commission has publicly welcomed the end of the American petrodollar, heralding what they describe as a new “multipolar global currency regime”.

The EU’s desire to censor Twitter is an attempt to “steal democracy from the people”, an MEP has told Breitbart Europe.

The death toll from a migrant boat sinking off the Greek resort island of Mykonos has tripled to nine after another six bodies were found.

German politicians were left concerned over diversity after migrant parades celebrated the re-election of Islamist Turkish President Erdogan.

Germany saw a 28 per cent increase in citizenships granted last year, with Syrians accounting for over a quarter of all naturalisations.

Nations in Western Europe are in “complete denial” about the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party, an EU insider has warned.

Senior EU officials were furious on Friday after Twitter owner Elon Musk pulled the platform out of the bloc’s online censorship project.

Italy is leading the revolt against European Union plans to tighten emission limits and push drivers into electric vehicles (EVs) with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowing to defend automotive industry jobs.

Socialist Spain is leading the way in attempts to ban private messaging technology in the European Union, a leaked survey revealed.

A spike in depression caused by EU lockdown rules has prompted serious mental health concerns for young people within the bloc.

The European Commission faces accusations it is paying for itself to be lobbied by “far-left… radical” groups.

Various government officials in Europe are reportedly furious at the Hungarian government after it announced it would be blocking further sanctions against Russia.

Facebook owner Meta was slapped with a record €1.2 billion by EU regulators on Monday over transfers of European data to the United States.

Hungary said it will block EU military aid to Ukraine, branding the country “hostile” after an alleged plan to bomb a pipeline leaked in the press.

Sinn Fein made sweeping gains in Northern Ireland’s local elections this week, repeating its success from last year’s assembly elections.

A progressive MEP has claimed that the EU will block funding for local regions that try to fight LGBT ideology.

Europe’s green agenda could “blow up” the continent’s economy if things do not change, the deputy leader of Italy’s central bank has warned.

Nigel Farage has declared that “Brexit Has Failed” with the governing Tories betraying the trust the people placed in them to deliver.

The European Union does not have the power to implement laws punishing someone for raping an animal, the Commission has said.

Spies working either directly or indirectly for the Chinese government are extremely active in the capital of the EU, a government report has said.

The Labour Party is reportedly set to campaign on the promise to expand voting rights to millions of EU citizens and 16 and 17-year-olds.

An MP sitting in the European Parliament has mocked attempts by leftists to have him censored for criticising “men who pretend to be women”.

EU meets to seek common approach on lessening Europe’s reliance on China and coaxing Beijing to take a tougher stance on Russia.

EU efforts to rebuild Ukraine will focus heavily on decarbonisation and other green agenda goals, senior Brussels officials have said.

China continues its diplomatic push in Europe on Thursday with a high-level visit to the Netherlands by Vice President Han Zheng.

Voters in Europe are more likely to say controlling migration is a priority than anywhere else on earth, research by a democracy NGO finds.

The belligerent boss of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group threatened on Wednesday to pull out the teeth of French President Emmanuel Macron.

Efforts to rebuild Ukraine, another aspiring EU member, will need “political and financial capital over the long term,” said Germany’s Scholz.

Individual nation-states must hand the EU even more power to help fight off the possible return of Donald Trump, big-government-loving Guy Verhofstadt has claimed.