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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.

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.

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.

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.

The EU is preparing new sanctions against Russia, which will reportedly include firms from China accused of assisting Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck proposed a plan for up to 80 per cent of industrial energy costs to be subsidised amid green agenda failures.

The Chinese government on Tuesday asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to crack down on U.S. policies intended to revitalize the domestic computer chip industry.

Denmark wants to spend $5.6 billion over the next decade to modernize military facilities, recruit more soldiers and upgrade computer systems.

In a veiled shot at Emmanuel Macron, former French PM François Fillon critisised leaders for treating Russia as a greater threat than China.

Plan would see thousands of farms shut down to comply with EU climate goals, and farmers banned from ever working again to get a cash payout.

The “battleground” of the Cold War between China and the U.S. will be waged in Europe, a former People’s Liberation Army colonel has claimed.

Donald Trump Jr. has branded recent pushes to establish hate speech laws in Western nations as being “insane”.

Major gulf between a willingness to eat in-season fruit and veg, and drastic civilisational change like not having children, research finds.

Allegedly “green” biodiesel being shipped into Europe from China is likely fake, various climate orgs have discovered.

The EU ended an internal standoff over Ukraine farm imports by granting five member states the right to temporarily ban problematic produce.

A senior EU commissioner has said that she is “disappointed” by Twitter’s lack of censorship amid the bloc’s efforts to crack down on free speech online.

The European economy scraped out meager growth of 0.1% in the first three months of the year, barely gaining momentum.

The EU announced that a slew of social media platforms and other websites that will come under stricter content moderation measures.

The White House is reportedly “annoyed” with French President Macron’s attempts to strike a peace deal in Ukraine with the aid of China.

The three Baltic states condemned comments by China’s envoy to France, who suggested that former Soviet republics aren’t sovereign nations.

The migrant pact agreed by the European Parliament this week will only enable “forced mass migration”, an MEP has claimed.