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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has called for a warning label on the Novavax Wuhan coronavirus vaccine for myocarditis and pericarditis.

Dutch farmers blocked a paper factory on Wednesday with their tractors to protest the double standards of the government’s green agenda.

Home Secretary Priti Patel says the British government will hand the French millions of pounds yet again to try and persuade them to stop boat migrants as a record 600 land in a single day. 

Inflation within the Eurozone has hit yet another record high as the currency bloc struggles to deal with the ongoing gas crisis.

France has extended border controls that have been in place since 2015 in defiance of the European Union’s open borders Schengen treaty and a European Court decision that hinted the French policy was unlawful.

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has stated he is open to Italy being led by populist firebrand Giorgia Meloni, known for her fierce anti-communist rhetoric and socially conservative stances on abortion and gay marriage.

The Greek government has called on Germany to halt the sale of attack submarines to Turkey, arguing that the sale could upset the naval balance of power in the region as tensions with the Islamist-led country remain high.

(AFP) – Russian energy giant Gazprom suspended gas supplies to Latvia on Saturday following tensions between Moscow and the West over the conflict in Ukraine and sweeping European and U.S. sanctions against Russia.

Spain’s leftist government is pushing for more migrant workers and an illegal aliens amnesty to fill gaps in the workforce, despite the country having one of the highest rates of unemployment in the European Union.

Major highways were shut down as the direct action taken by Dutch farmers to blockade roads with manure and burning bales of hay continued.

A Swedish analyst warned that Russian shutting-off gas to Europe could see prices soar and even collapse electrical grids. 

Open borders loving states within the European Union have been forced to set up tent cities after running out of places to put migrants.

The German gov plans to reduce incentive payments for buyers of electric cars and end incentives for buying plug-in hybrids.

In protest against the governments plans to shut down vast swaths of farmlands, Dutch farmers dumped manure on highways across the country.

The leader of the left-wing Labour party has announced that he is dropping the ten policy promises he made to become leader

Vladimir Putin’s Russia has once again halved Germany’s gas supply, a move that will further harm an already struggling EU economy.

Gay groups in France have blamed the current state of the country’s monkeypox crisis on the state’s alleged “inaction” in tackling the disease.

A group of Polish lawmakers presented Germany with a proposal to lease the country’s nuclear power plants, which are set to be shut down.

The European Union has launched four new “infringement procedures” against the United Kingdom for not caving to its demands on Northern Ireland.

The Irish government has suspended visa-free travel for refugees from safe European countries for the next 12 months but has made exemptions for Ukrainian refugees. The Irish government announced the policy change, which will require refugees in safe European countries

The EU’s newly appointed ambassador to Beijing said that China should “rule the world,” and called for “reunification” with Taiwan.

Hungary has told the European Union that it must adopt “Christian roots and culture”, as well as rework the union’s “dead end” European parliament

Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe on Thursday after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance.

EU states will be “tax colonies” if the veto safeguard is lost, critics say, as Germany demands ‘EU empire’ powers to help fight Russia.

ROME (AP) – Italian premier Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after key coalition allies boycotted a confidence vote, signalling the likelihood of an early election and a renewed period of uncertainty for Italy and Europe at a critical time.

The number of monkeypox cases in Germany has risen to over 2,000 according to statistics released on Tuesday, as the European Union continues sourcing tens of thousands of jabs to help fight off the virus surge.

European Commission staff got an automatic pay raise to match inflation, despite the rise being against the bloc’s own advice. 

Eurocrats in Brussels are looking to force EU member states to cut gas usage by 15 per cent in the hopes of surviving the coming cold winter.

Nearly 90 per cent of investors globally now expect Europe to fall into recession as the possibility of Moscow cutting off the continent from Russian gas becomes more likely.

Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis has stated that his country will protect its borders from illegal migration and that it is not up to people-smugglers to decide who can come into Europe.

A survey has revealed that over seven in ten French people want foreign criminals to serve their sentences in their countries of origin after being convicted of crimes in France. The polling showed that a total of 72 per cent

(AFP) – The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent’s largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine.

The European Union tsar in charge of the bloc’s 2050 net zero push has called to implement a national commemoration day for those allegedly killed by the “climate crisis”.

BERLIN (AP) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany’s decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his government remains committed to doing “everything” to combat the climate crisis.

Around half of the Ukrainians who fled Russia’s invasion of their country have now returned to Ukraine as the number of Ukrainians entering the European Union has fallen to levels seen prior to the war. European Union home affairs commissioner

The European Commission is guilty of “maladministration” for its refusal to release text messages sent between the EU President and the head of vaxx company Pfizer, the bloc’s ombudsman has found.