An opinion poll out at the weekend could mean disappointment for the German socialist euro-fanatic Martin Schulz who wants to be the next president of the European Commission. A TNS poll reported in EU Observer shows that the centre-right parties
The Swiss have overwhelmingly voted to reject proposals to create the world’s highest minimum wage because they were worried increased business costs could damage their economy. In a referendum on Sunday, 76 per cent of voters turned down proposals made
In what could be a dangerous example of the European Union elite refusing to learn from their mistakes in Ukraine, José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, has said he will sign an agreement with Moldova in June which
Using criteria which some American constitutional scholars may consider incorrect – or at least conveniently Scandinavian — a two-man academic study financed by Norway’s foreign ministry has come to the conclusion that the Norwegian constitution is better than the United
The German Ministry of Environment has falsified the conclusions of a UN climate change report in the German-language version released last week, in an attempt to hide the fact that the country’s ‘green policies’ are useless. The ministry’s four-page summary
In what could be an attempt to discredit Hungary’s far-right party just days before the elections to the European Parliament, a ‘Jobbik’ MEP has been accused of being a Russian spy. Jobbik which most analysts regard as being on the
“To understand Europe you have to be a genius or French,” said an exasperated Madeleine Albright when she was US Secretary of State. So if, like Secretary Albright, you are not up to speed on the European Union debate, despite
Thousands of young people who are say they are “pro-European but anti-European Union” held a march in Vienna yesterday as part of the Identity Movement which has sprung up in France, Germany and Austria. The movement, known in the Germanic
In what at first glance looks like an inexplicable mixture of tolerance and intolerance, two studies just released rate Norway as both the most pro-gay and the most anti-Semitic of the traditionally-liberal Scandinavian countries. An index to attitudes in 100
In a move that will outrage millions of conservative French voters, the head of the French Socialist party has ceded his spot in a debate with Marine Le Pen, leader of the right-wing eurosceptic Front National, to Martin Schulz, a
The Austrian army is in so much financial trouble that its regiments cannot afford fuel and soldiers are forced to walk everywhere because vehicles are so scarce. Gerald Klug, the Social Democrat defence minister, has said that the army “is
Almost 200 US Marines have been moved from their base in Spain to the US Naval Air Station at Sigonella in Sicily in case the American embassy in Libya comes under threat. The Pentagon said this was a precaution due
Eurosur, the EU’s new €340m border surveillance system meant to intercept illegal migrants trying to get across the Mediterranean has so far proved useless. Since it was launched in December, there has been a three-fold increase in the number of
Despite a doubling of powers for the European Parliament in the last two decades – a triumph for what the euro-elite call “more Europe” – turnout in elections to the European Parliament fell from 57 per cent in 1994 to
A new study by social scientists in Germany has found that tolerance of homosexuality has increased in almost all of Germany’s 16 states, but people remain ambivalent about accepting diversity and are highly sceptical about immigration. “Even in Bavaria, the
A tax-payer funded project in the German city of Essen to get unemployed alcoholics back to work cleaning litter from streets has sparked controversy by offering beer as pay for those who take part. The project, planned by charity Addict
Millions of voters in the 28 member states of the European Union will head to the polls later this month to cast their ballots in the elections to the European Parliament, yet they overwhelmingly think that their voice is not
In a stunning split with official European Union foreign policy on Russian, France will press ahead with a €1.2bn contract to sell helicopter carriers to Russia because cancelling the deal would do more damage to Paris than to Moscow, French
Members of the European Parliament have been spending more than €5m a year on alleged “fact finding” trips to some of the most luxurious destinations on the world, with 160 trips charged to taxpayers in the last two years alone.
The European Union should have the power to raise taxes and use the money for “making investments on behalf of national governments,” according to one of the candidates to succeed José Manuel Barroso as next president of the European Commission.
Morocco is reported to be building a razor-topped wall near Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla to stop illegal migrants crossing into Europe. Local human rights NGOs are claiming that construction work for the barrier began 20 days ago, according
In a speech which can only help UKIP and other eurosceptic parties in the run up to elections to the European Parliament later this month, the prime minister of Italy Matteo Renzi has called for a United States of Europe
In an extraordinary online video, illegal migrants in Italy have been telling their fellow countrymen not to come to Italy “because you will starve.” A man identified only as Roshan from Sri Lanka faces the camera and says: “This country
