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The French centre-right Les Républicains declared they will not back European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a second term.

The former head of the EU’s border enforcement agency will run for the EU Parliament for the French anti-mass migration National Rally party.

Ursula von der Leyen has thrown her hat into the ring to seek another five years as the top official in the EU, despite a chaotic first term.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded West send more weapons, claiming an “artificial deficit” was giving Russia an advantage.

French populist parties are on pace to see record support in the EU Parliament elections and deal a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron.

Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing protests against the enviornmental and trade policies of the EU.

Hungary said it will block attempts from Eurocrats to impose sanctions on Tucker Carlson for interviewing Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

The farmer uprisings across the continent have forced EU leadership in Brussels to back down from key elements to its green agenda.

Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib, whose country currently holds the EU’s presidency, warned of a “risk of spillover of the conflict”.

Donald Trump is the only leader in the United States or Europe who is “strong enough” to put an end to the war in Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said.

The farmer revolution against the green agenda landed on the doorstep of the EU, with thousands of farmers descending on Brussels.

French farmers are threatening to impose a blockade on Brussels as they have done to Paris in opposition to the green agenda.

Nearly half of the German public are living in fear of a potential attack from Russia, a survey published this week found.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says Apple’s recently proposed changes to its App Store policies represent a “new low” for the tech giant. The Spotify boss, a constant critic of Apple’s stranglehold on the marketplace for apps and the “tax” it places on in-app purchases, calls Apple’s proposed changes “extortion, plain and simple.”

Europe’s economy failed to expand at the end of 2023 amid higher energy prices, costlier credit and a downturn in former powerhouse Germany.

The EU has reportedly drawn up a scheme to “sabotage” Hungary’s economy over opposition to a further 50 billion euros in funding to Ukraine.

Thousands of farmers took to their tractors in a coordinated attempt to block off entrances to Paris in protest against green regulations.

EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen drew condemnation after posting a video which wrongly suggested the Auschwitz death camp was Polish.

Calls for revolution are in the air of France once again as farmers have vowed to continue their tractor protests against the green agenda.

Populist parties are projected to be victorious in at least nine EU member states and come in second or third in a further nine countries.

The French public overwhelmingly supports the farmers, as nearly nine in ten backing their protest against globalists in Brussels and Paris.

The head of the EU’s Frontex border agency backed an open borders approach, claiming that it is impossible to stop illegal migration.

French farmers have vowed to continue their tractor protests “for as long as necessary” against the green agenda of Brussels and Paris.

German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation easing the rules on gaining citizenship and ending restrictions on holding dual citizenship.

EU Illegal migration will rise in 2024 despite promises from politicians and will be a major factor in upcoming elections, a think tank said.

Illegal migration into the European Union has hit its highest level since 2016 after surging by 17 per cent over last year, Frontex reported.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called more censorship of “disinformation” at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

Farmers rose up in protest in France on Tuesday, with manure being dumped and hay set on fire in Avignon and Toulouse.

France and Germany vowed to continue to support Ukraine in its war with Russia for “as long as necessary”.

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani argued the formation of an EU Army was worth sacrificing the national sovereignty for security.

European Council President Charles Michel will step down from his top EU post in order to run in June’s European Parliament elections.

Polish farmers who had blockaded a border crossing to Ukraine ended their protest after reaching an agreement with their government.

There were over 127,000 “unauthorised entries” by migrants recorded in Germany in 2023, the highest since the Europe Migrant Crisis of 2015.

An Albanian court ordered house arrest for former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who leads the opposition party to the governing socialists.

The EU is reportedly preparing to use a Covid-era accounting trick and skirt Hungary’s veto on continuing to send billions to Ukraine. 

In a significant move, the European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, raising concerns about its compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA puts strict controls on social media companies to moderate “misinformation.”