A centrist politician who has repeatedly said it would be good if Brexit were blocked and vowed to fight populism is the bookies’ favourite to take over as President of the European Commission.
Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán has praised Donald Trump’s anti-globalist UN address, criticised Hillary Clinton’s actions as Secretary of State, and slammed EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos for propagandising for mass migration.
Rome (AFP) – Italy’s powerful deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini said Saturday “I do not care” if the EU Commission rejects his budget plans.
European Commissioner for migration Dimitris Avramopoulos has pledged to the United Nations that the European Union is working to “enhance legal pathways” to mass migration, with the Hungarian government condemning the commissioner for calling on member states to accept resettled migrants.
The European Union’s Commissioner for Justice and Gender Equality has complained “the bad version of nationalism” is rising and hinted at media regulation to curb the problem, according to POLITICO.
The European Union (EU) must bring an end to national sovereignty over finance with the creation of a “eurozone budget” in order to kill off populist politics within the euro region, according to the Commission.
European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, says that he largely agrees with the migration policies of Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini after his colleagues have repeatedly attacked the populist coalition.
Downing Street told European Parliament Conservative Party MEPs to distance themselves from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after they had voted unanimously against imposing sanctions on Hungary, leaked WhatsApp messages obtained by BuzzFeed reveal.
Poland’s government has said that it will veto proposed European Union sanctions against Hungary after the European Parliament voted in favour of triggering Article 7 against the country for the so-called failure to uphold “EU values”.
The European Commissioner responsible for the budget Günther Oettinger has once again launched a salvo of attacks against the populist Italian government, accusing them of wanting to “destroy Europe”.
Germany’s European Commissioner, who is responsible for the EU budget, has admitted the bloc has no “Plan B” if Britain refuses to hand over its so-called divorce bill in the event of a ‘No Deal’ Brexit — while Sweden’s foreign minister says she wants the 2016 referendum overturned.
BERLIN (AP) – The European Union’s justice commissioner criticized some member countries’ practice of awarding “golden passports” to rich people from outside the bloc, urging them on Tuesday to do more to ensure that citizenship isn’t given to criminals.
The European Union’s (EU) chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier last month met with the Tony Blair Institute, an organisation run by the former Prime Minister currently pushing to overturn Brexit.
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán has said that the Jeane-Claude Juncker-led European Commission’s days are “numbered”, with its mandate expiring in May and Eurosceptic parties set to make gains in 2019 elections.
The European Commission has proposed giving member states cash incentives for countries which agree to set up reception centres for migrants picked up in the Mediterranean sea.
Although U.S. President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly made clear that he is committed to NATO and expects members to pull their own weight within the alliance, European Union leaders have sounded the alarm, blaming the President for endangering the military treaty.
Brussels must resist the urge to “punish” Britain for its decision to leave the bloc, Hungary has said, warning that failure to secure a comprehensive post-Brexit trade deal would be “devastating” for European Union (EU) economies.
The European Commission has backed Emmanuel Macron’s call for sanctions on EU nations refusing to resettle third world migrants, asserting that countries must be made to “pay the price” for membership of the bloc.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has warned that the EU’s hostile reaction to the success of anti-establishment parties shows that “the spirit of Marx, Lenin, and the re-education camps” lives on in Brussels.
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has congratulated Italy’s Matteo Salvini for calling out the NGOs ferrying migrants from Africa to Europe as “white-collar people-smugglers”, slammed the EU for backing them, and warned that “everyone should be wary of the idea of Islam being part of any European country”.
The European Union (EU) has proposed that billions more in aid be pumped into Africa including a €10.5 billion “Peace Facility” which could be used to purchase weapons for use in crisis areas.
The European Union (EU) will retaliate against President Donald J. Trump’s metal tariffs by July, with €2.8 billion (£2.5bn) of levies on U.S. key exports, designed to do maximum damage to iconic American brands.
Italy’s populist Five Star Movement has demanded European Union (EU) bosses “defend democracy” after Germany’s EU Commissioner appeared to threaten voters, telling them that the “markets will teach the Italians to vote for the right thing”.
The UK will help set the European Union’s (EU) massive one trillion euro budget for almost a decade to come, as the Prime Minister moves towards a softer form for Brexit.
Europe is set to absorb massive waves of migration “for the decades to come”, the EU Commission has declared, vowing the continent will “never become a fortress”.
The EU is in disarray as member-states push back against its next long-term budget, which will require significantly higher payments once Britain leaves.
The European Commission has announced a €13 billion “Defence Fund” paving the way for closer EU military integration – plans once called a “dangerous fantasy” by Remainer Nick Clegg.
The European Commission has announced the political bloc’s latest budget, an increase to €1.25 trillion, and has included a new clause to deny access to funds for states judged to be not “respecting the rule of law”.
Germany has U-turned and blocked a new European Union (EU) mass migration scheme it once supported, because of the electoral success of the anti-mass migration AfD party, a Member of the European Party (MEP) has said.
Brussels is set to divert tens of billions of euros in EU cash away from patriotic eastern and central states under budget reform plans that would link funding to the bloc’s ‘values’ which include mass migration.
The European Commission has announced plans to make biometric ID cards compulsory across the bloc which will allow authorities to bar “terrorists and criminals” from accessing money and other services.
“Better off in.” This was the slogan of the Remain campaign during Britain’s EU referendum. It didn’t persuade the 17.4 million people who voted Brexit.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have accused the Commission of “coup-like action” and rule-bending amid cronyism concerns around President Jean-Claude Juncker.
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The Belgium government has seized control of a Saudi Arabian-owned mosque, just 500 metres from the European Commission’s headquarters, amid claims it promotes radical Islam.
The head of a Soros-funded organisation described how his group uses its influence to lobby Germany to pressure Hungary into abandoning its NGO transparency law.
Brexit champion Jacob Rees-Mogg has issued a coded ultimatum to Theresa May on Brexit, and chided EU loyalists who treat the European Commission’s pronouncements as “holy writ”.
The unelected European Commission has made dire predictions for the UK economy ahead of Brexit trade talks, contradicting the recent claims of the Chancellor.
Jean-Claude Juncker’s chief of staff (pictures above, right) has engineered a dramatic “coup”, installing himself as the new Secretary-General of the European Commission, in what one senior Eurocrat has called “an impeccably prepared and audacious power-grab” at the top of the European Union.
The European Commission has taken the extraordinary step of threatening to sue the United Kingdom if President Trump exempts Britain from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium.
