Conflicting reports are emerging from Germany, with some claiming the federal government is thinking of imposing a “solidarity tax” or “Soli” on its resident tax payers in order to help pay for the migrant crisis. Government sources are refuting the
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann cast doubt on the workability of the so-called migrant hotspots European leaders plan to create by the end of next month in Greece and Italy to help manage large numbers of refugees. Of
The European Commission on Monday warned Spain to scale back government overspending that is in violation of EU budget rules or risk an embarrassing reprimand ahead of December elections. Spain should “take the necessary measures within the national budgetary process
Evidencing further mismanagement of the ongoing migrant crisis, the European Commission is investigating 19 countries for asylum violations. The investigation into 40 asylum violations was announced the same day that European Union (EU) leaders came together for an emergency summit about the
BRUSSELS, Sept 22 (Reuters) – The European Union approved a plan on Tuesday to share out 120,000 refugees across its 28 states, overriding vehement opposition from four ex-communist eastern nations. Diplomats said interior ministers meeting in Brussels had voted to launch
Britain may have to pay £90m for a scheme to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers around Europe, despite the Prime Minister saying it could encourage more migrants to risk their lives travelling across the continent. Downing Street admitted last night that
One of the world’s largest, allegedly corrupt charities has joined forces with one of the world’s largest, allegedly corrupt governments to guilt trip the Western world into welcoming 60 million migrants to their shores. On Sunday, the European Commission and Oxfam launched
The European Union and the United States have clinched a deal protecting personal data shared for law enforcement purposes such as terrorism investigations, according to a document seen by Reuters. The two sides have been negotiating for four years over
The European Commission has become embroiled in an argument over a potential cover-up of engagement between its officials and the tobacco industry during negotiations over the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty. Campaigners from Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) published documents revealed under
The latest users of the infamous adultery website Ashley Madison to have been exposed are European Union bureaucrats. The hack of the website’s membership list reveals 13 officials used work email addresses to register their interest, raising serious international security issues.
New European Union tax rules introduced in January have already driven thousands of small companies out of business, with thousands more set to follow as awareness of the change in the VAT law grows. Research has shown that incompetence on
Officials in Slovakia are refusing to take Muslim migrants as part of the EU’s migrant resettlement plans, claiming that they won’t fit in as the country doesn’t have any mosques. Instead the offer to take 200 Christians from Syria was
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According to latest polling information released by the European Commission, immigration is the main concern of Europeans, ahead of economic problems and unemployment. The 38 per cent of respondents across the European Union citing immigration as their top concern contrasts to a similar
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The European Commission reshuffled its top bureaucrats this week, with President of the Commission Jean Claude Juncker apparently desperate to come across as more “female friendly” during the big move. But eagle-eyed journalists have noticed that while the EU claims a
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made a characteristically combative appearance before the European Parliament yesterday, drawing fire from some MEPs. He took the opportunity to return to recent controversies that arose following comments he made on the death penalty and immigration.
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The European Commission is considering hiking up tax on electronic cigarettes, even though an official government report shows that they are not a gateway to smoking and in fact help people quit tobacco. A report by the Office of National
Hezbollah backs down from war with Israel; Clashes between Nusra front and Free Syrian Army spreading in Syria; Jundallah takes credit for massive mosque attack in Pakistan; Egypt’s military begins ‘wide military offensives’ in North Sinai; Greece clashes with eurogroup ‘No more bailout, no more troika!’; In Denmark you are now paid to take out a mortgage
All airline passengers flying in and out of Europe are to have their personal data, including bank details, stored on a police database for up to five years in order to combat terrorism, under new plans from the European Commission.
MPs have uncovered massive waste in the EU’s aid spending programmes, to which the UK is a major contributor. Thanks to a culture within the European Commission which deems a project a success only when the full budget has been
