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

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

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

Sixty heads of state and government are packing their bags and readying to fly into the luxury Swiss mountain resort of Davos ahead of the next World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting that begins Monday.

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

Hungary PM Viktor Orban restated position that Ukraine is not, by the EU’s own rules, ready to join and no exception should be granted.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government informed Beijing that Italy is withdrawing from the Belt and Road global domination scheme.

At COP28, EU Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen demanded new taxes and other schemes to take green agenda investment into the “trillions”.

It is up to young people to rectify the mistake of Brexit, European President Ursula von der Leyen told a formal dinner for Brussels figures.

“Enlargement is a vital policy” for the EU, Von der Leyen says as it announces Ukraine is moving a step closer to becoming a member state.

Ursula von der Leyen continued to lobby for the cause of Ukraine joining the EU as she met with with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

As the war rages in Ukraine, EU officials have sought to push the integration process forward and encourage Balkan nations to boost reforms.

The leaders of Belgium and Sweden called for increased deportation powers after a suspected Islamist terror attack in Brussels.

The European Union announced it will triple financial aid to Gaza despite concerns of such funding propping up Hamas terrorists.

Leaders across Europe were quick to condemn what is being described as an “unprecedented” attack on Israel by Hamas militants.

Hungary’s PM popped the bubble of enthusiasm in Brussels for admitting Ukraine into the EU, warning that “very difficult” questions remain.

Thousands of illegal migrants delivered by people smugglers from the North African coast landed on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa this past week, sparking a warning Sunday from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni the “future of Europe is at stake” if the human flood tide is allowed to continue.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen threw her full support behind Ukraine joining the EU during her State of the Union speech.

The world needs global digital IDs and Artificial Intelligence should be regulated by the United Nations, the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen said.

The EU will seek to expand its borders east and absorb Ukraine and the western Balkans by the end of the decade, Charles Michel said.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni led negotiations that saw a migrant deal struck between the European Union and Tunisia.

Italy is on pace to see a record number of illegal boat migrants land on its shores as landings surged by 150 per cent.

Commission Prez von der Leyen sys imperative to include countries such as Ukraine and Moldova to prevent influence of Russia or China.

Diplomats from dozens of countries are meeting to find money to rebuild Ukraine, cost estimated by the World Bank at more than $400 billion.

Euro Commission proposes massive €50 billion fund for Ukraine, cash likely in many cases to flow back to big European firms and funds. 

Tunisia held talks with European leaders to discuss a potential bailout in exchange for slowing the waves of migrants heading to the EU.

The UK Guardian on Wednesday reported that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), the state oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was given access to the email system employed by the Cop28 climate summit and has been reading much of the summit’s electronic correspondence.

French President Emmanuel Macron argued for European “strategic autonomy” from America, including from the dollar and avoiding conflict with China.

French President Emmanuel Macron said China had a “major role” to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine, in a three-day visit to Beijing.

The hardcore green agenda-loving leaders of the European Union reportedly travelled to the U.N.’s COP27 great reset summit on a private jet.

The EU is sending a million shells to Ukraine at a marked-up price of $2bn, meanwhile, the UK confirms depleted uranium anti-tank rounds.

Over four in ten Germans believe the sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine have done more harm to their country than Russia.

The European Union is considering restricting visas to countries that do not accept deportations following a meeting in Sweden. 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has described the ongoing bribery scandal plaguing the EU as being “infinitely painful”.

Ursula von der Leyen has announced a fresh expansion of the EU’s green agenda during a speech to the World Economic Forum on Tuesday.