A German MEP from a far-right party has accused Antonio Decaro of being close to the mafia, a gesture that has sparked the indignation of the former mayor of Bari who has promised to sue. It was MEP Christine Anderson of Alternative für Deutschland, a party that sits on the benches of the most right-wing group in the European Parliament, ...
Illegal detention, degrading conditions, deprivation and abuse. It is a real nightmare that refugees live daily in the Samos camp, funded by Brussels on the Greek island of the same name. Amnesty International has asked the government of Athens to review its migration policy, to prevent asylum seekers from being systematically consulted on the most basic human rights. At the ...
An alarm is ringing in Europe and it is being triggered by Hungary which has simplified the conditions for issuing work visas and entry into the country for Russian and Belarusian citizens. A choice – several European media report – that has raised concerns from many quarters regarding security risks and that is being interpreted by many quarters as a ...
The new European rules on the so-called “right to repair” of consumers have finally come into force. Brussels had asked that the citizens of the Twenty-seven be able to repair the products they buy more easily, especially digital devices. No sooner said than done. Last April, MEPs adopted the EU directive that aimed, among other things, to reduce the amount ...
The European Union is asking Venezuela to prove that there was no fraud in the last elections, in which Nicolas Maduro was officially declared the winner, who is heading for a third term as president. Or rather, this is what the High Representative Josep Borrell is asking for, in a statement on his behalf, which should have been made on ...
A reform that would have helped reduce the number of members of the German parliament has been rejected. The supreme court in Karlsruhe ruled on the morning of July 30 on the legality of a plan that would have helped reduce the number of seats for elected officials in Germany and at the same time would have blocked smaller regional ...
The atmosphere is not good for gender equality in Europe these days. With the elections last June, the European Parliament went back ten years in terms of female representatives, and the appointments to the Commission do not show an encouraging trend either. This despite the fact that several of the institutions’ top positions are held by women representatives. Of the ...
Olive oil, the pillar of the Mediterranean diet, in addition to being increasingly expensive, is becoming the protagonist of frequent food frauds. Diluted with other oils, altered by pesticides or sold with fake labels. The phenomenon is varied, but tells us a clear trend: the liquid gold of the Mediterranean, which is scarce with climate change but is increasingly in ...
New sabotage in France. This time, the telephone network has been attacked in six departments. The acts of vandalism come after the serious attack that disrupted the high-speed rail lines across the Alps a few hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris. It is not yet clear whether the two episodes are connected. For the train ...
Warsaw wants to make it easier for its border guards to use weapons to push back migrants. Poland has long been battling the growing flows on its border with Belarus, where it has built a 186-kilometer fence, and accuses Alexander Lukashenko’s government of using immigrants as a form of hybrid weapon. With the election of a new government led by ...