As Macon goes full dictator, will the EU condemn France’s slide from democracy? Don’t count on it
Macron has survived a no-confidence vote, but his pension reform may mark the beginning of the end
First Arab street sign appears in Germany
Is it the beginning of a trend?
Algerian woman stabs her French host to death, 3rd such murder in months
In some cases, hosting migrants is apparently a life-threatening activity
Poland’s Donald Tusk plays footsie with separatists over Silesia
Opposition leader Donald Tusk has said he is willing to accede to the demand made by the separatist Movement for Silesian Autonomy (RAŚ) for Silesian to be recognized as an official language
Ukrainians and Georgians dominate people smuggling trade into Poland
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have legally migrated into Poland, but some Ukrainians are also fueling illegal immigration
What war? Poland still doing €4.7 billion in business with Russia and is third-biggest exporter to Russia in Europe
Despite Poland’s hawkish war stance and criticism of Hungary’s position on the war, Polish exports worth billions continue flowing into Russia
Russia, Ukraine extend agreement on Black Sea grain exports but differ on length of agreement
The agreement was to expire on Sunday, and an accord was reached on Saturday with Turkish mediation
NATO shouldn’t trust Hungary and Turkey, claims German newspaper Die Welt
Hungary is “authoritarian” and NATO should consider withholding sensitive information from Turkey and Hungary, Die Welt foreign policy commentator Clemens Wergin writes
Inflation soars in Sweden as increase in food prices unmatched in 70 years
Prices for basic foods like eggs and milk rose by as much as 40 to 50 percent year-over-year in Sweden
Germany: Nearly 300 gang rapes recorded in Berlin since 2020, and more than half were committed by foreigners
Across Europe, migrants are disproportionately represented in gang rape statistics
Slovakia follows Poland’s lead by pledging entire fleet of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine
Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger said his government is on “the right side of history” after the announcement on Friday
Trump would beat Biden in 2024 by strong margin, according to new poll
The poll also showed that 53 percent of Americans believe Joe Biden is corrupt
Will Macron’s government fall?
Macron’s decision to slam through pension reform could cost him the presidency
Hungary wants a European democracy of equal nations, not an empire whose democracy is outsourced to NGOs
Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga claimed Brussels is outsourcing its democracy to overpowered NGOs that promote its ideology
Former advisor to Zelensky claims Poland is ready to forget Volhynia
Oleksiy Arestovych claims that Polish officials are saying they are ready to forget, or at least to tone down, their reminders of the Volhynia massacre to Ukraine
Poland wants to become a wind energy powerhouse on the Baltic, but it won’t come cheap
The Baltic coast may become Poland’s industrial center, but it will be costly and foreign firms will be the main beneficiaries
Russia is scrambling for ammunition, says Ukrainian intelligence official
Russia is reportedly seeking ammunition supplies from Iran, Myanmar, Africa and the Middle East
Poland to hand over MiG-29 jets to Ukraine
Polish President Andrzej Duda has announced that the first four MiG-29 fighter planes should be delivered to Ukraine in a matter of days
Hungarian parliament voted best tourist destination in the world
Hungary as a country also boasts a good safety rating
PM Orbán: ‘Europe suffers from war psychosis’
Orbán said the majority of the world’s nations want peace
Only 21% of EU’s rejected migrants actually deported in 2022, pro-migration commissioner urges more deportations
The EU may be urging more deportations, but the bloc wants more mass immigration — a lot more
Court rejects appeal of disgraced German Green politician involved in far-right hate hoax
Manoj Subramaniam, among other things, painted swastikas onto his property and claimed he was being subjected to sustained harassment by far-right extremists
Pavel heads to Warsaw for second official visit as Czech president
The Czech president visits Poland at a time when he claims the Visegrád Group is in crisis and certain members are going through a “phase of democratic deficit”
Dutch farmers storm to victory in regional elections, set to become largest party in the Senate
The success of the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) will further undermine the Dutch government’s plans to impose radical agricultural reforms campaigners say will destroy rural communities
Chaos in Naples: Rival fans clashed with riot police ahead of Napoli-Frankfurt Champions League fixture
Eintracht Frankfurt supporters had been told not to bother coming, as they would be refused entry to the stadium, but several hundred descended on the Italian city regardless
‘I love my Hungarian heritage’ – Jamie Lee Curtis’ celebration of Hungarian roots met with silence despite Oscar win
Jamie Lee Curtis’ words paying homage to her Hungarian ancestry at the Oscars were met with silence, writes Hungarian actor Zsolt Bognár
Europe needs radical overhaul of migration policy, claims Hungarian MEP who blames NGO ships for migrant deaths
Hungarian MEP Balázs Hidvéghi offered his remarks during a European Parliament plenary session on the bloc’s future migration policy
The plan to end Poland
The dissolution of Poland cannot be achieved without destroying Polish heritage, traditions and spirit, which means questioning the country’s heroes and breaking the social ties that bind the nation together, writes Polish columnist Michał Karnowski
Poland leaving EU climate policy would be akin to Polexit, warns Morawiecki
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki argues that climate policy is now the core of the EU and any attempt for Poland to extricate itself from it would be tantamount to leaving the EU
Russian spy network targeting critical infrastructure broken up in Poland
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has confirmed that Poland’s security agency managed to identify and break up a Russian spy network that was a threat to national security
Romania hosts 13-nation Black Sea exercise with 3,400 military personnel
The exercise, which will involve numerous aircraft and naval vessels from several NATO nations, will run for 12 days
Inflation in Poland reaches record high of 18% in February
According to the central office of statistics (GUS), the rate of inflation climbed to 18.4% in February from its January level of 17.2%
Italy won’t bow to powerful elites in favor of open borders, insists Meloni
A defiant Giorgia Meloni offered a staunch defense of her government’s handling of the migrant crisis in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday
‘They are killing our farmers’ – Dutch midterm elections could see farmers emerge victorious and PM Rutte lose power
What started as a grassroots farmers’ protest against damaging environmental rules could bring the Dutch government to its knees
France: Walid E. accused of raping and robbing 96-year-old French woman, already known to police
Walid E. is also accused of beating and raping a 14-year-old girl in the past, according to the mother of the victim
Police in Vienna on high alert after threat of planned Islamist terror attack
Residents were told to expect a larger police presence around sensitive points of interest including churches
Just 1% of Dutch citizens think the country is clearly heading in the right direction
A total of 86 percent of respondents to a recent survey are pessimistic about the country’s trajectory
Nord Stream sabotage could only be done by ‘specialists’ with ‘state level’ support, Putin claims
The Russian president has dismissed reports suggesting the Nord Stream pipeline explosions were carried out by a pro-Ukrainian fringe group as “total nonsense”
Border crossing attempts into Bulgaria from Turkey are up 30% this year
Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev has called for tougher sentences for people smugglers to alleviate the pressure on border guards
High noon for Polish justice minister who carries an actual gun
Justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro admits he carries a gun and says there is nothing wrong with that due to threats he has received from the mafia
Opening Poland’s market to Ukrainian grain was a huge mistake, says former Polish agriculture minister
Marek Sawicki, former agriculture minister, has said that giving Ukrainian grain free access to the Polish market was a mistake that has cost Polish farmers
Radical Ukrainian activist living in Poland wants political representation for growing Ukrainian minority in Polish parliament
Natalya Panchenko, a radical Ukrainian activist living in Poland, has said that the Ukrainian minority in Poland should be represented in Poland’s parliament
Germany: Conservative AfD overtakes Green Party for first time in 4 years
AfD’s popularity is growing as the Green Party’s sinks
‘I think we will see more fences and barbed wire’ – Denmark’s new migration minister defends country’s tough immigration approach
While Denmark’s migration minister offers some tough talk, he also presents a notably softer approach to the topic of immigration than his predecessor
German military needs €300 billion to modernize, barracks are in ‘miserable conditions,’ and ‘not a cent’ of Scholz’s promised war chest has materialized
The true extent of the crisis unfolding in Germany’s Bundeswehr was laid bare in a damning military report presented to lawmakers on Tuesday
Historic AUKUS deal plans unveiled as China warns against ‘path of error and danger’
Leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia hailed the move, which will see Australia gain its own nuclear-powered fleet of submarines and U.S. and U.K. submarines operating in the region
‘Let them decide!’ Irish MP refuses to gender newborn baby, refers to him as ‘it’
Paul Murphy is refusing to conform to what he describes as a “deeply sexist and gendered society”
Italy blames Russia for surge in migration, accuses Wagner group of ‘hybrid warfare’
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto accused the Russian mercenary Wagner Group of facilitating the increase in migration reported this year from Africa to Europe
German health minister admits serious side effects from Covid-19 vaccines after earlier claiming the vaccines were ‘free from side effects’
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) claimed in 2021 that Covid-19 vaccines are “free of side effects”
Ukraine war should not be a US priority, claims Trump’s Republican rival Ron DeSantis
The Florida governor offered his remarks on the conflict in a written response to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight
Switzerland destroys its own weapons rather than hand them over to Ukraine
Switzerland, like Austria and Hungary, refuses to send weapons to Ukraine
Polish court refuses to convict disruptors of Holy Mass
The protesters interrupted Holy Mass by chanting, hurling insults and throwing trash
Polish liberal MEP claims Poland created mass graves for migrants near Belarusian border and forestry workers are helping bury the bodies
She is now being sued by Polish foresters for slander
Poles think Poland’s conservatives likely to win upcoming national election
A survey asking voters who they think will win this autumn’s parliamentary elections shows that more than half believe it will be the ruling conservatives
With Germany blocking Hungary’s nuclear energy ambitions, Orbán turns to Macron
Viktor Orbán and Emmanuel Macron had a working dinner on March 13 in Paris
Mediterranean migrant crossings more than double in the first two months of 2023
So far this year, the Mediterranean route has been the most popular for migrants trying to reach Europe
Germany: 18-year-old Moroccan arrested for planned Islamist terror attack in Frankfurt
Despite growing up in Germany, the 18-year-old planned to commit a shooting attack in Frankfurt, according to police
10,000 Dutch farmers protest government’s crippling nitrogen emissions target in The Hague
Protesters claim the Dutch government is lying about the extent of the emissions problem in order to grab privately owned land
BBC is ‘past its sell-by date’ as a state-funded broadcaster, claim Conservative MPs
A number of conservative voices are calling for the BBC to be privatized after walking back its partiality complaint and reinstating Gary Lineker
Nord Stream sabotage theory pushed by US and Germany has major holes
The theory that a “pro-Ukrainian” team, whose names all remain a mystery, blew up the Nord Stream pipelines with a small yacht is already being questioned by the German press
The V4 is now nothing more than a ‘consultation forum,’ claims new Czech president
Petr Pavel dismisses the idea the Visegrád Group is functioning as a political alliance
Brussels has lost control of immigration, says Hungary’s deputy interior minister
Bence Rétvári claimed it is the people smugglers who now determine who becomes a European resident
BBC reinstates Lineker and issues groveling apology for suspending presenter who breached impartiality by comparing Britain’s asylum policy with 1930s Germany
Gary Lineker will return to Britain’s screens on Saturday to present “Match of the Day” after the BBC caved to the considerable public fallout over his suspension
Biden should follow Orbán’s example of putting his country first, says director of US institute
“Hungary is an example for Europe in terms of freedom”
Pope Francis: WWIII is already underway
Pope Francis: “The battlefield is Ukraine. Everybody is fighting there.”
‘It’s not our war’ – Polish football fans punished for displaying anti-war banner
Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland’s Wrocław may be high due to the rapidly growing share of the Ukrainian population in the city
Ukrainian and Russian economies can still support war for years
Both warring sides’ economies could remain operational for years, but Ukraine’s survival rides on foreign support
Polish military spending spree impresses British conservative press, but is it sustainable?
Poland is set to have Europe’s biggest tank force and biggest army west of Ukraine
Polish archbishop defends Pope John Paul II against left-liberal media attacks
The appeal comes in response to recent accusations made against the late pope, including allegations of covering up cases of sexual abuse of minors in the Church
Spain: ‘Polish narcos’ gang taken down by police
Marijuana and weapons were seized in a joint drug bust by Polish and Spanish police forces
Polish university professor calls for public media journalists to be jailed
Prof. Maciej Górecki is blaming coverage by some media outlets of a pedophile scandal for the suicide of an MP’s son who was reportedly a victim
Germany: Young Socialists call for male ban at this year’s Easter folk festivals
The SPD youth wing called for trial days where men would be banned from the festivals due to a growing rise in sexual assaults
US ambassador summoned by Polish foreign ministry after media attack on John Paul II
Mark Brzeziński was “invited” to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss a film hostile to Saint John Paul II broadcast by an American-owned TV channel in Poland
‘We were humiliated’ – Hundreds of German riot police stop Hungarian football fans at border, conduct mass searches
Hungarian fans say they were humiliated
Italian government announces strict new immigration rules, up to 30 years in prison for people smugglers
After the drowning deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean, Meloni’s government tightens immigration laws
Mass shooting in German church in Hamburg leaves at least 7 dead, suspect potentially on the loose
Emergency app warns citizens to take shelter after mass shooting inside church in Germany
‘Hungary belongs to the Hungarians’ – PM Orbán says 500,000 workers needed but future jobs must be filled by Hungarians
Orbán also discussed Hungary’s national budget, the construction of gas-powered plants, and the state of the country’s automotive sector
Afghan migrant who sexually assaulted 3 teen girls in 4 days says he arrived in France ‘for a better life’
The father of four arrived in France just six months ago but already has a domestic violence conviction on top of sexually assaulting three teen girls
‘We have space, but not for Germans’ – Protests against elderly residents being evicted to accommodate migrants labeled ‘far-right’
Are claims of “xenophobia” being used to shut down dissent over Germany’s immigration crisis?
German police reportedly arrest 3 suspects involved in brutal Antifa attacks in Budapest
A search is still underway after shocking Antifa attacks in Hungary that sent innocent people to the hospital
First US Abrams tanks to be delivered to Poland in April
In addition to its contract for the latest Abrams model, Poland signed a $1.4 billion contract for the purchase of 116 used M1A1 Abrams tanks
Poland will send MiG fighter jets to Ukraine under one condition
Poland’s leader says that Ukraine will also receive F-16s in the future
Poland is against an EU ban on internal combustion engines, wants to build a coalition against the law
Poland’s environment minister said there is a growing number of countries saying in private that an EU ban on combustion engines is untenable
Hungary gives nod to Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids but warns them to stop telling lies about Hungary’s democracy
A Hungarian delegation of MPs traveled to Stockholm and Helsinki this week for talks
Swiss president opposes supply of arms to Ukraine, reiterates neutrality
Swiss neutrality laws prevent the country from sending arms to countries directly involved in conflicts, but some members of the Swiss parliament want the government to approve re-export requests from Western allies for Swiss-made weapons
Germany’s evangelical church reports record membership loss last year
An increasing number of Germans are turning their backs on institutional religion
Quran burnings should not prevent Swedish NATO membership, says NATO chief
Turkish President Erdoğan has insisted his country will not approve Sweden’s NATO membership while the country allows the burning of the Quran in public demonstrations
Ukrainian government denies involvement in Nord Stream pipeline sabotage as US and German media reports pro-Ukraine task force was responsible
Reports in the New York Times and Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper suggest a small team of pro-Ukraine saboteurs was responsible for the attack
UK government announces new powers to detain and deport small boat migrants
U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed “fair and patient” Brits have had enough of being “taken for a ride” by weak asylum laws costing taxpayers over £3 billion a year to accommodate over 180,000 asylum seekers with pending applications
Polish opposition MEP organizes exhibition in the European Parliament condemning Poland for protecting its borders
MEP Janina Ochojska says the exhibition will show Poland’s inhumane and allegedly illegal treatment of migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border
Polish PM offers support for John Paul II after media attacks on former pope intensify
Mateusz Morawiecki changed the graphics on his social media profiles to a photo of St. John Paul II with the quote, “Do not be afraid”
German ambassador warns Poland its continued request for WWII reparations is a mistake
Thomas Bagger recently told Newsweek that the choice facing Poland was either “good relations in a European spirit or demanding reparations”
Afghan migrants file compensation lawsuit against Polish Border Guard for wrongful detention
The three claimants were detained after illegally crossing the Polish-Belarusian border and now reside in the U.K. and Germany
After Tunisian president says immigration is ‘plot’ to change demographics in Tunisia, hundreds of Sub-Saharan Africans are flown out
Tunisia delivers powerful anti-immigrant crackdown
Daniel Freund European Parliament Rule of law sanctions Viktor Orbán European Union Germany Hungary News German Green MEP appears to have an unhealthy obsession with Viktor Orbán and Hungary
MEP Daniel Freund’s Twitter page features some of the crudest and most unsophisticated anti-Orbán propaganda of any EU politician
German anti-woke politician Sahra Wagenknecht leaves Left Party, may form her own political party
Polling shows that Wagenknecht, known for being both left-wing and anti-woke, could earn up to 19 percent of the vote if she forms a new political party
Poland is prepared to help poorer countries with agricultural development, says President Duda at UN conference
During the UN conference in Doha, Polish President Andrzej Duda emphasized that his country can offer its experience and know-how to the poorest nations when it comes to agricultural development
‘A pleasant surprise’ – Polish PM celebrates lower than expected budget deficit
Poland’s head of government expects the total public debt to GDP ratio to fall to between 48 and 50 percent this year
Poland’s foreign student population continues to rise
The number of foreign students in Poland increased by 3,400 to 86,000
Polish energy giant PKN Orlen to sue Russia for cutting oil supplies
Daniel Obajtek, the CEO of Poland’s fuel giant PKN Orlen, has said that the company will sue the Russian operator who stopped oil supplies to Poland