BRUSSELS: The European Union is facing mounting pressure to relax limits on airport landing and take-off slots in order to reduce the “ghost flights” numbers that airlines use to keep their slots. Carriers claim that the necessity to use their slots to
French authorities informed that more than 105,000 individuals have taken part in rallies across France against the implementation of a new coronavirus permit. Unvaccinated people would be barred from public places under a new draught law. Demonstrators in the capital of France,
The discussion about security in cyberspace must also take place at European level Since December 3, 2021, the EU has adopted a common line on cybersecurity in Europe. This news is by no means unexpected, but continues a development that began with
Deep Tech is not yet a priority in the European Union – does Emmanuel Macron herald the turnaround? Receiving forward-looking news from Brussels is not necessarily part of the European Union’s standard. With the French presidency, which begins on January 1st and
The UK and France have had a fractured relationship for some time, and the migrant crisis has exacerbated the problem. More people than ever are fleeing the conflict and poverty of the Middle East (including Afghanistan, Sudan, and Iraq). It’s a journey
The former Spanish king Juan Carlos is seeking immunity through court after harassment claims on former lover Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Juan Carlos is said to have used Spain’s spy agency to threaten and intimidate the Danish businesswoman and her children. The skeleton
Speaking in Greece Pope Francis said “In Europe, there are those who persist in treating the problem as a matter that does not concern them – this is tragic,” With 27 people dying last month alone when crossing between France and the
We hear lots of supposedly amazing ideas coming out of Brussels, but we must really consider whether things are being presented in the correct way. For example, the EU’s Global Gateway initiative is supposed to result in $340bn of investment in infrastructure
On the 5th December in Brussels, demonstrations in Brussels turned violent, as protestors began firing at police officers with cobblestones and fireworks. The police had to retaliate, firing teargas and using water cannons in an attempt to disperse the crowd of protestors.
The new German Government is a coalition of three Parties SPD, Greens and FDP have agreed on the first “traffic light” coalition at the federal level. This Government will take Germany further ahead in the post-Angela Merkel era. Having as their motto
