The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) continues to provide a need for discussion No three letters in history of the EU have been as controversial as the ESM. Since it was founded in 2010, the European Stability Mechanism has also gone down
The development of electricity prices in Germany only knows the way up Germany is usually one of those countries that have no problem being among the international front runners. According to a recent survey, no country in the world has to
All four tech companies who were part of an inquiry into economic crime, have now responded to a request from Mel Stride MP, Chair of the Treasury Committee, to explain their current policies on combatting online fraud, scams and economic crime on
“Significant concerns” have arisen from the Home Secretary, Priti Patel’s immigration bill amendments according to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, as well as there being potential for ‘racial discrimination.’ In September, the Home Office made the admission that the bill may
Parliamentary rules clearly state that MPs cannot use public resources, which includes parliamentary offices, for “personal or financial benefit”. Last year Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Cox made almost £900,000 was involved in a virtual meeting in a Parliament office of which there
Ethiopia’s political situation keeps increasing in severity. The two biggest complaints are armed conflict and supply shortages. The violence had recently been occurring unpredictably, as the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa described it. Because of these reasons, the U.S. recommends non-emergency
On October 26, the U.S. State Department approved its first sale to Saudi Arabia, which has caused some controversy and criticism of the Biden administration. The sale included 280 AIM-120C-7/C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), 596 LAU-128 Missile Rail Launchers (MRL)
China is largely known to be the biggest contributor of all countries to climate change when it comes to levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, tensions ran hot between the U.S. and China when discussing the level of commitment to solving climate
The Labour Party has said that it has been hit by a “cyber incident”, meaning that a “significant quantity” of its members’ data became inaccessible. The impact of the incident, which affected an external supplier, is not yet clear. Labour is
Boris Johnson’s efforts to change the House of Commons standards regime, thus saving the career of former Tory minister Owen Paterson, were ruined on Thursday when he was forced into a huge U-turn. Facing intensive criticism from the opposition parties as
Allegations of sleaze have plagued Downing Street this week as Boris Johnson attempts to bend the rules yet again to protect Tory MPs. The ongoing sleaze scandal is imposing an increasing amount of pressure on the Tories as mounting claims throw
The Lord Speaker, Lord McFall of Alcluith addressed the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union (BGIPU) this week at the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow to share his thoughts on how the government can aim to reach the goals set out at