EU elections show swing to far-right across the board
The far right made huge gains in EU elections over the weekend. So much so, that French president Emmanuel Macron has called snap legislative polls in a high-risk move. Though…
The far right made huge gains in EU elections over the weekend. So much so, that French president Emmanuel Macron has called snap legislative polls in a high-risk move. Though…
Just as the European elections were fully underway, on Friday 7 June activists blockaded the European Commission over the political bloc’s inaction over the climate crisis and fossil fuels –…
A month before a general election in the UK where all main parties have ruled out rejoining the EU and where Nigel Farage, despite his own acknowledgement that Brexit has…
Less than two days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to “immediately halt” its genocidal siege in Rafah on Friday 24 May, it brutally butchered 45 Palestinians…
According to a coalition of non-governmental organisations, Europe’s rivers, lakes and ground water contain “alarming” levels of a pesticide-like forever chemical. TFA forever chemicals Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is a very…
Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Store said that: recognition of Palestine is a means of supporting the moderate forces which have been losing ground in this protracted and brutal conflict.…
Two new reports have spotlighted the systemic violation of Sami Indigenous rights across Northern Europe. First, Sweden’s authorities published a scathing report on hate crimes against the Sami community in…
The EU has ramped up its assault on refugee rights with its latest sweep of borderisation policies. On Tuesday 14 May, the bloc gave the final greenlight for a broad…
It’s 2024, but violence against LGBTQ+ people continues apace. In fact, across Europe, it has rocketed to record levels. This is according to a new Europe-wide survey which revealed the…
On Tuesday 7 May, European Union (EU) countries backed the bloc’s first law devoted to combatting violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, the text was a far-cry from enshrining…
Rampant extractive, exploitative capitalism is rearing its ugly head – but this time, it’s over the transition to greener, cleaner energy. As the world grapples with the transition away from…
The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens Rights’ Agreements (IMA) is calling for a resolution on a landmark judicial review judgment against the UK Home Office relating to the implementation…