The Latest Breaking News from European Union

I advised Starmer on his plan to ‘stop the boats’. This is why Labour’s policy will work

The Tories’ tactics are failing as asylum seekers continue to risk their lives in huge numbers. Our solution will address that, writes Thom Brooks, an adviser to the shadow home affairs team

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

MEPs likely to push back on plans to allow spying on journalists

Press freedom campaigners call for draft proposal to approve use of spyware on phones to be axed

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

Airport staff ‘Googled passport rules on a phone’ – then turned away British Airways passenger

Exclusive: Swissport is ‘conducting a thorough review of relevant training materials’

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

German politics has a built-in firewall against the far right. It’s beginning to crack

Germany is far more resilient to populism than its European neighbours, says John Kampfner, author of In Search of Berlin

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

‘A huge storm’: polarised Slovakia on a knife edge ahead of elections

Populist frontrunner’s ‘toxic’ campaign has exposed deep divisions and a victory could move country closer to Russia

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

In landmark court case, 6 young activists take on 32 European nations over climate action

Six Portuguese young adults and children between 11 and 24 years of age are at the European Court of Human Rights where they are accusing 32 European governments of violating their human rights for what they say is a failure to adequately address climate change

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Revealed: Europe’s role in the making of Russia killer drones

Exclusive: Kyiv says Iranian drones used by Russia in Ukraine have various European components

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

Wildfires, war and rightwing extremism: 50 years of Europe in photos, part two

The Guardian’s Europe correspondent Jon Henley and picture editor Guy Lane reflect on a half-century of upheaval

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

Alyn Smith: Our best future is as indy nation in the EU, not Efta

BEFORE Westminster, I spent 16 years as one of Scotland’s six MEPs in the European Parliament.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 27, 2023

Gordon Brown advocates for rejoining EU while backing Starmer’s Brexit approach

The former PM commended the efforts of the Labour leader to build bridges and make the public aware of the complexities involved in rejoining.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023