The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Stormont Assembly to meet with DUP set to block election of new Speaker

Ninety MLAs will gather in the chamber after last week’s Northern Ireland Assembly election saw Sinn Fein emerge as the largest party.

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Tony Blair tells Starmer to drop ‘woke’ politics and focus on economy

Former PM says Labour leader needs to win back remainers who voted Tory in 2019 election

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022

Slain Palestinian-American reporter to be buried as Israel plans more settlements

Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh will be buried alongside her parents in a cemetery near Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, two days after she was shot dead in an Israeli army raid.

France 24 · May 13, 2022

‘Lack of urgency’ from government on cost of living crisis, senior Tory MP says

PM refuses to be drawn on further action government could take

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine pits Georgians against government

It is commonplace these days to invoke the fears that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has awoken in Eastern Europe. With the 2008 invasion still fresh in the minds, the Black Sea nation of Georgia is also bracing itself against the Russian bear.

The Conversation · May 12, 2022

Putin Says Sanctions of Western Countries Hurting their Own Economies

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Western sanctions against Russia are provoking a global economic crisis. Speaking during a meeting on economic issues, Putin said Western nations were “driven by oversized political ambitions and Russophobia” to introduce sanctions that “hurt their own economies and well-being of their citizens.” Putin…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 12, 2022

Brexit: We won’t give in to blackmail over Northern Ireland, warns EU

Row over protocol on brink of becoming a full-scale bust-up as Liz Truss says UK has ‘no choice but to act’

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

Sociopathy and stupidity worn like badges of honour in cabinet of all the talents

PM and assorted underlings continue to astonish on another day in the life of a necrotic government

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022

Experts scorn UK government claim it can ditch parts of NI protocol

Lawyers reject Liz Truss’s claim that UK is able to dump parts of treaty with EU without its agreement

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022

Finland and Sweden's desire to join Nato shows Putin has permanently redrawn the map of Europe

With Finland’s leaders announcing they want the country to join Nato, and all the signs pointing to Sweden doing the same, it is becoming clearer than ever that Vladimir Putin’s attempt to fundamentally restructure the European security order has worked. But it hasn’t worked the way the Russian president envisaged…

The Conversation · May 12, 2022