4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (707+ words) Anybody hoping German chancellor Friedrich Merz would respond to the far-right Alternative für Deutschland victory in Saxony-Anhalt with a clear sense of direction probably came out of Monday’s (7 September) press conference disappointed. He vowed to continue his economic reform programme,…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (372+ words) Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, an equal rights experts and defender of Roma minority rights, says the historic Saxony-Anhalt election win by the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) means racism is now normalised in the country. “Roma are always historically among the first…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (447+ words) First published in Respekt. From the perspective of the people of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, much remains at stake on Monday (7 September). Following Sunday’s election (6 September), a record turnout of around 80 percent and more than 44 percent of the vote for the…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (708+ words) EUobserver is proud to have an editorial partnership with Europod to co-publish the podcast series “Briefed” hosted by Léa Marchal. The podcast is available on all major platforms. Find the full transcript below: New return hubs could soon be established…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (683+ words) Poland has said the EU should expel more Russian diplomats after its attack on Germany, as Israel sanctions stay on the shelf despite French and Spanish appeals. “Our ally, Germany, has been attacked in what appears to be a series…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (225+ words) European ministers meet in Dublin on Thursday (3 September) to decide which parts of the EU’s next seven-year budget deserve more money and which deserve less. The current Irish EU-presidency has prepared a document hoping to “aid consideration” and smooth over…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (715+ words) Sanctions against ministers who openly describe themselves as fascists, fuel war crimes, and dehumanise entire populations should hardly be controversial. They should have passed long before Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s recent call for a daily “KPI” of killing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (209+ words) Russia has quietly sent home some 20 diplomats from Brussels, in line with European demands – and without taking revenge on the EU mission in Moscow. “The Russian mission to the EU has complied on time with our decision to cap its…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (328+ words) Greece and Spain declined to send Ukraine air-defence missiles while Ireland was alone in calling out Israel, in the EU’s first defence brainstorm after a lethal summer in Ukraine and Gaza. Russian airstrikes killed 400 Ukrainian civilians in July because Kyiv…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1111+ words) First published in Deník N. “Those who vote for populists are often precisely the people who will ultimately suffer the most under a populist government,” Reint Gropp, an economist at the Halle Institute for Economic Research, said, explaining what the…...