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COMMENT: The only rational reason for why Ukraine is stripping independence from two anti-corruption bodies is that Zelensky, or someone in his government, is worried about what they might find, writes @AJConstantini. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/is-zel…
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have launched a defamation lawsuit against US podcaster and right-wing political commentator Candace Owens. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/global…
In Germany and the Netherlands, hundreds of radical Syrian migrants have been showing support for the new regime in Syria and the violence against minorities in that country. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/syrian…
Markets have rallied because investors said they believed the European Union may now get a Japan-style deal with the US — after Tokyo secured major concessions from Washington. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/invest…
Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Austria’s foreign minister, accuses state broadcaster ORF of deliberately cutting a passage from a TV interview in which she demanded that Hamas release the Israeli hostage it still holds almost two years after the Oct. 7 attacks. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/austri…
The popularity of Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has dropped to a new low since he took office on May 6. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/german…
The Ukrainian Government faced growing backlash after Zelensky signed a law limiting the independence of two anti-corruption agencies. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/zelens…
Ukraine has proposed direct talks within weeks between its President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but Moscow tempered prospects for progress at a fresh round of discussions in Istanbul. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/kyiv-p…
The Dutch Council of State has ruled that the Netherlands can no longer return single male asylum seekers to Belgium because of “structural failures” in the Belgian migrant sheltering system that violated human rights. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/dutch-…
COMMENT: 66% of Romanians say Ceaușescu was a good leader. Not because they forgot the crimes of Communism, but because they have witnessed "the delusions and authoritarian instincts of the snakes and thieves who now rule," writes @GElefteriu. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/romani…
European Commission Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné has said that money lost on Swedish battery developer and manufacturer Northvolt fell within budgetary bounds. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/europe…
The Berlin District Court has ruled that a social media post by comedian Sebastian Hotz about the assassination attempt on US President Donald Trump constituted “unpunishable satire.” brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/court-…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has used a visit to a university in Hannover to remind Muslim students to respect the liberal constitutional order in Germany. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/german…
Gheorghe Piperea, the Romanian MEP behind the motion of no-confidence against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, has threatened to bring her to court over her alleged “false accusations” regarding Russian backing. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/mep-th…
French interior minister Bruno Retailleau has publicly turned on President Emmanuel Macron, attacking his party political ideology. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/french…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has sacked a third of his cabinet and promoted foreign minister Radosław Sikorski to Deputy Prime Minister. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/polish…
