Migration law gamble backfires for Germany's conservative chancellor hopeful
Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national election on Friday when 12 of his own legislators refused to support him in ...
A Northern town in ruins, disillusioned voters... and Reform’s master plan to topple Ed Miliband
If party leader Nigel Farage secures a victory in the Labour stronghold of Doncaster, it will put his governing ability to ...
Top Brexiteers issue huge warning as UK marks fifth anniversary of EU exit
Leading Brexiteers warned of the risk of Labour squandering freedoms on the fifth anniversary of the EU exit. Politicians who backed Brexit hailed the opportunities made possible by exiting the bloc ...
Blackout Britain threat rises on collapse of Norwegian government
Britain risks being left more vulnerable to blackouts as a political row in Norway over power exports escalates ...
Kemi Badenoch dismisses Reform UK as a 'protest party' despite their surging poll numbers - as Tory leader shrugs off Nigel Farage staging a major rally in her constit…
The rally in Quendon, North West Essex, is expected to see speeches from all five of Reform's MPs with the party boasting the ...
Analysis-German conservatives' vote with far right set to complicate coalition building
The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to ...
Far right could enable law for first time in modern German history
BERLIN - Germany's parliament could pass a law thanks to far-right support for the first time in the country's post-war ...
Plymouth has its say on Brexit five years on
Our readers have been looking back on the last five years and discussing whether Brexit has met their expectations ...
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Tell us if you feel better off since Brexit after five years since left the EU
It will soon be five years since the UK left the European Union, making good on a referendum held all the way back in 2016. The world has changed a lot in those 9 years, with a global pandemic, wars ...
The great Brexit debate - five years on are we better for leaving?
As we approach the fifth anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union, our readers have been looking back on the last ...
Germany: Are conservatives' plans on immigration legal?
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has presented a five-point plan to end irregular migration. However, both EU and German law would make it difficult for him to set his plan in motion.
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Inside Europe, border checks are creeping back
L OBITH, NEAR where the river Rhine enters the Netherlands, has been a border town ever since northern Europe has had borders. Buried nearby lie the remains of a Roman camp that in the first century ...