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Low enlistment is one of the main challenges currently facing Germany’s armed forces.
The investigations will focus on the platforms’ age verification measures, among other things.
Reservists’ association says Berlin has lost contact with almost a million potential reservists
The country leaders want to better tackle irregular migration.
The European People’s Party chief tells POLITICO he is trying to strike a balance between relying on far-right support while blocking extremists from power.
Surveillance tech with cheerful names and moral mandates is the new frontier in manufacturing consent.
“Europe cannot afford to remain reactive,” the European Commission will warn in strategy to be unveiled on Wednesday.
The costs of like-for-like replacement of U.S. equipment and personnel would add up to approximately $1 trillion over 25 years, the study found.
Chuds BTFO'd, but at what cost?
"Strength deters aggression. Weakness, on the other hand, invites aggression," said the Chancellor of Germany.
"The European Commission wrongly dismissed a journalist’s request to access texts between the president and the Pfizer CEO, the court said."
"the BfV told an administrative court in Cologne that it will suspend the classification while legal proceedings are ongoing. The BfV will now monitor the party only as a “suspected case,” a lower-tier designation that still allows surveillance"
He's allowed to insult your religion, but it's a crime to criticize him.
Treading uncharted territory in Germany
Germany once again being a 'shining beacon of democracy'
"Well…I’m a journalist of colour who lives in Wales…"
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Italy: African footballer fired after threatening Meloni’s 7-year-old daughter, says ‘we eat for free, we don’t pay rent and then f**k Italian girls’
Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison
Dutch government buys time for farmers but tests the limits of domestic courts and EU environmental law.
"This month, David Bendels, editor-in-chief for the [AfD]-affiliated Deutschland Kurier," was found guilty by a Bavarian district court "under a provision giving advanced protections to political figures against speech."
Fifteen-year-old student arrested after incident at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school near Nantes
"A press publisher had sued for information [...] But the judges say: public interests stand in the way. The BND's ability to function, even Germany's diplomatic relations with China - all of this is at risk if the secret service talks."
Speaking exclusively to Gay Sydney News, Maese-Czeropski revealed how the incident profoundly impacted his mental health and ultimately led him to a fresh start in Sydney, Australia.
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US woman, 20, accidentally stabs Eritrean, 64, to death during struggle after he groped her at German train station - and now faces 10 years in prison
ADL cucks yet again
Cutting down trees to save the environment
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Ireland can’t use housing shortfalls as excuse for failing to accommodate single male asylum seekers, ECJ says
Significant legal opinion says key legal argument advanced by Government cannot be used
The CDU’s strategy seems to have shifted toward giving the far right responsibilities and air time in the hope people will find it distasteful.
In a recent FORSA/RTL poll, only one in six Germans — and just 9 percent of young adults aged 18 to 29 — said they would be willing to fight for their country in the event of a serious threat.
Criticism of the documentary centred on the figure of 400bn Danish kroner, the amount the team calculated was Denmark’s gross income from the mine over 133 years, adjusted to today’s value.
The EU grants billions each year to nonprofits. Now, a right-wing campaign has NGOs afraid the money will dry up.
The Italian government implemented sudden, sweeping changes to its “right of blood” citizenship laws after concerns that many were taking advantage of the system.
The who has more lil feckin' brownerinos contest
How Europe intends to centralize wealth and regulate the opposition
This is nightmarish news for Tesla, a company whose European dominance has hinged on the fact that Chinese EVs haven't made it to the continent in meaningful numbers yet.
"The [protective] coating was weakened after the mint changed it to conform to recent European Union regulations banning the use of chromium trioxide, a toxic chemical used to prevent metal from rusting"
As tariffs on the European Union take effect, luxury goods makers are “biting their nails” over their treasured “Made in France” or “Made in Italy” products.
The European Union is handing out billions of euros to nongovernmental organizations each year without properly monitoring how the money is spent — or whether it's even going to genuine NGOs.
Prince Laurent had argued that his work entitled him to the same benefits as independent entrepreneurs but a court in Brussels disagreed
"Our fight will be a peaceful fight, a democratic fight. We will follow Martin Luther King, who defended civil rights, as an example."
The proposal, which is aimed at preventing child sexual abuse material, would essentially break encryption.
European regulators are considering fining X more than $1 billion, after weighing the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Musk and President Trump.
Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket’s failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonetheless
French minister Aurore Bergé on Sunday accused the US embassy in Paris of trying to "impose a diktat" on French businesses
Denmark will be the third country in NATO to draft women into the armed forces alongside Norway and Sweden.
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GERMANY: Racist Transgender Predator Who Exposed Himself To Children And Sprayed Them With His Urine Avoids Jail
Government forces through new speaking rules — but the Sinn Féin-led opposition makes it impossible for the other side to speak at all.
One in four new recruits drops out within six months of joining
Og Nazi car company beats new Nazi car company.
Italy to ruin the Internet to save Sportsball
Monkey swings out of a tree to attack its oppressor
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European Parliament votes to take action against loot boxes, gaming addiction, gold farming and more
Commission will also set up a European Video Game Strategy to grow industry and a European video game award
Ammunition manufacturers are working to secure supplies of chemicals and cotton as they prepare for a massive increase in demand for explosives and propellants.
A little window into where your USAID tax money was going
For Mette Frederiksen, controlling “mass migration” is just as important as deterring Russia.
The report also slammed the UK's controversial Cass Review.
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French theatre on brink of bankruptcy after 250 migrants REFUSE to leave following free refugee conference
A French member of the European parliament has called for the US to return the statue originally gifted by the French people to mark the centennial of American independence because the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer it
I guess the US does need Europe for something after all…
Bundeswehr has a high dropout rate and the number of conscientious objectors is rising
Some investors and accelerators see the new US president’s moves on green issues as an opportunity for the continent
While New York City and the Trump administration battle over a congestion pricing program, vehicle restrictions in Europe are fast becoming the norm.
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EU retaliates against Trump’s trade moves and hits beef, whiskey, motorcycles with targeted tariffs
“We firmly believe that in a world fraught with geopolitical and economic uncertainties, it is not in our common interest to burden our economies with tariffs,” von der Leyen said.
Questions around independence - and what pace it should go at - has taken centre stage in campaigning in Greenland
New German investigation of NGO funding signals rightward power shift in European politics.
Călin Georgescu receives support from the Trump administration and Russian spy agency ahead of May presidential vote
If attacked, Europe’s ammunition stockpiles could run low within days and rearming will take years.
The executive will put forward an amendment that calculates the target over three years, making it easier to reach.
A black SUV drove at high speed into people, moving from the centrally located Paradeplatz square towards the city’s landmark water tower
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Four Afghans jailed in Sweden for kidnap and murder of 68-year-old man after his family failed to pay ransom
Five months after the far-right Freedom Party won Austria's general election, a three-way coalition looks set to exclude it from power.
JD Vance was right
Former European Commissioner Thierry Breton certainly thinks so
Pedro Sánchez’s battle with the ‘international far-Right’ may be more of a desperate bid for survival than a matter of political principles
Germans are more pessimistic about their living standards now than at any time since the financial crisis in 2008 and attitudes towards migration have also hardened.
Europe could need 300,000 more troops and an annual defence spending hike of at least €250 billion in the short term to deter Russian aggression
Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, issued a stark warning on Friday that Europe must be prepare to defend itself without the U.S.
1. Steal wallet. 2. Buy winning €500k scratcher with card 3. ???
US President Donald Trump's former advisor Steve Bannon appeared to make a fascist salute on stage Thursday night at CPAC.
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Das Quadrell - televised debate between frontrunners of CDU, SPD, Green, and AfD - FULL translated transcript
A televised debate between four chancellor candidates in the economic powerhouse of Europe. Complete annotated translated transcript here. See the upcoming future chancellor of Germany.
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Switzerland - Open letter: Activists send AfD chairwoman Alice Weidel into a "safe country of origin" via "return ticket"
Stunning and brave, very democracy, such anti-fascist, very cool