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🔧 At about Midnight EST I am going to completely fuck up the site trying to fix something.
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Car drives into crowd in Munich, Germany, wounding almost 30 people in suspected attack, officials say
Another car driving itself
It was not immediately clear which European leaders would be invited to the emergency meeting.
Police say they had not yet determined a motive but were investigating the suspect's background.
>be swedish >get shot
The Left’s boost in numbers fuels hope of clearing the 5 percent threshold to enter the Bundestag.
"authorizes the placing on the market of UV-treated whole Tenebrio molitor larvae powder" Only French are affected.
Denial and Delusions? In *my* European Union? It's more likely than you think.
To wean itself off Russian natural gas, Europe has found new sources of energy, including imports from the United States. But high costs are straining the economy.
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Public hearing - German Federal Parliament summons Meta, X, and TikTok regarding implementation of Digital Services Act - All of them decline
Suffer, Eurocrats
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German federal parliament debates on proposals to ban the AfD - translation of official transcript
"The AfD is a threat to our democracy!" (Applause)
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General Discussion for Germany's attempts to onstitutionally ban the AfD (Alternative for Germany)
WIP - Check back tomorrow for translated transcript of federal parliament session
Leading politicians in Germany are calling for mass returns, echoing President Donald Trump’s plan to expel undocumented migrants from the United States.
An EU energy law dispute fractured the coalition beyond repair.
Capture of sub-Saharan Africans being ‘enabled’ by deal between Italy and Tunisia
French president is described by aides as ‘sad’ and isolated
Brussels hopes simplifying green compliance rules will boost Europe’s flagging economy. Green groups fear something more sinister.
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Germany: Media report: CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz is open to the idea of AfD prohibition after the election
If you seriously thought the CDU was conservative or right wing or going to be an AfD ally, you should invest in the bridges I've got on offer
"Andrzej Duda told the BBC that the Nord Stream gas pipelines, [...] "should be dismantled". This, he said, would mean the likes of Germany would not be tempted to restore Russian supplies to boost its own struggling economy."
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Elon Musk's call for Germany to 'move beyond' Nazi guilt is dangerous, Holocaust memorial chair says
Musk made a virtual appearance at a campaign event for Germany’s far-right AfD party, saying “children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents.”
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Germany: Criticism of Public Media Called “Danger to Democracy,” Task Force Targets Social Media Opinions
German authorities escalate censorship tactics ahead of the election, targeting free speech and dissenting political voices.
Blessing in disguise for the US billionaire: He didn't plan any travels into the Alpine republic anyway.
An emerging consensus among U.S. and European security services holds that accidents were the cause of damage to Baltic seabed energy and communications lines.
ReFuelEU - Another climate-related initiative that will hamper native industry, increase prices, and reduce choice for consumers
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Marco Wanderwitz (CDU) wants to surge ahead - Why the AfD ban proposal shall be debated in federal parliament next week
How a young woman's trip to Italy turned into a fight for survival against mob 'who grew more excited' the more terrified she became
The EU has passed an AI Act
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Austrians are not the target - Vienna builds luxury apartments: Only migrants are allowed to move in
Yum yum! Tax money! Yum!
The dog needs an ID, the migrant does not. Welcome to the insane asylum "Germany".
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Minister of the Economy - Robert Habeck: Germans "must increase the work volume" to save the economy
Robert Habeck wants the Germans to work more. Because communists were never good with money, upstanding people now have to pay more.
Gender report in Austria (formerly women's)
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Polish government adopts resolution protecting Netanyahu from arrest if he attends Auschwitz event
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said "the principle of the inviolability of borders applies to every country... no matter whether it's a very small one or a very powerful one".
The AfD is currently polling in second place, with around 20 percent of voters projected to back the policy.
Tech groups urge Donald Trump to intervene against overzealous European regulation
German Vice Chancellor, Federal Minister of the Economy, and Green Party chancellor candidate is openly threatening Elon Musk
Paris, we're coming today
Many of the demonstrators in Bucharest honked horns and waved Romania’s blue, yellow, and red flags, while others brandished placards bearing slogans such as “Democracy is not optional” and “We want free elections.”
leaves her €100 in courtroom as ‘gesture of goodwill
Europe needs space and resources, Canada needs people. Let’s deal
Violent left-wing extremists, labor unions, and Green Youth call for a stop of the coming AfD congress
Animal rights activists, however, say a nationwide ban in Belgium should come first.
A German court has ruled that an 85-year-old woman and her son who live in a property sold under duress by its Jewish owners in 1939 must give up their home.
Collapse in demand triggers wave of bankruptcies in industry’s most important European market
Falling sales growth and excess capacity have led to sector pain that the EV transition is not easing
It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.
All 27 European Union states belong to the Rome Statute and are legally required to comply with the arrest warrants.
In Berlin, 30 police officers and one firefighter were injured in confrontations or attacks during New Year’s Eve, leading to 400 arrests, city officials said.
Periods of low sun and wind, a weather pattern known as a Dunkelflaute, can increase electricity prices and stoke political tensions.
Live by the /r/fuckcars, die by the /r/fuckcars. Another failure of Green politics
And silencing the terror attack in Magdeburg. Something fishy is afoot!
The Hungarian capital has become a haven for tourists from the Hebrew state, who flock to its vibrant Jewish Quarter
Peter Hultqvist, the Social Democrats' defense policy spokesperson, wants the NATO alliance to take greater responsibility for maintaining security in the Baltic Sea region.
The BfV domestic intelligence agency has said far-right extremism is the biggest threat to German democracy.
At least 10 fans injured, two people unaccounted for.
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Germany: Political parties agree to a Fairness Agreement in election campaign - without AfD and BSW
Ah shit, here we go again
Energy minister warns Doha ‘not bluffing’ over hefty penalties in corporate sustainability directive
Emily O’Reilly says she was “never at ease” with members of the president’s cabinet who are “intelligent people” but “not elected.”
This new legislation will extend beyond traditional media—such as newspapers, television, and radio—to include online influencers who have more than 100,000 followers on a single platform or 200,000 across multiple platforms.
"The Constitutional Court’s unprecedented decision — which is final — came after President Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence on Wednesday that alleged Russia ran a sprawling campaign comprising thousands of social media accounts"
"Prosecutors in the Italian city of Palermo on Saturday asked for a six-year prison sentence for far-right Lega leader Matteo Salvini over his decision to prevent a ship carrying more than 100 migrants from landing in Lampedusa in 2019."
Turkish president wants to conquer Europe
Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, deepening the political turbulence in one of the continent’s most powerful economies.
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Irish Government CONSNEEDS - Minister of Intergration, Children, Equality, Disability and Youth of Ireland consneeds High Court on Athlone asylum camp
The result paves the way for snap elections to be held on 23 February, with polls indicating Germany could be heading for a right-wing shift in power.
Meld Islamofobie’s co-founder reflects on a decade in which the far right has moved from the fringes to leading the Dutch coalition government
Quad9 has been presented with demands by Canal+, a French media company, to block a list of sites they claim are infringing on their intellectual property
Three people suspected of wanting to "blow up" a symbolic location on French soil were arrested by authorities on Saturday, December 7
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Muslims in Madrid are requesting burial spaces and denouncing that only 35 cemeteries in Spain provide access to their community
The 9,000-square-foot museum occupying eight floors in an octagon-shaped structure will be located at the site of Thessaloniki’s Old Railway Station
This is why the boss of the Greens in Hesse is suddenly stepping down
New EU commission enters with Silicon Valley in its sights
Seminar series for girls and women aged 13 and above to prepare for marriage
The number of children who are brought to court with a summons has increased dramatically after a legislative change in Sweden last year that states child under 15 years old who is suspected of a serious crime cannot be arrested, detained, or prosecuted.
Hard-right Călin Georgescu comes from nowhere to snatch victory as liberal Elena Lasconi claims second place ahead of seismic Dec. 8 runoff.
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Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so ‘they cannot be undone in the future’
The Prime Minister insisted Spain ‘is experiencing one of its best moments in contemporary history’, adding that his government has managed to get ‘many laws’ passed.
A victim of the Mannheim terror attack in Germany has now been convicted of anti-Islam hate speech.