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‘Democracy is being tested’: Polish PM hits out at Brussels, claiming it infringes on rights of member states

Poland’s prime minister has lashed out with accusations that EU institutions impede on the rights of its member nations following a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Tribunal that Warsaw’s laws reign supreme over Brussels’. Speaking to the Polish parliament on Thursday, Mateusz Morawiecki proclaimed that “we are at a crucial moment, you could say at […]

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Armed police drag passenger off Eurostar train after staff member accused him of wearing the ‘wrong type of mask’

Eight armed, uniformed French police boarded a Eurostar train on Thursday afternoon, after it made an emergency stop in Lille, to forcibly remove a passenger who was accused of “not wearing the right type of mask.”  The incident occurred on a Eurostar service that was traveling from Paris Gare du Nord to St. Pancras on […]

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EU Commission should buy gas on behalf of member states, Spanish PM suggests as solution to spiraling energy prices

Spain’s prime minister has proposed that the European Commission (EC) negotiate gas contracts on behalf of all EU member states in order to strengthen cooperation amid soaring gas prices on the global marketplace. Speaking on Wednesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez proposed a novel solution to the spiraling cost of gas in Europe, suggesting the EU’s […]

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North Korea pushing ‘full steam ahead’ with nuclear program, IAEA chief warns member states

The United Nations atomic watchdog has warned that North Korea’s nuclear program is progressing “full steam ahead,” after reporting last month that Pyongyang appeared to have restarted a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor. During an annual meeting of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) member states on Monday, the agency’s Director-General Rafael Grossi said that the country had […]