• Far right European groups launch unofficial campaign for the European Union elections

    Europe’s far-right political parties unofficially launched their campaign Sunday for European Union elections in Spain with strong messages against illegal migration and the bloc’s climate policy while declaring their support for Israel in its war against Hamas.

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    Europe's far right groups launch unofficial campaign for the European Union elections

    By TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Europe’s far right political parties have unofficially launched their campaign for the European Union elections in Spain with strong messages against illegal migration and the bloc’s climate policy. French National Rally party leader, Marine Le Pen, and Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, tried to rally voters at

  • Gardai investigating claims of alleged threat to kill European election candidate Malachy Steenson

    A man was arrested by gardai following an incident outside Mr Steenson’s offices in Dublin’s North Strand on Wednesday - after relatives of the election candidate, who was not present at the time, said a man came to his door and threatened to kill him

  • European election lottery

    The next election to choose Spain’s Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) takes place on Sunday June 9. What many foreigners now resident in Spain don’t always realise is that the make-up of those responsible for running the poling stations is not just from employees of local government. In fact, in accordance with national law, […]

  • The Explainer: What is Ireland’s history with the European Union?

    We’re joined by Dr Barry Colfer, director of research at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), to look back on everything from Ireland’s nascent relationship with Europe in the 1970s to the country’s treatment during the bailout in the 2010s.

  • Yle's European election compass opens for business

    Finland gets 15 MEPs in the new parliament, with Europeans heading to the polls continent-wide on 9 June.

  • Biden Administration Is Now Under Investigation for 'Election Interference'

    In March 2021, Joe Biden signed an executive order focused on "access to voting," directing federal government agencies to bolster voter registration efforts, facilitate mail-in voting applications for Americans, and tackle misinformation, among other provisions. This order encapsulates the Democratic Party agenda, embedding numerous practices implemented temporarily during the pandemic-impacted 2020 election.

  • France makes official list of candidacies for European elections

    Paris, May 18 (Prensa Latina) France’s Interior Ministry published on Saturday the 37 lists of parties and organizations to compete on June 9th in the European elections for France's 81 seats in the European Parliament. The post France makes official list of candidacies for European elections first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • EU investigating Meta over addiction and safety concerns for minors

    Meta is back in hot water for its methods (or lack thereof) for protecting children. The European Commission has launched formal proceedings to determine whether the owner of Facebook and Instagram has violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) by contributing to children's social media addiction and not ensuring they have high levels of safety and privacy. The Commission's investigation will specifically examine whether Meta is properly assessing and acting against risks brought on by its...

  • Official Start of Local and European Parliament Election Campaign

    The electoral campaign for the local and European parliamentary elections on June 9 begins on Friday and ends on June 8, at 7:00 a.m. The audiovisual campaign will end on June 7, at 7:00 a.m. The Central Electoral Bureau recommends electoral competitors to have a balanced and honest speech and to avoid distortion or manipulation […]

  • Online voting guides for European elections launched today

    People who do not know which of the 20 parties they should vote for in the European elections can now once again fill in the online voting guides from Stemwijzer and Kieskompas. Both voting aides were launched on Wednesday. The Stemwijzer launch event in The Hague drew most of the party leaders who will take part in the European Parliament election campaign in the Netherlands over the coming weeks.

  • European far-right leaders gather ahead of EU elections

    Le Pen, Orbán and Meloni rail against socialism and ‘massive illegal migration’ at ‘great patriotic convention’ in MadridInternational far-right leaders, including France’s Marine Le Pen, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s Javier Milei, came together in Madrid to rail against socialism and “massive illegal migration” three weeks before hard-right parties are expected to see a surge in support in June’s European elections.Sunday’s “great patriotic convention”, which...