Parliament Corruption Scandal Unravelling

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Photo by Ibrahim Boran on Unsplash MEPs say they are “appalled” by the allegations of corruption in the European Parliament.  Four people have been arrested in connection with the alleged corruption which, reportedly, involves an MEP and parliamentary aides. The international fallout from the investigation is starting to spiral and further allegations are emerging concerning the activities of…

Was Russian Military Intelligence Behind “Mail Terrorism” in Spain in 2022?

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Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash This website has received credible information that Russian military intelligence was behind the distribution of bombs by mail in Spain in 2022: the terrorist state is not giving up its attempts to destabilise Europe and maximum sanctions should be imposed on it. This is not the first time that the Russian authorities…

Solidarity Campaign for School Buses for Ukraine

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Photo by Megan Lee on Unsplash Three months after President von der Leyen’s announcement in her 2022 State of the Union Address, the European Commission and the Government of Ukraine have signed a €100 million support package for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of schooling facilities damaged in Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine.  Support will reach Ukraine through the EU’s humanitarian partners…

Social Climate Fund

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Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash The Social Climate Fund was proposed by the European Commission in July 2021 and revised by the Council of the European Union in June 2022.  The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has been asked by the Council to deliver an opinion on the revised proposal. The Social Climate Fund has the potential…

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Exacerbates World Food Prices

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Photo by Simon Goetz on Unsplash The global food price crisis has only been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.  It is actually due to more structural and systemic problems in the commodities market, creating hunger and threatening people’s livelihoods, points out the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in its own initiative opinion, adopted at the December plenary. Fuelled…