Photo by Matt Brown on Unsplash There is something fundamentally depressing about the forthcoming Euro elections, writes Lord Richard Balfe. The first that the UK will not be involved with. Yet in a way we will be involved because the outcome will shape our relations with each other. The EU Commission has recently outlined a youth mobility programme…
Photo by Omid Armin on Unsplash On Sunday 19 May 2024, Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the Iranian regime, and 8 others were killed in a helicopter crash in north-west Iran. Commenting on his death in an open letter, Firouz Mahvi a member of the Iranian opposition in Belgium said, “While the president is a functionary in Iran,…
Photo by Andres Bartelsman on Unsplash The European Green Party has demanded that the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe (ALDE),”take measures” towards the liberal party VVD, following the Dutch government coalition deal the VVD concluded with Geert Wilders’ “far-right” PVV. Last week, the Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD), the party of incumbent Dutch PM Mark Rutte, agreed to…
