Human rights

The New Democracy government wants to suspend asylum applications and review what claimants eat in detention centers.

Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urges Israeli authorities to implement every measure agreed.

As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is there too much mutual mistrust for a deal?

Rubio accused U.N. Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese of leading “political and economic warfare” against the U.S. and Israel.

The Strasbourg court called out Russia’s flagrant disregard for the international legal order established after the Second World War.

It’s yet another blow for the Commission in its effort to get the anti-deforestation law up and running.

The far-right leader once advocated for France to leave the Strasbourg-based court.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is appealing to the U.S. president to continue putting pressure on the authoritarian leader of Belarus.

Germany’s new conservative-led government seeks to lead Europe’s tough-on-migration turn.

Far-right extremists are organizing counter-demonstrations at Pride events across the country that claim to celebrate conventional families.

The Labour government has been nothing if not eventful.

Maurice Glasman cast doubt on whether the prime minister would lead Labour into the next general election.

Brussels recently found Israel guilty of human rights abuses and plans to revisit its association agreement with the country.

The due diligence law was meant to bring EU-style protections to global supply chains. Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz helped all but kill it.

Trump’s bombing of Iran reduced Europe’s biggest players to the status of decoy ducks as they pursued talks hours before the raid began. 

The European Commission must be “much stronger” in confronting the Hungarian leader, say Spanish officials.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier suggested avoiding a potential conflict with the International Criminal Court over arrest warrant for the Israeli leader.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned of “legal consequences” for those who defy the government’s ban on Pride parades.

Dozens of prominent European politicians are heading to Hungary for Pride, but the country’s conservative government insists the parade is illegal.

Samuel Samson, a political appointee, made the explosive recommendation as Le Pen eyes the presidency in 2027, two State Department officials tell POLITICO.

Commission silent on criticism from lawmakers and rights groups over use of artificial intelligence.

European leaders are divided on whether to reexamine the EU-Israel Association Agreement in light of the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.