EU needs faster migrant returns, say 17 countries including Germany, France: Report – POLITICO

EU needs faster migrant returns, say 17 countries including Germany, France: Report – POLITICO

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has threatened to give asylum seekers one-way tickets to Brussels in protest EU fines levelled at the country for breaching EU asylum rules. The 17 European countries in their letter to the Commission are asking for new rules to allow governments to detain illegal migrants if they pose a risk … Read more

Wie die Ampel an der Rente zerbrechen könnte – POLITICO

Wie die Ampel an der Rente zerbrechen könnte – POLITICO

Kommt das Rentenpaket II oder ist es doch noch der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bzw. die Koalition in die Brüche gehen lässt? Vorgestellt, verändert, nicht beschlossen im Kabinett, beschlossen im Kabinett, erneut kritisiert, erneut verteidigt – der Streit um die Rentenreform ist unendlich. Wie dieser Streit nun fortgesetzt wird, analysiert Gordon Repinski in … Read more

Orbán’s Fidesz forming new far-right alliance with Austrian, Czech parties – POLITICO

Orbán’s Fidesz forming new far-right alliance with Austrian, Czech parties – POLITICO

“We will prefer national sovereignty to federalism, liberty to orders, and peace to war,” Babiš wrote in a social media post. All three parties came first in their respective countries during the European election earlier this month, gaining a significant number of seats in the European Parliament as right-wing support grew across the Continent. The … Read more

Austria is sleepwalking toward a far-right victory – POLITICO

Austria is sleepwalking toward a far-right victory – POLITICO

The party’s final boost then came courtesy of the reemergence of irregular migration as a political issue, as well as Europe’s energy and inflationary crises begat by the Russia-Ukraine War. In 2022, 112,272 asylum applications were lodged in Austria — that’s more than at the height of the migration crisis in 2015. Year-on-year inflation peaked at 11.2 percent in January 2023 … Read more