The European Commission says it will end a years-long dispute with Poland over the rule of law. The commission said in a statement on Monday that it intends to withdraw the procedure launched in December 2017 under Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union after Warsaw’s new centrist government took steps to restore judicial … Read moreEU to drop rule-of-law dispute with Poland
Journalists at Italian public broadcaster RAI have staged a one-day strike, accusing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government of stifling free speech. The journalists’ union Usigrai says the situation has worsened since Meloni took office in late 2022. “We prefer to lose one or more days of pay than to lose our freedom,” Usigrai, the … Read moreJournalists at Italy’s RAI strike in protest at Meloni’s government
The United States and most European Union nations have said they will not send envoys to Tuesday’s inauguration of Vladimir Putin as Russian president. Putin, 71, secured a fifth term in office in a March election that critics said lacked democratic legitimacy. He gained 87.28 percent of the vote, weeks after the sudden death of … Read moreUS, UK, most EU nations to boycott Putin inauguration