European Union

European powers pledge arms to Ukraine while issuing ultimatums to Russia at London summit

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:20:06 GMT

The E3, represented by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gathered in Downing Street and issued a joint five-point declaration.

Turkish CHP leader Özel’s Newsweek article: How to fight for democratic rights and against imperialism

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:53:56 GMT

Özel’s article is not a defense of democratic rights. It is a letter of assurance from a bourgeois party to the imperialist powers.

Hungary: Which way forward after Orban’s electoral defeat?

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:06:51 GMT

The fact that only a conservative, an authoritarian and a fascist party are represented in parliament shows just how right-wing Hungarian politics is after Orban’s defeat.

Starmer visits Gulf states amid fracturing “special relationship” with US

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:38:42 GMT

Foreign policy precepts that have determined the actions of UK governments for decades are being torn apart.

Hungary elections: US Vice President Vance throws his weight behind Orbán

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:28:20 GMT

For the working class, this election offers no progressive alternative. Neither Orbán nor Magyar represents its interests. Both stand for militarism, social attacks and authoritarian forms of rule—albeit with differing foreign policy orientations.

Italy restricts US military access as crisis deepens within NATO and Meloni government amid rising opposition

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:27:26 GMT

Italy’s denial of US base access rests on procedural objections, but fundamentally reflects overwhelming popular opposition to war and state repression.

Greek Coast Guard rams refugee boat, killing and injuring dozens

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:08:30 GMT

A boat carrying an estimated 35 people en route from the Turkish coast to the nearby island of Chios was rammed by the Greek Coast Guard. At least 15 people were killed.

European Union welcomes Maduro’s abduction, while invoking international law

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:48:31 GMT

The schizophrenia of the European powers, who invoke international law all the more loudly the more openly they violate it, is an expression of the political dilemma in which they find themselves. They need the US for the war against Russia in Ukraine but view it as an increasing threat.

Europe’s governments plot abrogation of immigrant rights

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:19:25 GMT

From Social Democrats to fascist parties, all are pushing towards an agreement by the spring of 2026 that will spell the end of any commitment to the universalist principles proclaimed in the European Convention on Human Rights in the aftermath of the horrific crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II.

European leaders accuse US of “betrayal” over Ukraine

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:12:59 GMT

The European powers in particular have made it clear that they will redouble their rearmament and war efforts if an agreement is reached between Russia and Ukraine.

IMF calls for radical reform of the European welfare state

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 02:57:32 GMT

IMF says the enormous costs of European rearmament, the consequences of the international trade war and demands made by banks and companies for increased profits are incompatible with the welfare state.

Beijing-Brussels chip war becomes a new frontline of US-China rivalry

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:06:18 GMT

Increased geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing will exacerbate the long-existing rift between Brussels and Beijing.

EU’s murderous refugee policy leads to 40 people drowning in boat disaster off Tunisia

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:27:36 GMT

The boat disaster off the Tunisian coast, in which at least 40 people, including small children, lost their lives, is not an accident but a crime. The EU and its member governments bear full responsibility.

The implications of the anti-Trump “No Kings” protests for the European working class

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:33:17 GMT

Millions across Europe and internationally watched on October 18 as 7 million American youth, workers, professionals and retirees joined nationwide “No Kings” protests.

European summits in Copenhagen and US missile threats against Russia increase danger of world war

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 03:22:42 GMT

The past two days mark a new high point in the European and transatlantic escalation of war against Russia.

European NATO powers escalate war on Russia, as Trump demands they fall into line with US conflict with China

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:39:25 GMT

The European imperialist powers have continued to escalate the war on Russia following last week’s shooting down of drones over Polish territory.

Tougher asylum law in Greece criminalises refugees

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:38:17 GMT

Prison and leg-irons: Refugees will be treated like criminals in Greece in future. This is the essence of the tougher asylum law introduced by the Greek government a week ago.

Kiev attack and NATO escalation threaten direct war between Russia and Europe

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:09:29 GMT

The logic of the war is leading directly toward a military clash between Russia and Europe threatening the lives of millions and the destruction of the entire continent. Far from backing down in the wake of Russia’s attacks, European governments seized on them to issue new threats and accelerate the war drive.

European Union-China summit: sharp tensions between Beijing and Brussels

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:39:35 GMT

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who constantly accuses the US of harming all sides with its tariffs, threatened China with Trump-style tariffs.

EU interior ministers intensify attacks on refugees

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 01:46:23 GMT

The ongoing assault against migrants and refugees serves as a lever for capitalist governments to eliminate democratic rights, suspend basic human rights, and establish dictatorship. This applies to both the United States and the European Union.

Greek government bans asylum applications from North Africa in collaboration with the EU

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:03:10 GMT

The measure is a death sentence on many desperate people who are trying to flee economic hardship, political persecution or escape war, risking their lives in the process.

Macron and Starmer discuss war and attacks on migrants during state visit

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:01:57 GMT

Amid continuing tensions among the European powers over how to respond to US President Donald Trump’s zig-zagging policy towards NATO and the Ukraine war, the French president and British prime minister made their latest effort to present an Anglo-French axis.

Greek coast guard officials face prosecution over deaths of hundreds of migrants in Pylos boat disaster

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:02:00 GMT

The sinking of the Adriana was the largest loss of life in the Mediterranean in a single event in recent decades. It added more than 600 deaths to the 20,000-plus who have drowned in the sea over the last two decades.

Rise of the far right in Europe: A product of the anti-working class and pro-war policies of the established parties

Thu, 22 May 2025 03:02:09 GMT

The results of the most recent elections across Europe underscore a dangerous and accelerating trend: the rise of the far-right and fascistic forces and their integration into the heart of official politics.

UK seeks to shore up relations with Europe at London summit centred on military security alliance

Tue, 20 May 2025 16:46:11 GMT

The centrepiece of the agreement is a Security and Defence Partnership, framed in terms of combatting Russia. It opens the door to UK arms companies being given full license to fulfil contracts funded through the EU’s €150 billion rearmament programme SAFE.

UN human rights expert calls for prosecution of EU Officials over complicity in Israeli war crimes

Mon, 12 May 2025 04:11:58 GMT

On May 3 the United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, called for the prosecution of leading European Union officials for complicity in the war crimes committed by Israel.

European Union imposes counter-tariffs on the US

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 04:07:14 GMT

The consequences of an escalating trade war between the US and the European Union would be devastating.

Over 1,000 dead as Western-backed HTS regime in Syria escalates massacre of Alawites

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:13:29 GMT

The killing of at least 745 civilians in massacres targeting the Alawite minority in Syria exposes the criminality of the NATO powers that support and legitimize the Islamist HTS regime.

Starmer joins European Union heads to discuss “defence”, refuses to back bloc in US trade war

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:44:07 GMT

Labour’s desired US-UK partnership is carried on under conditions in which the fascist in the White House has declared war on the world.

Poland’s EU Council presidency: Rearmament, police-state measures and a war economy

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:16:17 GMT

On January 1, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. On taking office, Tusk made clear what was central for him: Europe must be ready for war.

Macron names new French minority government based on New Popular Front support

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:45:44 GMT

The installation of François Bayrou as prime minister with the support of the NFP hands the mantle of official parliamentary opposition to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally.

Following Trump’s shadow, European Union Commission moves far to the right

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 01:47:55 GMT

On Wednesday, the European Parliament approved the new EU Commission, an alliance of conservatives, liberals and social democrats with the far-right ECR group.

After the migration pact: EU states outdo each other with anti-refugee policies

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:43:21 GMT

The adoption of the so-called “migration pact” in April has prompted the European Union and leading EU states to escalate their anti-refugee and anti-migrant policies and attack the democratic rights of workers across the board.

European Left supports escalation of NATO war against Russia

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:11:35 GMT

The class character of political tendencies is particularly revealed in their attitude to war, as demonstrated by the vote on the European Parliament resolution for support to Ukraine.

The new EU Commission: Militaristic, right-wing, authoritarian

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:55:08 GMT

Responsibility for foreign policy and defence will in future lie with representatives of two Baltic states, Estonia and Lithuania, which are home to less than 1 percent of the EU population but are known for their hysterical hostility towards Russia.

In European elections across Nordic region, ex-Stalinist and pseudo-left parties benefit from opposition to war and far right

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:44:42 GMT

Nominally “left” parties are seeing their support grow at the expense of the establishment right and far-right organisations, which currently hold power in Finland and Sweden.

After the European elections: EU summit intensifies war against Russia

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 01:52:31 GMT

French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz, who stand on the brink of the political abyss and have lost all connection to the reality of people’s lives, are responding with war and dictatorship.

German Foreign Minister Baerbock supports Israel’s genocide and war offensive in the Middle East

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 01:55:49 GMT

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s trip to the Middle East once again highlighted the devastating role played by German imperialism in the genocide in Gaza and the escalation of war throughout the region.

How can the far right Alternative for Germany be fought?

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:23:22 GMT

The rise of the AfD cannot be stopped by voting for supposedly “democratic” parties. The fight against fascism is not a question of parliamentary arithmetic but the class struggle.

Abandoned in the desert: The EU’s murderous anti-migrant and refugee policy

Thu, 30 May 2024 22:31:11 GMT

People fleeing war, violence and poverty and hoping for a better future and a life of human dignity in Europe are being abandoned in the desert with the knowledge and funding of the European Union.

European Union parliamentary groups prepare to collaborate with the far right ahead of European elections

Sat, 04 May 2024 00:37:23 GMT

The much-touted “firewall” against the extreme right, which has always been a fiction, is to definitively fall after the European elections.

UK Tory government passes fascistic Bill on deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:29:39 GMT

The fascistic policies being rolled out by London are being implemented everywhere by the capitalist class, as they whip up a foul anti-immigration atmosphere the better to pursue policies of austerity and war.

NATO summit in Brussels prepares massive escalation of war on Russia

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 04:30:41 GMT

To prevent the imminent collapse of Ukrainian troops at the front, the alliance is feverishly working on measures that threaten to plunge the entire continent into a devastating war.

The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance adopts a right-wing manifesto for the European elections

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:04:35 GMT

The new party aims to contain the growing resistance to the war policy and suppress the class struggle that stands in the way of the war plans of the ruling class.

European Union spends another €50 billion on Ukraine war

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 05:44:09 GMT

The €50 billion is only a fraction of the sums used by the US, the EU, Germany and other European powers to finance the war against Russia.

Spain’s PSOE-Sumar government renews austerity

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:03:40 GMT

The PSOE-Sumar government is now preparing to roll back all the concessions made to workers at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and impose the dictates of the European Union on behalf of the banks and major corporations.

EU adopts refugee policy of the extreme right

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 04:48:51 GMT

The implementation of the EU’s immigration “solution” means abolition of the right to asylum, expansion of Fortress Europe, mass deportations and detention even of women and children in deportation camps.

Kurdish political prisoners on hunger strike in Turkey

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:12:12 GMT

Hundreds of Kurdish political prisoners in Turkey have been on hunger strike since November 27 demanding improved conditions.

UK Prime Minister Sunak joins hands with Italy’s Meloni over immigration at far-right rally

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:36:24 GMT

Sunak paid Meloni the highest compliment a Tory is capable of giving, comparing her with Margaret Thatcher, who also set out to “revive her country both domestically and on the international stage” and “never shied away from the hard choices and the big issues.”

EU summit in Granada, Spain plans continued military escalation against Russia

Sat, 07 Oct 2023 03:49:04 GMT

Amid the growing crisis and divisions over the conduct of the Ukraine war in Washington, the European Union is pressing for military escalation against Russia.