Chris Tomlinson

More than half of the French public believe that the democratic system in France does not work well, while a plurality believes democracy has deteriorated during the presidency of Emmanuel Macron.

Sammy Mahdi, Belgium'sSecretary of State for Asylum and Migration, has stated that up to 70 per cent of "child" migrants submitted for age testing by the government turn out to be adults.

The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SUPO) has confirmed reports that people-smugglers are now advertising crossings from Russia to Finland to migrants, as many abandon attempts to enter the European Union from Belarus in the face of strong border enforcement by Poland and the Baltic

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The postal company Postnord has stopped delivering parcels to the "particularly vulnerable" area ofGottsunda-Valsätra in the city of Uppsala, Sweden, claiming there are safety risks to their employees.

A member of the populist Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) has expressed concern that amendments to a law on administrative enforcement could be used to imprison unvaccinated people for as long as a year.

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin missed a Wuhan coronavirus contact alert because she had left her government phone at home when she went out partying at a Helsinki nightclub.

A Christmas market in Paris's 18th arrondissement requiring that all of the merchants be black led to allegations of racism and segregation.

Former President Donald Trump on Monday excoriated President Joe Biden's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting he should leave office for his failures.

Retiring Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) called Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) an "insensitive a**hole" for tweeting a family photo in which everyone was holding a gun and asking Santa to bring more ammo.

An Eritrean migrant has been convicted of attacking two men with a knife while also threatening to kill children in the car park of a local shopping centre in the German city of Dresden.

A suspected radical Islamic terrorist was arrested this week at a migrant reception facility in Venice. He is believed to belong to an Islamic State cell.

Italian police have claimed that the number of fake coronavirus vaccine passports being sold online has surged and that some doctors may even be involved in the sale of fake certifications.

An 18-year-old illegal migrant in the French city of Lille has appeared in court after being accused of luring police officers into a violent ambush.

Sweden's new Minister of CultureJeanette Gustafsdotter says she wants to investigate the links between gangster rap music and gang crime to see if the music leads to gang activity.

Police have expelled a group of 400 migrants from a makeshift camp near the northern French city of Dunkirk, just two weeks after police cleared another site in the area.

A poll on Austria's proposed forced mandatory vaccination mandate has revealed that 55 per cent of the public in the country are in favour of the policy.

Incoming German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he will push for a vaccine mandate and blamed the unvaccinated for the surge in cases.

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that the test for reaching the Fed's two percent target on average over time had been met, signaling that the Fed could taper bond-buying faster and raise rates earlier than previously anticipated.

An internal European Commission communications document has advised bureaucrats to avoid terms like "Christmas time" to be more inclusive.

Sweden's first female Prime MinisterMagdalena Andersson, who resigned last week after barely eight hours, has been re-elected.