Brussels is launching a new wave of EU expansion. The initiative should, however, exclude Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, even though the countries have been waiting for their “hour of triumph” for years and years. Instead, however, Brussels is going to invite fragments of the former Yugoslavia, including Kosovo, to join the EU. There are six contenders: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,... 

The 28 member states of the European Union (EU) have a total debt burden of €12.5 trillion, which could be even bigger, according to the latest figures from the EU statistics office, Eurostat. Data shows that in the third quarter of 2017 the EU’s debt-to-GDP ratio fell from 82.9 percent to 82.5 percent when compared with the same quarter of the previous year. Greece’s general government-debt-to-GDP... 

Amid soaring pressure on Theresa May, a memo has emerged claiming that if Brexit happens, the UK economy’s growth will slow down whatever the deal is. Sputnik has discussed the potential impact of the leak on Brexit talks with Mark Garnett, a politics professor at Lancaster University and author of “From Anger to Apathy: The British Experience.” Sputnik: This is the information [analytical... 

In a surprising revelation that reverberated across Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron admitted during an interview with Andrew Marr that if France were to hold a referendum on EU membership, the French people would likely vote to leave the Brussels-led bloc. Macron’s candid acknowledgment, unprecedented among EU leaders, sent shockwaves throughout the political landscape, highlighting... 

The European Union is heading towards collapse as nationalist-populism ignites the hearts and minds of Westerners, globalist kingpin George Soros has warned. In an interview with the Financial Times – which painted Soros as a freedom-fighting philanthropist, unjustly vilified by right-wing extremists and anti-Semitic authoritarian strongmen – Soros lamented that nationalism is the ascending ideology... 

Sad but great at the same time… its sad that the EU may be collapsing because having a European alliance is very important for a good economy, free travel and other benefits but not at this cost. Not at the cost of having our continent invaded by non-European peoples. Normally the best solution would just be to change the EU leadership with nationalist MEPs but since this isn’t happening... 

Following the recent attacks of migrants on German teen girls as well as the release of a film that implicitly support child marriage, more and more of the country’s residents support obligatory age tests for migrants who claim to be underage. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with a member of the Alternative for Germany party, Dr. Dirk Spaniel. Sputnik: Could you share your thoughts about this... 

Poland’s new premier meets with Hungary’s Viktor Orban in Budapest on Wednesday (3 January) in a show of solidarity against EU criticism of their countries’ joint backtracking on democratic values and the rule of law. It will be Mateusz Morawiecki’s first official bilateral visit since taking office last month. Morawiecki holds talks with his Hungarian counterpart after the... 

Migrants are responsible for a 92% increase in reported violent crimes in Germany during 2015 and 2016, according to a university criminologist study. The study, carried out by criminologists at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, researched the increase in violent crime in Germany over the past two years. Integration options are the best chance of preventing violent crime, “such as language... 

As Austria’s new right-wing government takes office, editor-in-chief of the Austrian magazine “Frank & Frei” Werner Reichel tells Sputnik Deutschland why the left is going through a period of unpopularity in the Alpine nation. Not one but two crucial elections took place in Austria over the past 12 months, Werner Reichel, the editor of Viennese economic, political and lifestyle... 

At least 10,000 Africans pretending to be refugees will get a free ride across the Mediterranean straight to Europe courtesy of the European Union in the next few months, the Italian government has announced. The free ride—a reward given to the Africans for making it as far as Libya—forms part of the EU’s attempt to “address the deteriorating conditions in Libya, where thousands of people... 

A total of 181,543 nonwhites pretending to be refugees have invaded Europe during the period January to December 20, 2017, and over 60,000 applied for “asylum” in October alone, according to new official figures. The data, released by the United Nations’ International Organization of Migration (IOM), said that 170,249 invaders had landed by sea, and 11,294 by land. This brings to 387,895 the... 

Austria has officially announced that it will not accept any Third World invaders pretending to be refugees into its territory in terms of the European Union’s “migrant distribution quota” system. Speaking in an interview published in the Bild newspaper in Germany, Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s new chancellor, said that “refugees” should be helped in their own countries rather than being encouraged... 

The Hungarian government will use its European Union (EU) powers to veto the proposed “Article 7” procedure against Poland, calling that move a “violation of Poland’s sovereignty.” According to a report in Hungary Today, the Hungarian deputy prime minister Zsolt Semjén has called the European Commission’s decision to launch an Article 7.1 procedure against Poland is “unprecedented and... 

The European Union has triggered Article 7 against Poland, a procedure that could result in sanctions targeting Warsaw. The EU says Poland has violated democratic values with proposed judiciary reform. The European Union’s executive body triggered Article 7 of the EU treaty, branded the “nuclear option,” against Poland on Wednesday. It has been triggered for the first time since the foundation...