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https://nordictimes.com/europe/progress-for-anti-eu-parties-in-the-european-elections/

Europe

Progress for anti-EU parties in the European elections

Published 11 June 2024
– By Editorial Staff
Germany's AfD and France's National Coalition both made strong gains in the European elections.
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Across Europe, a number of nationalist, anti-immigration or so-called anti-EU parties did very well in the European elections. Despite these successes, however, most indications are that Ursula von der Leyen’s Christian Democratic and Liberal EPP group will continue to dominate in Brussels.

It was already clear last night that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally will be France’s largest party in the European Parliament, supported by around one in three French people.

– This shows that when people vote – people win, Le Pen said after the poll was presented.

President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party, the Renaissance, on the other hand, had a disastrous election, finishing with around 15% – so bad that he decided to call new elections for the end of June.

– I can’t pretend that nothing has happened, Macron said after the defeat.

AfD – biggest in East Germany

In Germany, anti-immigration and anti-globalization parties are also making gains. The Alternative for Germany became the country’s second-largest party, rising from 11 percent to 15.9 percent and winning 15 seats in Brussels. The AfD became the largest party in all six of the former East German states.

In Italy, Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy looks set to become the largest party, with polls suggesting it will win between 25 and 31% of the vote; in Greece, the nationalist Greek Solution is expected to win around 10% of the vote.

Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ) is expected to increase its share of the vote by about 10 to 27 percent, making it the country’s largest party in a national election for the first time.

– Thank you Austria – today we made history together, they declared on their X account.

Belgian Prime Minister Resigns

The Belgian Vlaams Belang was also expected to be the largest party in the European elections, but had to settle for second place with 17.5% of the vote. Instead, the conservative New Flemish Alliance came in first with about 22% of the vote.

However, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo’s liberal party, the VLD, received less than 7% of the vote and announced that he was leaving office.

– As of tomorrow, I am a resigning prime minister, Alexander De Croo said in his speech.

Hungary’s Fidesz, led by Viktor Orbán, is suffering its worst election since 2006 – yet it remains the country’s largest party with around 44% of the vote and is expected to win 11 seats in Brussels.

– Many radical right parties are on the road to radicalization. I don’t think they will all sit together after the elections, but we will see three parties forming three political groups, Steven Van Hecke, professor of EU politics, told Euronews.

Continued support for Ukraine expected

Despite several successes for anti-EU and anti-immigration parties, Ursula von der Leyen’s center-right EPP group, which includes the Moderates and the Christian Democrats, looks set to be the election’s big winner with around 185 out of 720 seats in the parliament.

– We will continue on this path with those who are pro-European, for Ukraine and for the rule of law, proclaimed von der Leyen, who also seems to be counting on continuing as President of the European Commission for another five years.

Meanwhile, the green and left-liberal parties are in serious decline and the social democratic and more left-wing parties seem to be relatively stagnant compared to the previous elections.

Editorial Staff
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Expected seats of the EU groups:

EPP (Christian Democrat and Liberal Group) - 185
S&D (Socialist Group) - 137
Renew Europe (left-liberal group) - 80
ECR (Conservative and Reformist Group) - 73
ID (nationalist group) - 58
The Greens (environmentalist group) - 52
The Left (left-wing group) - 36
Unaffiliated members - 46
New members without an established party group - 53

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https://nordictimes.com/europe/sven-identifies-as-svenja-to-serve-sentence-in-womens-prison/

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Sven identifies as Svenja – to serve sentence in women’s prison

Published 23 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Outraged left-wing and LGBTQ activists argue that Liebich is making a mockery of the legislation - and that he in particular should not be allowed to identify as a woman.
2 minute read
Editorial Staff
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A German national socialist and hate crime offender has legally changed gender to female and will therefore serve his prison sentence at one of the country’s women’s prisons.

53-year-old Sven Liebich, now Marla-Svenja, is exploiting a new law that makes it possible to “change gender” by simply filling out a form with the authorities.

It was in July 2023 that Sven Liebich was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for the hate speech crimes of incitement against ethnic groups, defamation and insult. But when it came time to serve the sentence, something had changed – Sven had become Marla-Svenja.

Through Germany’s new self-determination law, which came into force in November last year, Liebich only needed to make a simple notification to the civil registry in Schkeuditz to officially change gender and first name. No court, no medical certificates – just a personal declaration.

According to German media, Liebich showed up in court wearing a leopard-print top, large hat, makeup and carrying a handbag. The new Marla-Svenja argued that the gender change was necessary to avoid “discrimination” in a male prison.

The ironic aspect of the situation is that Liebich still wears a mustache when appearing publicly in women’s clothing – something that has caused great anger and frustration among liberals and left-wing activists.

They have also pointed out that the 53-year-old has previously burned Pride flags and described transgender people as “parasites,” and argue that the legal gender change is just a way to mock the new law and troll the German justice system.

Women’s prison in Chemnitz

Now Marla-Svenja Liebich will serve her sentence at the women’s prison in Chemnitz in the German state of Saxony. The decision is based, according to the prosecutor’s office, on two clear criteria: the officially registered gender (female) and the civil registry address.

Saxony’s justice department notes, however, that additional psychological or medical assessments may be used in the future if there are suspicions that someone has intentionally changed gender identity to influence their prison conditions.

When the German self-determination law was introduced, critics warned that people would change legal gender for purely tactical reasons – to gain advantages rather than due to gender dysphoria or other mental health issues.

Liebich is hardly alone in exploiting the law, but his political background has made the case particularly noteworthy. It has also exposed an ironic paradox: Those who normally claim that everyone has the right to define their own gender – and be treated accordingly – now seem to argue that Liebich specifically, because of his political views, should not be covered by this right.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/europe/german-left-wing-newspaper-files-police-report-against-its-own-interviewee/

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German left-wing newspaper files police report against its own interviewee

Published 14 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
The editorial management assessed that AfD candidate Jirka Möller had expressed suspected "unconstitutional" and "far-right extremist" views.
2 minute read
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The left-liberal German local newspaper Lippische Landes-Zeitung has found a creative solution to the problem of uncomfortable statements from political opponents – they report their own interview subjects to the police.

The newspaper in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia interviewed AfD’s mayoral candidate Jirka Möller. But the editorial staff became so concerned about what the 53-year-old said that they both censored the interview and sent the deleted parts “to responsible authorities for review”.

Möller, a trained chef and family man, had according to the newspaper made statements that could be “unconstitutional” or could “show far-right extremist tendencies”.

When the interview was published, it was filled with the editorial staff’s own comments in italics. These were claimed to “put the statements in context”.

The newspaper dismissed, among other things, Möller’s claim that the German government is controlled by a “new world order” as a “far-right conspiracy theory without evidence”, reports the conservative Junge Freiheit.

“Presumably punishable statements”

The editorial staff also corrected his claim that AfD is no longer classified as “confirmed far-right extremist”. The newspaper was careful to emphasize that this classification has only been “publicly suspended” due to ongoing legal proceedings.

Other statements that received fact-checks concerned everything from entry rules at Swiss swimming facilities to alleged “Islamist invasion” on orders from Iran, as well as Möller’s comparison between gender-inclusive language and George Orwell.

As recently as August 5, the newspaper presented its new policy for handling AfD politicians. Going forward, all interviews will be commented on, allegedly false claims will be marked, and “presumably punishable statements” will not only be censored but also reported to authorities.

Trend in German media

Lippische Landes-Zeitung is not alone in taking a very clear stance against AfD and other less immigration-critical parties. In Aachen, the similarly left-liberal Aachener Zeitung has, for example, organized 16 election debates ahead of the municipal election – but excluded AfD from all of them.

— We report objectively, as neutrally as we can, about everything that happens. But we comment very, very clearly – and that against AfD. Consistently. There is no colleague who doesn’t do it, explained an editor.

AfD’s local branch accuses the newspaper of controlling coverage “through a filter”, where who gets invited to debates depends on how favorably the editorial staff writes about each respective party.

According to the party’s representatives, there is hardly any room for neutral opinion formation when the newspaper has taken such an openly hostile stance against the party in question.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/europe/greece-tightens-controls-with-ankle-monitors-for-rejected-asylum-seekers/

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Greece tightens controls with ankle monitors for rejected asylum seekers

Migration crisis in Europe

Published 14 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
A group of migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos.
1 minute read
Editorial Staff
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Migrants in Greece whose asylum applications are rejected will soon be required to wear ankle monitors as part of the government’s new measures to expedite deportations, a government official announced this week.

Migration Minister Thanos Plevris says the measure will be introduced before the end of the year and will be part of reforms that also criminalize refusal to comply with a deportation order.

— The use of electronic monitoring will make it clear that the options have narrowed, Plevris explains in an interview with state radio channel ERT.

The new rules, which among other things include mandatory prison sentences for those who refuse to leave the country after a deportation order, are to be presented to parliament next month. The delay is due to the sharp increase in the number of migrants arriving by boat from Libya to the Greek island of Crete during the summer.

According to Plevris, electronic monitoring will be used during a 30-day period given to migrants after their asylum applications have been rejected and all appeals have been exhausted.

The government is also considering a deportation bonus of €2,000 for those who voluntarily comply with the decision.

The strict migration policy measures that the conservative government has implemented so far – including a recently introduced ban on asylum applications for migrants arriving by sea from North Africa – have been praised by nationalists and immigration critics, but have drawn strong criticism from the Council of Europe and immigration activists.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/europe/abdullah-stabs-at-police-officers-kidneys-in-dublin-attack/

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Abdullah stabs at police officer’s kidneys in Dublin attack

Migrant violence

Published 1 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
23-year-old Abdullah Khan was caught on film during the frenzied attack against a young police officer who was walking in central Dublin, Ireland.
2 minute read
Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

A 23-year-old immigrant has been remanded in custody after attacking and stabbing a young Irish police officer in broad daylight in central Dublin. The attack, which was caught on film, occurred completely unprovoked while the police were on patrol on Tuesday.

The perpetrator, Abdullah Khan, was arrested at the scene after the brutal assault that took place on Capel Street in central Dublin on Tuesday afternoon around 6 PM. The attacked officer, a young trainee who was on high-visibility patrol with a colleague, was treated at hospital for injuries that miraculously were not life-threatening.

Abdullah, a second-generation immigrant born in Ireland with an address in north Dublin, is accused of assault and possession of a so-called Tactix knife.

At Thursday’s remand hearing at Dublin District Court, the 23-year-old man made no application for bail and sat silently through the entire brief hearing.

Unprovoked deadly violence in broad daylight

The attack is described by authorities as completely unprovoked and took place in the city center while police were carrying out their regular duties. Suddenly Abdullah appears on the street with the knife in his hand as the incident is caught on film. He goes directly on the attack from behind against the young police officer and attempts to stab him with the knife toward the kidney area of his back.

Miraculously, he strikes poorly with the knife and the two police officers manage to regain their composure and after a struggle with tear gas and batons, disarm and arrest the man.

The injured officer has since been discharged from hospital.

— This evening’s unprovoked assault is indicative of what gardaí (police) can face when they go out on duty to keep people safe, said Assistant Commissioner Paul Cleary to the Roscommon Herald.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin condemned the incident and described it as “shocking.” Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan and opposition leader Mary Lou McDonald also expressed their condemnation of the unprovoked violence.

Abdullah is next due to appear before Cloverhill District Court on August 6 pending directions from prosecutors.

Editorial Staff
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