The European Parliament's largest far-right bloc will hold its first summit in Madrid next week with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and France's Marine Le Pen in attendance, Spanish party

MADRID, LISBON - Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares and Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro reaffirmed their countries' commitment to spending 2% of GDP on defence by 2029, with the latter signalling that this could happen sooner than expected.

At present, Spain does not meet the minimum threshold of 2% of the national GDP recommended by the alliance, let alone the 5% demanded by Trump. It remains the lowest spender among the 32 NATO members, with just 1.28%.

Non-residents from outside the EU bought some 23,000 houses and flats in Spain in 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Spain is planning a raft of measures to address its brewing housing crisis, including an up to 100% tax on properties bought by people who are neither citizens nor residents of the European Union.

On February 8, the Patriots for Europe will hold a major rally in Madrid. The event’s slogan echoes Donald Trump’s campaign motto: Make Europe Great Again.

Madrid (AFP) – The European Parliament's largest ... The group has realigned the EU far right and became the parliament's third-largest force after Orban helped launched it last year to shift ...

The European Parliament's largest far-right bloc will hold its first summit in Madrid next week with Hungarian ... The group has realigned the EU far right and became the parliament's third ...

The European Parliament's largest far-right bloc will hold its first summit in Madrid next week with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and France's Marine Le Pen in attendance, Spanish party ...

In 2024, 6.7 million flights transporting passengers, goods and mail were registered in the EU.

Prior to its collapse, Super League organizers filed suit in the EU courts asking them to strike down UEFA regulations preventing clubs from participating in competitions not sanctioned by UEFA. The litigation proceeded to the European Court of Justice in 2023 despite the collapse of the Super League over two years earlier.

While EU countries look to the Commission for solutions, the EU's agriculture chief has previously defended the new powers of the EU's IP agency.