European Union

For Snubbing Glyphosate Hearing, EU Parliament Bans Monsanto Lobbyists

EU Watchdog Under Fire for Monsanto Analysis Copy/Pasted into Roundup Safety Report

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Ahead of vote to determine whether farmers can continue using Monsanto's popular pesticide, new Guardian report raises concerns that agency failed to fully analyze Roundup's risks

Protests in Poland as Right-Wing Ruling Party Dismantles Democracy

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

'This is a blatant attack by Poland's government on the independence of the...

As Deathtoll Rises, EU Condemned for 'Failing Policies' on Refugee Crisis

Julia Conley, staff writer

More than 2,100 refugees have died this year while attempting to cross the...

Google Fine Shows EU 'Way Ahead' of US on Reining in Massive Corporations

Far-Right Le Pen and Center-Right Macron Frontrunners in French Election

Global Anger and Dismay After Trump Slams Brakes on U.S. Climate Action

'Visa War': EU Votes to Bar Visa-Free Travel for American Citizens

With 'Echo of Trump,' French Far-Right Leader Le Pen Launches Presidential Bid

UN Ambassador Haley Lashes Out at US Allies: "For Those That Don't Have Our Back...We'll Respond Accordingly"

EU's Top Court Delivers "Major Blow" to Mass Surveillance

European Far-Right Dealt Blow in Austrian Presidential Election

From Trump's White House, Bannon to Bolster Global Alt-Right Movement

Anti-Brexit Ruling Gives Surprise 'Victory for Parliamentary Democracy'

Canada and EU Sign 'Thoroughly Undemocratic' CETA Trade Deal

As CETA Rises from Ashes, Campaigners Vow: 'More You Insist, More We Resist'

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Never Forget: Grandson of Auschwitz Commandant Fights For A Nazi-Free Europe

With upcoming elections in a Europe beset by rising neo-Nazism, a new campaign by Swedish Social Democrats against the resurgence has a high-profile leader: Rainer Hoess, 48, the grandson of infamous Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess, who presided over the murder of a million Jews and thousands of others. Hoess has spent years speaking to German schoolchildren about a Nazi influence growing now, as then, because "the social safety nets have been torn, and people are left behind...Hopelessness...