TAG: Judiciary
EU condemns Azerbaijan crackdown after peace activist charged with ‘treason’
The EU has called on Azerbaijan to respect the rights of a prominent scholar jailed after publicly criticizing the government, amid a wave of arrests that has seen journalists and academics put behind bars. Speaking to POLITICO, Peter Stano, the EU's fore...
1 month ago
Sánchez triggers anger by picking ally for Spain’s central bank
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez appointed a close ally as the head of Spain’s central bank, ending the latest chapter in a bitter struggle between the country’s two largest parties over political appointments.Wednesday’s naming of José Luis Escrivá,...
1 month ago
Meloni’s street protest crackdown prompts concerns of growing repression in Italy
ROME — Giorgia Meloni may have persuaded the European establishment that she is the respectable, even vanilla, face of nationalist right-wing politics, but a crackdown on street protests at home is amplifying concerns about Italy's increasingly illiberal...
2 weeks ago