Lawmaking

By Fanny Brodersen BERLIN (Reuters) - As Germany's first ever LGBTQ+ commissioner, a role created under the new coalition government's...

(Reuters) - The United States and some of its key allies welcomed Serbia's Jan. 16 referendum on constitutional changes "as...

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Poland asked the European Union's executive to hold off fines for undermining judicial independence,...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The new German government is taking a fresh look at EU efforts to introduce a quota for...

By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - The first person convicted under Hong Kong's national security law and jailed for...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech lower house lawmakers suspended a marathon session to vote on a confidence motion in the new...

By Joseph Nasr and Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany should make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all adults, Chancellor Olaf Scholz...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasing anger among his lawmakers, many of whom believe he...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will allow adopted people automatic access to their birth records for the first time under new...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish lawmakers are expected to debate on Wednesday a nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party bill that...

By Greg Torode and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government is expanding its use of a...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The ruling Social Democrats (SPD) expect a bill on making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory in Germany to be...

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union executive is set to demand that Poland pay around 70 million euros...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The suspect in a fire that gutted parts of South Africa's 138-year-old parliament building this month...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government will face an urgent question in parliament on Tuesday over reports...

By Richard Cowan and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several Democratic U.S. senators said late on Monday, after meeting with...

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats are urging the Biden administration to allow at least 2 million...

(Corrects date in para 9 of Jan. 6 story to 1999, from 1990) By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordan's parliament...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court ruled on Friday to release two students from jail in the first hearing of...

By Gabriela Baczynska and Joanna Plucinska BRUSSELS/WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish minister has accused the European Union of making "illegal...