Swedish MEP

The New Fedaralist - After Viktor Orban and Matteo Salvini, Sebastian Kurz enters more and more in the anti-immigration parade. His voice has been even more strengthened since his country, Austria, took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union last Sunday.

European Parliamentarians have submitted 155 amendments to a draft resolution on Montenegro, which will be discussed in February, most of which urge Podgorica to tackle political corruption, vote-buying accusations and the state Telekom privatization affair.

The European Union hit out May 30 at a travel ban imposed by Russia on 89 European citizens -- many of whom are outspoken Kremlin critics -- calling it "totally arbitrary and unjustified".