Criticism

The Greek cartoonists' union said Thursday that the decision not to include 12 out of 28 Greek sketches in a European Parliament exhibition to mark its 60th anniversary on the grounds they were Nazi-friendly or an infringement of EU values, has raised serious questions.

Conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos says he will spend “hundreds of thousands of dollars” on security during an upcoming event at the University of California-Berkeley.

A right-wing group that set sail on the Mediterranean to stop refugees reaching Europe is facing a cash crisis after a crowd-funding company cancelled their account, the Independent reported. 

Defend Europe had raised more than a 0,000 on payment website Patreon to fund their mission to obstruct NGO vessels from rescuing migrants who had set sail from North Africa.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte had lost the friendship of Ankara after a diplomatic row between the NATO allies over a ban on Turkish ministers speaking in the Netherlands, according to Reuters.

According to Melvut Cavusoglu there is no real difference between the political parties in the Netherlands as they all have the mentality of Geert Wilders, as he commented the results of the Dutch elections.

Turkey will not succumb to "fascists and racists" like Dutch nationalist politician Geert Wilders, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on March 9.

Cartoonists and publishers behind a new newspaper, published by Bulgaria's "Society of Rude Cartoonists", on Monday said they planned to sell copies of Pras Press directly on Slaveikov Square in central Sofia, famous as a book distribution hub.

With the specter of populism looming over a critical election year in Europe, the European Parliament has taken an unusual step to crack down on racism and hate speech in its own house.

Chadwick Moore, a 33-year-old journalist who lives in Williamsburg, had been a lifelong liberal. Then, last September, he penned a profile for Out magazine of Milo Yiannopoulos — a controversial and outspoken critic of feminism, Muslims and gay rights (despite being openly gay himself).

Misinformation, prejudice, and mutual dislike are increasingly the common denominator between Turks and Europeans. Britain provided a clear example when the "Brexiteers" used Turkey in the campaign to steer the public away from the EU.