Italy Italy moves closer to a referendum on legalising euthanasia A petition to legalise euthanasia in Italy has been signed by enough people to hold a referendum on the subject. 26/08/2021
Travel News Campervanners could soon be criminalised for wild camping in the UK A new bill means campervanners wild camping in Britain could become a criminal offence. We find out more. 01/07/2021
Nature 72% of Brits want the 'cruel and outdated' fur trade to be banned From Judi Dench to Ricky Gervais, 50 of Britain’s biggest stars are calling for a ban on the sale of fur in the UK. 24/02/2021
Switzerland Swiss to vote in referendum on government's COVID-19 measures Campaigners say the measures, which include the closing of bars and restaurants, are "disproportionate" and "demonstrably ineffective". 15/01/2021
Ireland Irish justice minister proposes new laws to tackle 'revenge porn' Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee said she is "determined to act" and introduce new legislation against 'revenge porn' after thousands of intimate images of women were released online without their consent. 20/11/2020
Lebanon 50,000 sign petition calling for France to take control of Lebanon "We believe Lebanon should be placed under French mandate in order to establish clean and durable governance," reads a petition that has collected more than 50,000 signatures. 06/08/2020
View We urgently need a coordinated European response to coronavirus. We are seeing the opposite ǀ View As a record number of citizens, including the most Eurosceptic, turn to the EU in search of emergency solutions, Brussels looks helpless. But who’s really to blame for the current situation? 19/03/2020
View Greta Thunberg’s climate activism isn’t enough. We need to put words into action ǀ View No one can deny the very important social and political role played by the global climate strikes launched and led by Greta. /.../ However, if not translated into concrete proposals, the risk for these protests is to lose their influence in the public and political debate. 11/03/2020
View Our disposable culture must end. We need the ‘right to repair’ not recycle our smartphones ǀ View The Green Deal has paved the way for a sustainable product policy. Now legislators must seize this opportunity to ensure all smartphones sold in the EU are designed to be repaired and last longer. 18/02/2020
USA Nearly 500,000 fans demand final Game of Thrones season be remade "This series deserves a final season that makes sense," a petition, signed by over 470,000, states. 16/05/2019
Ireland US anti-gay pastor Steven Anderson banned from Ireland Controversial pastor Steven Anderson has become the first person to be banned from Ireland under a 20-year-old immigration law. 13/05/2019
United Kingdom UK petition to cancel Brexit passes 6m signatures A petition to revoke Article 50 and cancel Brexit passed 6 million signatures on Sunday. 31/03/2019
United Kingdom Meet the grandma behind the record-breaking petition to reverse Brexit The septuagenarian's delight at seeing her petition take off quickly turned to fear when she received three death threats by phone around midnight on Friday, going into Saturday. 23/03/2019
United Kingdom 'Give all dogs guns': the UK petitions that didn't make it before MPs We can see why some of these petitions didn't make it to the House of Commons. 22/03/2019
View Europeans, let’s take back control of our future! | View We, citizens of the Union, of all opinions and origins, we Europeans, believe it is first of all we who are Europe and we who make Europe – and that people must be reminded of this fact. 20/12/2018
France 200,000 rally around French bus driver who slapped teen boy His colleagues say the teenager insulted the driver after dangerously crossing the street in front of the bus. 18/09/2018
Hungary Watch: Man's 'pothole swim' paves way for town's new road A man went for a swim in his pothole-ridden roads in Kecel, Hungary. Three days later, the roads were being repaired. 14/06/2018
Iceland Over 18,000 people sign petition calling on Iceland to boycott Israel Eurovision "Icelandic people generally feel for the Palestinian people and their plight,” petition founder Árni Steingrímur Sigurðsson told Euronews. 16/05/2018
Austria Popular backlash forces government rethink as Austrians mobilise again Plans to scrap a smoking ban due to come into force in May has created uproar in the medical community, and spawned a successful petition of nearly half a million signatures, forcing a parliamentary debate. 19/02/2018
Switzerland Thousands sign Swiss petition to keep Trump away from Davos forum “A president, a human being who does not believe in anything that, in our view, constitutes a civilized society, has no place here in Switzerland.” 11/01/2018
USA Nearly 20-year-old McDonald's sauce sells for $14,700 USD A packet of McDonald’s Szechuan dipping sauce from 1998 sold in an online auction after a $14,700 USD bid. 21/04/2017
