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Inside the Democratic reboot: Joy, hope and fear
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Inside the Democratic reboot: Joy, hope and fear

Biden’s withdrawal lifted the pall over the party, but Kamala Harris doesn’t have much time to turn the conversation to Trump’s conduct rather than her own.

July 22, 2024 5:31 pm CET
15 experts predict what Biden’s dropout means for the 2024 election
‘There’s more to come’: What the Trump shooting says about domestic extremism
An expert on political violence sees a way out of America’s crisis
Trump shooting: Nigel Farage blames liberals and mainstream media
How Le Pen’s far right blew it

How Le Pen’s far right blew it

July 10, 2024 4:00 am CET
Labour’s top policy priorities

Labour’s top policy priorities

July 6, 2024 3:40 pm CET
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Dagestan bans niqab in response to deadly terror attacks

Move could anger some prominent Muslim figures.

July 3, 2024 2:04 pm CET

Nigel Farage battles the hard right’s fatal flaw

Europe’s nationalists have often struggled to field a clean sheet of respectable candidates.

July 2, 2024 4:01 am CET

Far right seizes France’s conservative heartlands

Growing grievances over a rural-urban divide help Marine Le Pen’s National Rally make inroads.

June 26, 2024 4:01 am CET

Espionage and cyberattack threat reaches new dimension in Germany, interior minister warns

Russia adjusted its intelligence strategy following the expulsion of its diplomats in 2023, Nancy Faeser said.

June 18, 2024 1:24 pm CET

French election descends into madcap reality TV

The French political class is tearing itself apart with feuding and backbiting ahead of this month’s vote.

June 14, 2024 4:00 am CET

Fully updated: Our Labour policy tracker

Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.

June 13, 2024 7:44 pm CET

AfD politician stabbed by man wielding box cutter

Germany has seen a string of violent attacks on politicians, sparking a national debate over the violence.

June 5, 2024 4:34 pm CET

Killing of German police officer inflames migration debate ahead of EU election 

Focus on immigration and Islamist extremism could benefit the far right in the final days of the campaign.

June 3, 2024 4:58 pm CET

Mapped: Europe’s rapidly rising right

Hard-right forces are gaining ground ahead of next month’s European Parliament election.

May 24, 2024 4:01 am CET

Free media face crackdown from Croatia’s new leaders

Nationalists joining PM Andrej Plenkovic’s new coalition have demanded cuts to funding for an independent newspaper.

May 14, 2024 7:15 pm CET

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency can continue to surveil far-right AfD, high court rules

The court ruled that the agency is justified in classifying Alternative for Germany as a suspected extremist organization due to statements “against the principals of democracy.”

May 13, 2024 2:42 pm CET

Europe’s Orthodox world is in moral turmoil

As Patriarch Kirill of Moscow grows increasingly radical, Orthodox priests and their congregations in Moldova and Estonia have starting severing ties with their Russian leadership.

May 13, 2024 4:01 am CET
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Europe, let’s get uncomfortable

Step out of the comfort zone — and away from ‘false prophets’ of populist rhetoric — for prosperity, security and peace, urges ALDE Party’s lead candidate.

May 7, 2024 5:00 am CET

Russian journalist who covered Navalny’s trial is arrested for extremism

Moscow court charged Antonina Favorskaya with participating in the activities of late Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation.

March 30, 2024 3:57 pm CET

Putin the autocrat comes of age

Тhe Moscow attack by radical Islamists could have been a wake-up call. But it doesn’t seem like it will be.

March 30, 2024 1:29 am CET

From Navalny to Gaza: Human rights activists need to connect the dots

Those who truly care about human rights need to change their approach, and call out autocratic regimes — like Iran and Russia — and their support for terrorism.

March 22, 2024 4:09 am CET

Far-right AfD moves to make amends with Le Pen

The French far-right leader has tried to distance herself from Germany’s AfD following revelations of a clandestine extremist meeting.

February 23, 2024 7:20 pm CET

Biden says no mistake: ‘Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death’

Saying he’s ‘outraged’ by the death, Biden tells Congress to “step up” and pass supplemental aid to help Ukraine.

February 16, 2024 8:18 pm CET

Navalny never wanted to be a dissident

Once upon a time, Alexey Navalny wanted to be a normal politician in a normal country. Now that’s just a fantasy.

February 16, 2024 7:51 pm CET

Germany looks to prevent far-right takeover of the judiciary

As the AfD maintains strong support in polls, German leaders see Poland and Hungary as cautionary tales.

February 12, 2024 4:00 am CET

Italian farmers to cross the Rubicon with Rome blockade

Government fearmongering backfires as populist protest movements turn on Meloni.

February 9, 2024 3:50 pm CET

Germany’s rude political awakening

The country’s domestic politics are becoming dysfunctional just when Berlin’s leadership on the world stage may be needed most.

January 29, 2024 4:00 am CET

Russia convicts Putin-critic MH17 killer for ‘inciting extremism’ 

Extreme nationalist Igor Girkin gets four-year prison term.

January 25, 2024 12:17 pm CET

Finland to Israel: ‘Enough is enough’ in Gaza

The time for self-defense ‘is over,’ says Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen.

January 25, 2024 12:06 pm CET
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