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Populism in Europe

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Giorgia Meloni
    Giorgia Meloni rejects deal on EU top jobs after talks snub

    Italian PM visibly upset after leaders of centrist parties excluded her from initial discussions

    Giorgia Meloni arrives for an informal EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Monday
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Media
    Austrian left pledges free newspaper access for young readers

    Social democrats promise to fund media subscriptions for those aged 16-30 in effort to tackle disinformation

    A mobile news stand in Vienna
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Janan Ganesh
    Don’t blame neoliberalism for the rise of the hard right

    Populism is often strongest in big-spending social democracies

    President Emmanuel Macron
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    French politics
    Macron appeals for rivals to join his fight against ‘extremist fever’

    French president scolds politicians who seek to form alliances as either end of political spectrum

    Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, speaks at a news conference in Paris
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Jordan Bardella: the far-right TikTok king gunning for France’s premiership

    The 28-year-old party leader has outshone his mentor Marine Le Pen on the campaign trail

    Jordan Bardella in the crowd performing selfies with activists at the Palais des Congres in Perpignan
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Janan Ganesh
    The last best hope against populism is to expose it to government

    Macron has concluded that power often tames radical parties or demonstrates their incompetence

    Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left and lead candidate of the party for the upcoming European election Jordan Bardella
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Why Macron went all in against Le Pen

    President of France makes risky bet on staving off ascendant far right

    Emmanuel Macron
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    European Parliament elections
    German far right expels SS apologist from European parliament caucus

    Maximilian Krah was elected as lead candidate of Alternative for Germany, but will sit outside any parliamentary group

    Maximilian Krah,
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    European Parliament elections
    Far right makes significant gains in European parliament elections

    Projections suggest they are on course to win almost a quarter of the 720 seats in bloc’s legislature

    Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    News in-depthEuropean Parliament elections
    Von der Leyen treads narrow path to second term

    EU election result squeezes European Commission president’s options for majority

    Ursula von de Leyen
  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    News in-depthEuropean Parliament elections
    The ruthless haggle to convert EU votes into ‘money, staff and power’

    New cohort of 720 lawmakers will take 24 days to shape alliances crucial to parliament’s next term

  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    An insider’s account of the AfD: ‘The wrong people stayed’

    As Germany’s far-right celebrates a strong performance in European parliament elections, a former leader argues the party has lost its way

  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Italian politics
    Italy’s Meloni government sparks outrage with stamp of fascist figure

    AS Roma club founder Italo Foschi was a loyal supporter of dictator Benito Mussolini

    AS Roma supporters wave a flag, bearing the portrait of team founder Italo Foschi, ahead of the UEFA Europa League final between Sevilla and AS Roma in Budapest in May 2023
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    European Parliament elections
    Wilders overtaken by centre left in EU elections

    Exit polls show Dutch far-right Freedom party is one seat behind Labour/Green alliance

    Geert Wilders speaks to the media in The Hague on Thursday
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    News in-depth
    Romania’s far right evokes Vlad the Impaler — and Trump

    Ultranationalist AUR party gaining ground ahead of EU elections with pledge to ‘make Romania great again’

    AUR leader George Simion speaks at a rally with an actor dressed as Vlad the Impaler behind him
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    ExplainerEuropean Parliament elections
    What to look out for in European parliament elections

    Four-day vote will set direction of EU policy and shape top jobs appointments

  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    German politics
    German policeman’s killing deepens political chasm ahead of EU vote

    Far right Alternative for Germany seizes on crime perpetrated by Afghan migrant to stoke fear

    Police standing between protesters
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
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    Russia-China pipeline deal stalls

    Internal divisions linger at OpenAI

  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Ivan Krastev
    The European elections will be a rough ride for the political mainstream

    Parties of the far right are set to prosper, but will also face challenges of their own

    Montage of an array of hands holding ballot papers againstthe background of an EU flag
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    How the far right is winning over young Europeans

    Rightwing populist parties are making inroads into a demographic fed up with economic insecurity and immigration policy

    A combination image of the three young AfD supporters
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    European Parliament elections
    Von der Leyen’s bid for second term in trouble over Meloni ties

    European Commission president outreach to right-wing Italian PM has irked centre-left and liberal politicians

    President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why Belgium’s far right is set to win the election — but not independence Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: EU foreign ministers wrestle with an unruly periphery

    Tom Van Grieken
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    News in-depth
    Divided Belgium pulled to political extremes

    Far-right and far-left parties set to become largest forces in parliament after June 9 vote

    Paul Magnette, left, Tom Van Grieken, right
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Alternative for Germany
    EU’s far-right bloc expels Germany’s AfD

    Top candidate’s interview defending SS prompts Alternative for Germany’s ejection from European parliament group

    Maximilian Krah listens while in the European parliament in Strasbourg, France
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Alternative for Germany
    Germany’s far right in turmoil after its top candidate defends SS

    Maximilian Krah steps down from AfD board and suspends campaigning after saying not all SS members were criminals

    Maximilian Krah speaks to media
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