Time for the EU to close the Brexit chapter – POLITICO
Almost 10 years after the Brexit referendum of 2016, the language from some European officials has barely changed.…
In Transylvania, fear haunts Romania’s troubled democracy – POLITICO
“There is a lot of hate in this campaign. I have received threats personally, and been told pro-Europeans…
Trump costs conservatives the Australian election, and 4 other takeaways – POLITICO
Albanese’s win mirrored the stunning victory of Mark Carney’s center-left Liberal Party in Canada, where conservative Pierre Poilievre…
‘While voters are disenchanted with Labour, they’re not necessarily willing to go back to Tories’
‘While voters are disenchanted with Labour, they’re not necessarily willing to go back to Tories’ And for more…
bne IntelliNews – Protesters return to towns and cities across Slovakia against cabinet’s NGO bill
Protesters returned to the towns and cities across Slovakia in response to the NGO bill, which the left-right…
bne IntelliNews – Slovakia’s populist PM Fico signs agreement with ex-ruling coalition legislators, restoring parliamentary majority
Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has signed an agreement with Samuel Migal and Radomir Salitros, who were…
Donald Trump’s Chimerical Foreign Policy
This weekend, for the first time, I felt a twinge of nostalgia for the Trump 2016 campaign. Or…
Trump has a new European leader coming to his doorstep – POLITICO
Jean-Claude Trichet, the former head of the European Central Bank, told POLITICO that having a foreigner helm a…
How Czech-Slovak relations went south as Robert Fico turned east – POLITICO
Fico and Babiš — both former members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia — have always had friendly…
Alice Weidel took the German far right to new heights. Here’s how she did it. – POLITICO
Weidel doesn’t obviously fit the bill of a right-wing radical. But her journey from conservative economist to far-right…
bne IntelliNews – Progressive Slovakia maintains lead as Fico pushes to keep his coalition together
The largest opposition party, centrist Progressive Slovakia, is maintaining its lead (24.6%) in the latest poll, by NMS…
Germany’s far right crashes through the firewall – POLITICO
“We will introduce them independently of who approves them,” Merz said — a statement that was taken to…