AfD has historic nine-point lead over CDU while Socialists collapse
The party now stands nine points ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU, which falls to its lowest level in five years with 20 per cent.
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French spies drop AI giant Palantir over US overreliance fears
France's domestic intelligence agency will stop working with American AI giant Palantir, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Tuesday, as European nations increasingly…
France and the ‘nationalist international’
Jordan Bardella, the man who will more likely than not be the next President of France, made headlines this week when he criticised President Donald Trump for being…
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Ukraine and Moldova open first cluster of EU accession talks after Hungary lifts Orbán veto
For the first time, the EU is negotiating membership with a country under invasion and a neighbour living in the war's shadow.
British government confirms social media ban for all under-16s
Starmer said the measure was necessary to protect children from what he described as the harmful effects of social media.
EU targets Russian Patriarch Kirill in biggest sanctions package in two years
His name was added to the bloc's 21st package of sanctions against Russia, presented in Brussels.
French regulator finds bias against National Rally at state-funded Radio France
The decision follows an analysis of airtime on France Inter and France Info between January 1 and March 31, 2026.
French president hopeful Bruno Retailleau wants mandatory chemical castration for sex offenders
"Given the difficulties surrounding mandatory prison sentences, we must consider other solutions".
Peru runoff stays too close to call as Fujimori and Sánchez deadlock
The electoral authority said it was still counting ballots from rural areas and from Peruvians abroad.
France hard Left party turns national team football jersey into campaign cash grab
At €25, each purchase is framed as both a gesture of sporting patriotism and direct campaign financing.
Left-wing violence surges over 42 per cent in Germany
Attacks on police officers were also driven almost exclusively by left-wing perpetrators.
ICC suspends chief prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct allegations
The unprecedented decision leaves the court’s high-profile investigations into conflicts including Ukraine, Gaza and the Philippines.
Polish court chips away at journalists’ right to protect their sources
Michał Rachoń, who works and broadcasts for conservative independent news channel TV Republika had his journalist’s confidentiality obligation lifted.
Vannacci officially launches Futuro Nazionale as lawmakers defect from Italy’s ruling right
He has presented the new party as a nationalist alternative to a government he argues has become too moderate on key issues.
Pashinyan wins Armenian election, cementing shift towards the EU
Turnout reached 58.97 per cent, up nearly 10 percentage points on the last election.
UEFA extends ban on Russian teams for a fifth season
The move means Russian clubs would again be absent from the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.
Prosecutors demand life term over Magdeburg Christmas market attack
Abdulmohsen drove a rented car into the crowded market on December 20, 2024. The dead were a nine-year-old boy and five women aged 45 to 75.
Armenia votes in election set to test Pashinyan’s tilt towards the West
Pashinyan has framed the ballot as a choice between lasting peace with Azerbaijan or a return to war.
Germany suffers humiliating defeat in bid for UN Security Council seat
This marks the first time in its history that Germany has failed in a bid for a non-permanent seat on the Council.
EU’s decline three times worse than Qing dynasty decline, French academic warns
One of France’s most influential foreign policy voices has delivered a stark warning: In relative terms, the European Union is declining three times faster than…
Henry Nowak’s killing reopens the battle over Britain’s Sikh kirpan exemption
The kirpan symbolises a duty to defend the faith and protect the weak, and is usually a small, sheathed dagger worn out of sight.
Some 75 per cent of Spaniards want fresh elections
The figures have landed as the governing Socialists face mounting legal scrutiny.
German socialists hit lowest score ever in national poll
The party now stands level with the hard-left Die Linke on 11 per cent, marking a new historic low for Germany’s oldest political party.
French Government defends PSG celebration policing despite death and 890 arrests
Interior minister Laurent Nuñez said the bulk of the festivities had passed off peacefully.
Frederiksen secures third Danish term with centre-left minority deal
The coalition brings together the Social Democrats, the Green Left party, the Social Liberal Party and the centrist Moderates.
Left-wing Wagenknecht vows to block CDU power in Saxony-Anhalt, even with AfD
"We want to do everything we can to ensure that there is no new CDU minister-president in Saxony-Anhalt".
The Volhynia massacre of 1943 still poisons the Polish attitude to Ukraine
For years, Poland was among Ukraine’s most loyal supporters in Europe.
Right-wing De la Espriella wins Colombia’s first round, sets up run-off with Petro-backed leftist
With most of the conservative vote now consolidating behind him, the right-wing lawyer enters the June 21 run-off as favourite against a divided left led by Petro's…
Malta’s Labour Party wins fourth consecutive term under Abela
The outcome handed a fresh mandate to Prime Minister Robert Abela, who had called the snap election a year early.
US Congress can’t make Trump stay in Europe
When President Donald Trump returned to power, the overwhelming reaction from European leadership was that they would need to grit their teeth for four years.