The rookie leader of a small party of centrists will probably decide who runs Sweden as a deadlocked election goes to the wire.

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On Sept. 6, the Alternative for Germany party is expected to break through the country’s political “firewall.”

No longer banned from next year’s presidential election, Le Pen is a far more formidable force than her understudy, Jordan Bardella, says Mujtaba Rahman of Europe at Eurasia Group

'Room for Hope' (1/6). High voter abstention, unfulfilled political promises and the growing influence of authoritarian movements have weakened democracies. In response to this crisis, Belgian writer ...

EDITORIAL. Social democrats and Greens have so far failed to compete with radical left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Doing so is essential to avoid the 2027 presidential election becoming a showdown b...

And it will teach you how to build a financial portfolio fit for a post-growth future.

The rise in the polls of the leader of National Future, a party with an identitarian and masculinist vision founded by the former member of the League, has prompted the parties in Giorgia Meloni's coa...

A new Europe Elects projection suggests Europe’s mainstream parties could lose their EU-level majority, reflecting the growing strength of right-wing and populist forces. #EuropeNews

Martin Wolf on Daron Acemoglu’s urgent rallying cry for a new politics of shared prosperity

OP-ED. The German chancellor, who finds himself increasingly isolated, even within his own party, repeatedly makes missteps and fails to set a clear political course for Germany, laments Franco-German...

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The rise of Roberto Vannacci.

Poland’s leading opposition party has broken apart, but that may not help PM Donald Tusk.

Germany was once seen as Europe’s anchor of stability. Now Friedrich Merz’s own party is discussing whether the chancellor should go after little more than a year in office.

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Luuk van Middelaar, a Dutch scholar, is emerging as the continent’s master strategist.

European leaders are converging on a tougher view of Beijing, but concrete action remains elusive

There must be a global agreement on how the technology is controlled

German sociologist Andreas Reckwitz: "...the climate crisis has robbed many people of their belief in the future of the planet. Russia’s attack on Ukraine shook Europe’s faith in the existing securit...

Disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz have exposed how deeply food systems depend on fossil fuels and geopolitical stability, while highlighting the absence of a long-term transition strategy. For p...

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Let me make clear immediately that I have taken this headline from an article published in Politico yesterday written by Giorgio Leali and collaborators immediately following the conclusion of the inf...

Ireland is the second richest country in Europe, and this week a single protest shut it down. Here's why.