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Gregori Saavedra

'Send them back!': why Europe’s populists are repackaging old ideas

A loss of trust in the traditional ruling parties, a backlash against multiculturalism and economic stagnation have seen far more Europeans willing to listen to right-wing solutions to their problems

Christopher Phillips 18 October 2025
Sara Gironi Carnevale

Marie Le Pen: The French populist sentenced for graft

A court found the National Rally leader guilty of embezzling EU funds and slapped her with a five-year ban on running for political office. But it's too early to write her political obituary just yet.

Con Coughlin 05 April 2025

Marie Le Pen banned from running in French presidential race

Fares Garabet 03 April 2025
Protesters hold up banners reading "Yes to Peace - No to NATO" (R) and "Wages up - armament down" as they attend an anti-war demonstration in Munich on February 15, 2025, on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference. Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP

Western liberalism is in retreat

With the most powerful Western country—and a historic advocate of liberalism—now governed by right-wing populists, liberals will spend the next few years fighting to stay relevant

Christopher Phillips 11 March 2025
Sara Padovan

Is Trump’s election a boost for Europe’s populists?

Many expect Trump's election will boost the populist cause in Europe, whether hopeful right-wingers or fearful leftists and centrists. Yet, the reality will likely be more nuanced.

Christopher Phillips 24 December 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 9, 2024. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP

Two stirring speeches and one anti-fascist song tell a story of a divided Europe

How a fiery speech by far-right Hungarian PM Victor Orbán at the European Parliament, followed by an unusually stirring speech by Ursula von der Leyen, inspired a group of MPs to break out into song

Bryn Haworth 21 October 2024
Migrants disembark from a lifeboat on the southeast coast of England after being picked up at sea while crossing the English Channel from France on August 16, 2023. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

Europe's leaders take notes on Meloni's tough migration stance

At a time when so many European leaders are facing intense political pressure to resolve the migrant crisis, the Italian PM's ability to reduce illegal migration by 60% has turned heads

Con Coughlin 29 September 2024
Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024, during the 'Enough is Enough' demonstration held in reaction to the fatal stabbings in Southport on July 29. Peter Powell / AFP

How rising racism and divisive politics stoked a summer of social discontent in Europe

Knife attacks in Germany and widespread far-right violence in England mark a new style of threat, but the problem itself is old

Khattar Abu Diab 10 September 2024

The rise of the far right in Germany

Fares Garabet 05 September 2024
Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla hold a press conference after state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Far-right gains in East Germany send shockwaves across Europe

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose approval ratings are at a historic low, is now facing calls to dissolve the national government and call a fresh general election

Con Coughlin 04 September 2024
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Saudi investment summit convenes at a pivotal moment for the region

25 October 2025

It will be the largest gathering since the inception of the Future Investment Initiative in 2017, with 600 speakers set to address the four-day event and an impressive lineup of attendees

Maher Chmaytelli
People walk amid the destruction in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on October 11, 2025, a day after a ceasefire took effect. AFP
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Gaza's partition: Palestinian peril dressed up as pragmatism

26 October 2025

Presented as post-war stabilisation, an experiment in controlled fragmentation appears to be underway, with diplomacy, security, and commerce converging to cement a new geopolitical order

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
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Politics

Japan quietly prepares itself amid China's rise

23 October 2025

While the world discusses Beijing's ascendancy and the rivalry among great powers, Tokyo forges its own path—one dotted with patience, discipline, and strength

Ibrahim Hamidi
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Politics

Is the US going to war with Venezuela?

26 October 2025

A string of recent statements from US President Donald Trump, coupled with American naval deployments this month, makes for a compelling case. But could this just be psychological warfare?

Tarek Rashed
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Why Gen Z is so mad

24 October 2025

Economic displacement driven by AI has alienated an entire generation, and they are not going down quietly

Steve Hewitt

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