The right-wing populist Progress Party surged to its best result in a national election, doubling its share of the vote to around 24 percent and relegating the Conservatives to being only the third-largest force in parliament. Conservative leader Erna Solberg…
In reality, though, the risks of failure are high. Laurent Wauquiez, Les Républicains’ parliamentary leader, warned on Monday his party would not support a Socialist government that is too deeply inspired by other more radical left-wing parties with which they…
Opponents of French Prime Minister François Bayrou look near certain to bring down his minority government early next month over his plans to slash the budget by nearly €44 billion. Since snap elections last summer delivered a hung parliament, Macron…
“In fact, let us call it by its name – it is simply a lie.” 6. Socialists and liberals are seizing the chance to assert themselves “He who laughs last, laughs longest” may have been in the heads of Socialist…
Meloni 2.0 Simion has cited right-wing Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a political hero and called for the “Melonization” of Europe. George Simion founded his AUR party in 2019 after a failed bid for election to the European Parliament…