Democracy
The West’s biggest vulnerability is internal
It’s time for wartime leadership in America and its democratic allies.
Anxious about Biden, Democratic donors begin looking to bolster down-ballot candidates
The magnificent mind of Emmanuel Macron
Marine Le Pen: 0. Kylian Mbappé: 1.
Le Pen’s National Rally to take control of far-right Patriots in EU Parliament
Biden tried to put his campaign crisis behind him. It isn’t working yet.
How Taiwan conquered US politics — and showed Europe how it’s done
Labour’s top policy priorities
A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.
Dutch, Spanish far-right parties to join Orbán’s Patriots for Europe
Hungarian leader needs only one more national party for his right-wing alliance to qualify as an official grouping in the European Parliament.
French government spokesperson attacked on campaign trail
PM Gabriel Attal condemns attack on Prisca Thevenot and her team and calls for “action, now.”
The Hulk jabs Macron ahead of key French election
“Now we will see if Macron cares about French Democracy in the way he claims to,” needles Mark Ruffalo.
Democrats begin attacking Biden’s performance and campaign
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said the president needs to step aside and usher in a “new generation of leaders.”
The Netherlands has a new government. Here are 3 things to know.
After the far right won the most votes, it’s now also a powerful force in the Dutch government.
France’s Le Pen, Macron and Mélenchon dealing with very different election hangovers
Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble spectacularly backfired, leaving his centrist alliance trailing the far right and far left.
Trump has sowed doubt in elections for more than a decade. The debate was the latest.
2012 was a “total sham.” He really won the popular vote in 2016. And then there’s 2020.
Biden plagiarized him in the 1980s. Now Neil Kinnock wants the president to take a few more notes.
A Q&A with Neil Kinnock, who inadvertently tanked Biden’s first presidential run and sees some similarities between the British left and the U.S. left.
What Nigel Farage learned from the American right
The U.K. Brexit champion hopes to emulate his friend Donald Trump’s destruction of the center right.
Giorgia Meloni hits out at EU top jobs backroom deal
The Italian prime minister also called the EU ‘an invasive bureaucratic giant.’
Georgia’s pro-EU parties unite in bid to oust government
New declaration calls on the West to help ensure free and fair elections in wake of “foreign agent” law outcry.
Fortress Hungary has a surprising answer to its population crisis: Migration
Quietly and without much fanfare, Viktor Orbán’s government is allowing more and more guest workers into the country.
Scotland’s independence warriors could be the UK election’s biggest losers
Model suggests the once-dominant Scottish National Party could lose 64.6 percent of the total seats it won in 2019 — an even higher share than the dire night projected for the Conservatives.
Join forces already, Orbán tells Meloni and Le Pen
Hungarian leader’s comments come after the French far-right leader pitched a united front to Italy’s prime minister.
Biden strikes security deal with Zelenskyy — but its future is in doubt
The move comes as President Biden aims to portray himself as the unquestioned leader of the West heading into November’s presidential election.
The 23 kookiest MEPs heading to the European Parliament
We made our own group of the most outlandish MEPs coming to the new European Parliament.
The secret arms deal that cost Putin an ally
Leaked files reveal betrayal by Russia’s proxies provoked Armenia to quit a military alliance with Moscow, in a blow to Vladimir Putin.