European political centre may regret borrowing from far-right’s migration playbook
By trying to cut off support for the far right, the European centre is normalising their extreme policies
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Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning ‘the centre cannot hold’
Liberal democratic leaders out or embattled in office; the right on the rise ... Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning that ‘the centre cannot hold’
Italy’s Meloni sees Trump defending western interests, engaging with Ukraine
Italian prime minister seeks to allay concerns that Trump might break with Washington’s traditional European allies as he pursues a Maga agenda
Giorgia Meloni meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago resort as Italian PM seeks to strengthen ties
Meloni is seen as a potentially strong partner for Trump given her conservative credentials
Giorgia Meloni masquerades as the ‘acceptable’ face of the far right, but nobody should be fooled
Worldview: Meloni is not bringing Italian post-fascism back to the centre ground and moderating it, but is polishing up a dangerous anti-democratic throwback
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The pronatalist movement has roots in creepy tradwife visions, but does that matter if it leads to financial supports for families?
Italy denies report on decree to counter UniCredit’s takeover bid for BPM
UniCredit announced an unsolicited €10bn takeover offer on Monday
The Irish Times view on Italy’s refugee policy: a setback for Meloni
A judge ruled that seven men brought to Albania by an Italian warship on Friday cannot be detained in Albania
‘He’s very angry with Europe’: Trump win puts EU on ‘bumpy road’, says former trade commissioner
Warning comes as European leaders congratulate Donald Trump on US election victory
Fabric of Europe’s political centre is stretched by immigration issue
Extreme right’s gains are forcing EU states to consider a hardened policy
Giorgia Meloni’s ‘thin-skinned’ government causes concern for press freedom in Italy
The right-wing prime minister’s administration is under fire for using legal action to ‘intimidate’ journalists
People don’t set small businesses on fire because they love their country
For all the rhetoric about opposing globalist elites, the far right clearly follows a form of globalism
Fundamental differences over economics may damage EU-wide right-wing alliance
Economics, although important, tend to be trumped by culture
Gideon Rachman: From France to America, the far right is on the march
Attitudes to democracy and the rule of law will define the distinctions in politics
France is politically goosed if Macron’s big gamble on a snap election fails
Le Pen could repeat her EU election performance in two weeks’ time, leaving French politics in gridlock. There could be consequences for Ireland
G7 agrees to use frozen Russian assets to fund $50 billion loan for Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskiy hails Kyiv’s new security deals with United States and Japan
There’s a much bigger problem in the EU than the rise of the far right
Millions of voters across Europe no longer think the EU represents their interests. There are two things it must do
Janan Ganesh: Macron’s election call is an act of cool logic
The last best hope against populism is to expose it to government
Von der Leyen’s chance of second term as European Commission president boosted by EPP performance
Centre-right European People’s Party upbeat about prospects for von der Leyen retaining role
The Irish Times view on the new European Parliament: a shift to the right
Old taboos about voting for parties with fascist associations are breaking down
European elections: Centre ‘holding’ in face of far-right parties, says von der Leyen
Election results: European Commission president says ‘we are the anchor of stability’, with European People’s Party projected to take 189 seats
Giorgia Meloni: The Italian Eurosceptic leader turned potential Brussels queenmaker
Hard-right Fratelli d’Italia set to top European poll and become bigger player in parliament
Parliamentary footsie among European right begins ahead of election
Europe Letter: Italy’s Giorgia Meloni being courted by both Ursula von der Leyen and Marine Le Pen
Out of his League: Italian far-right leader Matteo Salvini faces open revolt
Deputy prime minister under pressure after picking homophobic, pro-Russia candidate for European elections
Meloni’s radical plan: rewriting Italy’s post-fascist constitution
The prime minister says the current system leads to unstable governments. Opponents say her plan would weaken parliament and the president
Births in Italy drop to historic low
Just 379,000 babies were born in 2023 despite efforts to reverse decline
The Irish Times view on the European elections: containing the far-right surge
Negotiations in the Netherlands and Portugal foreshadow tough bargaining in the European Parliament after the votes are in
Europe’s leaders have woken up to hard power
Janan Ganesh: It is voters, not politicians, who set the bounds of what is possible
Von der Leyen vows to tackle threats to European peace as she moves closer to second term as EC president
Von der Leyen says she will increase support of Ukraine and clamp down on migrant smugglers
The world is burning, but Sinn Féin is focusing on the local elections
The party decided not to be the party of change on climate change, which may be a smart political calculation, but comes at a cost
Russia unleashes war propaganda offensive in Italy
Moscow ‘has a strong foothold’ in Italian towns with a far-right presence
Zelenskiy welcomes western leaders in Kyiv as Ukraine marks second anniversary of Russian invasion
Leaders arrive shortly after Russian drone attack on residential building in southern city of Odesa
Why does Lord of the Rings appeal to the radical right?
Hugh Linehan: Their take on Middle-earth mixes arrested adolescent kitsch with an undercurrent of menace
‘Say hello to your leprechauns’: Leo Varadkar targeted by Russian pranksters
Russian embassy denies involvement in hoax video call
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