EUROPEAN POLITICS
Hundreds of foreign royals and heads of state are expected to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday (19 September) — one of the biggest diplomatic gatherings in decades. Westminster Abbey has space for around 2,000…
Italy’s anti-immigration leader Matteo Salvini, who is trailing the far-right’s Giorgia Meloni in the polls ahead of next week’s general election, sought on Sunday (18 September) to galvanise his hard-right, populist, eurosceptic base. “This is Italy, full of hope and…
Citing worries over corruption in Hungary, the European Commission proposed on Sunday (18 September) to suspend one-third of the cohesion funds allocated to the country if its reform efforts remain insufficient in the coming two months. In a meeting on…
Serbian police arrested over 30 people as thousands of LGBTQ activists turned out for Belgrade’s EuroPride march on Saturday (17 September), despite a government ban. The event had been intended as the cornerstone event of the EuroPride gathering. But the…
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has won elections and therefore is a democratic leader, far-right candidate for the Italian elections, Giorgia Meloni said on Friday (16 September), in light of a European Parliament resolution concluding Hungary can no longer be defined…
The reaction to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union speech on Wednesday has been somewhat mixed, with leaders calling for more ambition and a focus on the green transition. European People’s Party President Manfred…
On Wednesday night, a political storm broke out as the results of the Swedish elections came in. They confirmed the fears of many Swedish and European political commentators: with 20,1%, the far-right Sweden Democrats became the second biggest political force of…
Lawmakers in the European Parliament have backed a new law designed to strengthen the role of European political parties and make it easier for them to secure funding, including from parties outside the EU. The draft law, adopted on Thursday…
EU lawmakers have condemned the bloc’s failure to confront Hungary over breaches of rule of law and values, saying that the country has become a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” and can no longer be defined as a democracy. In…
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The head of Sweden’s Moderate Party, Ulf Kristersson, said on Wednesday (14 September) he would begin consultations to form a new government after Prime Minster Magdalena Andersson conceded her Social Democrats had lost the weekend’s general election. The Moderates, Sweden…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her backing for a constitutional convention to reform the EU treaties in her State of the Union speech on Wednesday (14 September), insisting that leaders must be ‘serious’ about EU reform. Addressing…