Olaf Scholz, German chancellor, is speaking during the last rally for SPD before the Europa election 2024 at Koenig Heinrich square in Duisburg, Germany, on June 8, 2024. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images Pressure is mounting on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after the far-right AfD made substantial gains in the European Union election … Read more
Italy’s far-right leader, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has reinforced her political dominance both at home and within the European Union. Her Brothers of Italy party clinched a notable 28 per cent of the votes in the European elections, strengthening her leadership and influence. Election Results Projections by state broadcaster RAI, based on nearly 70 per … Read more
This photograph shows European countries’ flags waving in front of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, eastern France, on June 6, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images) Sebastien Bozon | Afp | Getty Images The final, and biggest, day of voting in the European Union elections was … Read more
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen isn’t on the ballot at the weekend’s European Parliament election but she’s likely to emerge as one of its biggest winners. Polls expect her National Rally party to be the top vote-getter in France, trouncing President Emmanuel Macron’s moderate pro-business party. And across Europe, the anti-immigration, nationalist ideas Le … Read more
Surveillance cameras are mounted above the German and Chinese flags in front of Tongji University. Scholz is on a three-day trip to China. Michael Kappeler/dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany has arrested a national on charges of spying for the Chinese secret service and leaking information from the European Parliament, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s … Read more
French farmers began moving on Paris Monday, threatening to choke off major highways and to blockade the capital as they demand better working conditions. For days, nationwide protests have flared in the European Union’s largest agriculture producing country, with farmers angered by insufficient income, red tape and environmental policies they say undermine their ability to … Read more
Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the investiture debate at the Spanish Parliament on Nov. 15, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. Isabel Infantes | Getty Images News | Getty Images The rise of far-right political groups is the “biggest concern” for Western democracies, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told CNBC. “I think that not only … Read more
