
Portuguese Left in Freefall After Chega’s Electoral Surge
The Portuguese Left is without political leadership, devoid of electoral strategy, and increasingly bereft of institutional power.

The Portuguese Left is without political leadership, devoid of electoral strategy, and increasingly bereft of institutional power.
The two leaders debated differences on economic policy and disagreements over German internal politics and the state of free speech.

A journalist who crossed the border unhindered several times calls the CDU’s crackdown “window-dressing.”
The nearly €1 billion taxpayer funds spent on pro-EU propaganda in the past decade is “likely a conservative estimate,” the author of MCC Brussels’ latest report said.

This is about more than words. The ‘far right’ slander is being used by the authorities to justify far-reaching attacks on democracy.
Health services and police are struggling to keep up with fast-moving trafficking networks and a surge in synthetic drugs.
Amid rising European sympathy for Hamas-led Gaza, Germany says backing Palestinian statehood now would be a gift to terrorists.
All 17 Bulgarian MEPs accused the report’s author of bias and links to Skopje, prompting the European Parliament to postpone the vote.
The Tory and Reform UK leaders will table a parliamentary motion against ratifying a ‘surrender’ treaty.

Unable to control crime, the government now targets beachside smokers.
The attack at the peaceful march supporting Israeli hostages comes just ten days after two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed.
The Polish president-elect has ruled out Ukraine joining NATO.
The attacker shouted “free Palestine” before hurling incendiary devices, hurting eight people.
The German president highlighted the importance of Poland and Germany cooperating closely “based on democracy and the rule of law,” while Orbán stressed the need for strengthening the Visegrád cooperation.
More than 71% of Poland’s 29 million voting age citizens cast their ballots on Sunday, with a slight majority choosing conservative historian Karol Nawrocki.
The French capital and other cities across France descended into chaos on Saturday night following the Paris Saint-Germain–Inter Milan football match.
The free world should embrace the open flow of investment capital and business ideas, not stifle them with political suspicion.