
Is Bardella the New Victim of French ‘Political Justice’?
At the top of the polls, Marine Le Pen’s successor is seen as too dangerous to be allowed to rise unchecked.

At the top of the polls, Marine Le Pen’s successor is seen as too dangerous to be allowed to rise unchecked.

The Tories are sliding into irrelevance, leaving Nigel Farage’s populist party as Labour’s primary opponent.
President Petr Pavel has scheduled the parliamentary elections for October 3 and 4.

The betrayal of the party’s voters has resulted in a slump in support: CDU gathered 28.5% of the votes in the elections but is now polling at 24%.
Party leader Alice Weidel said “the citizens want political change.”
Only 32% think the CDU leader would make a good fit.

Pro-EU candidates are vying for the second spot, each armed with wildly different opinion polls to push others to withdraw.

Europeans do not share the Ukrainians’ firm belief in their victory and would like to see Kyiv negotiate a ceasefire settlement with Moscow—in line with the Hungarian EU presidency’s goals.

The explosion in crime, insecurity, and immigration explain the trend, pollsters say.

Support for Farage’s party has more than doubled from last week’s polls.