While negotiators were restricted from giving interviews, it is believed that disputes over immigration and green policy were the main stumbling blocks to an agreement.

If the migrant quotas nonetheless do come into force, Warsaw is prepared to simply refuse compliance, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party confirmed.

Coalition talks are expected to reach their conclusion shortly after the centre-right National Coalition Party settled a dispute over immigration policy with the Finns Party.

The federal interior ministry—generally responsible for determining whose asylum claims are legitimate—has outsourced this task to the approximately 100 NGOs involved in the program.

The UK and the Netherlands have vowed to create an international “fighter jet coalition” to help Kyiv procure F-16s and other aircraft. France and Belgium have promised to train Ukrainian pilots, however, no aircraft has been pledged so far.

If coalition talks between the FPÖ and the ÖVP are successful and a government in Salzburg is formed, it would be the third Austrian state where the Right is in charge.

Although Prime Minister-elect Petteri Orpo admitted that considerable differences exist among the four potential coalition members, he is confident that an agreement can be reached to form a government.

“There are more battles to come,” conservative MEP Charlie Weimers noted, observing that the decision would prevent effective border control and enshrine migrant quotas in the new Asylum and Immigration Pact.

Petkov believes that no alliance is possible with Borissov and his party, GERB, without disavowing his initial political commitment. For Borissov, this is nothing less than “stubbornness.”

The coalition crisis shows that the green policies, which are already causing a populist upset in much of Europe, are now creating instability in one of the EU’s most powerful governments.

Meloni slammed potential peace talks with Moscow in defiance of the wishes of a significant proportion of Italians who disapprove of the support Italy is giving Ukraine in its war with Russia.

With the FPÖ topping national polls, the coalition’s terms—which include a compensation package for the COVID pandemic measures—show that the FPÖ may lead a future right wing collaboration.