The legislative and executive powers are now engaged in a form of institutional one-upmanship. Emmanuel Macron, threatened by a motion of censure, answered with another threat: the dissolution of the National Assembly.

German EU top brass continues to try to interfere with the formation of the Italian government following the resounding success of Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia. An open letter by the EU vice president now insinuates Meloni denies the Holocaust.

The French believe a union of the Rights is highly unlikely in the French political landscape, and perhaps more significantly, they consider coalitions undesirable.

This comes in addition to the €130 million Sanchez has already earmarked for the Global Fund, of which Bill Gates is a key partner. 

None of the parties catering to Latvia’s ethnic Russian minority, which makes up more than 25% of the country’s 1.9 million population, managed to secure a seat. 

Demonstrators called for the government’s resignation, sanctions against Russia to be scrapped, and for the country’s withdrawal from NATO, the EU, UN, and the WHO.

Meloni distinguished herself from her two allies in the centre-right coalition, Matteo Salvini’s Lega and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia, who were much more cautious on the subject, by virtue of their relatively good relations with Vladimir Putin in the past.

For the Italians, there is no ‘fascism’ attached to Giorgia Meloni. Her coalition is centre-right, full stop. On the other side of the Alps, the repeated use of the word ‘fascist’ dispenses with any nuanced analysis; few articles actually look at Meloni’s programme.

If the election were held this Sunday, AfD would garner 27% of the total vote in the eastern federal states, placing them one percentage point ahead of the CDU.

The national-conservative, anti-globalist FPÖ increased its share of the vote to 18.8% in the Tyrol’s state elections on Sunday, overtaking the leftist SPÖ as the second most popular party.

The much-maligned German gas levy is about to be scrapped, said leading politicians of the governing SPD. What will replace it, however, is yet to be decided. Green politicians are lobbying for filling the financial gap with tax money.

After Ursula von der Leyen threatened Italians not to vote conservative prior to the election on Sunday, high ranking EU politicians on the Left continue to make their disapproval of the election results heard.