French Elections: The Revenge of the Left?
The efforts of the Left and centre to keep Le Pen’s RN out of government would leave France in the rut of immigration, insecurity, and loss of self-confidence.
The efforts of the Left and centre to keep Le Pen’s RN out of government would leave France in the rut of immigration, insecurity, and loss of self-confidence.
The new four-party government in the Hague is heading for a precedent-setting Brussels showdown with Brussels.
Brussels’ established socialists have undermined the ambitions of the Sahra Wagenknecht-led faction.
The Commission chief has no choice but to give in to socialists’ blackmail and forge an even more leftist coalition in Brussels—the opposite of what Europe voted for.
As Warsaw and Berlin tighten their future security cooperation, the Polish conservative opposition accuses Donald Tusk of serving German interests.
The coalition government has promised the country’s “strictest ever” immigration controls.
The European Commission chief will need the backing of one or both groups to be guaranteed reelection, but in public, Meloni’s ECR is being sidelined again.
Promising same-sex unions during the campaign allowed PM Tusk to scoop up a larger share of the leftist vote, but delivering on that promise would alienate many of his primary, center-right voters.
The RN’s rise is spectacular, but it would be naïve to underestimate the capacity of the political system, dominated by the Left, to defend itself in order to survive.
“It is up to us, the European right, to enforce the will of European voters.”
Breakthrough electoral performance by the Flemish nationalists last week prompts militants to attack the party’s Brussels headquarters.
The bloc, which could include the ECR, would fight against corruption and illegal immigration, Andre Ventura, leader of Portugal’s Chega explained.
Two former Portuguese colonies are pressing for closer ties to Russia, against a backdrop of military coups and political repression.
Italian PM Meloni now plays kingmaker behind closed doors.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala admitted that the results reflected the mood of the society.
While the self-employed showed relative preference for Matteo Salvini’s Lega, the PM’s party easily overcame socialists as the favoured party of the Italian working class.
The Left is showing its capacity to unite while the Right squabbles.
“We’ve sorted it out! Agreement on everything! A new cabinet,” Wilders wrote on X.
Calling national conservatives “Nazis” for opinions that were mainstream just a few decades ago is just as counterproductive as Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” gaffe back in 2016.
Lawmakers accuse Russia of encouraging a huge influx of migrants across the 1,340 km border last year.
Ursula von der Leyen is scrambling for enough votes in the Parliament for reelection, and she could also be excluded from the talks in the Council about her own position.
The Hungarian PM said a conservative ECR-ID ‘superbloc’ could be the second largest in Parliament, but Czech premier Fiala wants a deal with centrists EPP instead.
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