The latest polling data revealed that if elections were held this weekend, the AfD would collect a record high 23% of the national vote, just three percentage points behind the establishment CDU/CSU.

A mere 38% of respondents reported feeling satisfied with Austria’s political system in 2022, down from 67% who gave the same answer in 2018.

In an almost comedic turn of fortune, a recount in Madrid—to the benefit of the conservative PP—could mean the socialists will require the single in-person vote of exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont.

An advisory body for the Council of Europe has come out strongly against the law, noting that its approval this close to Poland’s general elections this fall would create an uneven playing field.

While a PP voter is the closest thing to a VOX voter, a PP leader—at least Feijóo—is the closest thing to a PSOE leader.

Nigel Farage’s de-banking crisis has led to a wider debate about banks prioritising social issues over investment strategies. Conservative states in the US are already leading the way in the fight for common sense.

The talk Clauser prepared for the IMF was titled “Let’s talk—How much can we trust IPCC climate predictions?”

Anti-war candidates are expected to win the day as the AfD meets in Magdeburg to decide on its list system for the 2024 European elections.

Spain’s political impasse looks set to drag on as both the Left and Right search for coalition partners. Meanwhile, VOX leader Santiago Abascal blamed polling companies for spoiling the day for populists.

Besides mass protests to contend with, Israel faces the risk of its public sector being crippled. The head of Israel’s main public sector union said he would meet with other union officials to discuss the possibility of declaring a “general labor dispute in the economy,” which they would activate “if necessary until a complete shutdown is achieved.”

With Spain in the EU presidency and European elections coming up next year, the shortfall of the Right in Spain is having repercussions in Brussels as well.

Were the PP to govern now, it is unlikely that it would try to resolve the asymmetries of the Spanish system on display during these elections, especially with Núñez Feijóo at the helm.