EU institutions, elections, parties, and governance
The European Union is grappling with serious internal divisions over migration quotas, defense budgets, and trade deals. These fractures are testing the bloc’s ability to govern itself effectively.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for coordinated global action to combat hate speech, warning that its reach is expanding rapidly across new digital platforms. Governments, tech firms and civil society groups are being urged to close the gaps that allow extremist content to spread unchecked.
The EU Kids Act will require gamers to verify their age before accessing video games and online platforms across Europe. The sweeping legislation could reshape how millions of players — and developers — operate online.
Turkish courts have remanded 62 LGBTQ activists and supporters in custody after a weekend crackdown. An expert says Erdoğan sees LGBTQ rights as a direct threat to his vision of a strong, masculine state.
President Donald Trump on Monday brushed off mounting concerns about dangerous artificial intelligence, calling them part of a ‘sick conspiracy.’ The remarks put him at odds with a growing chorus of tech executives and security experts demanding tighter safeguards.
Marine Le Pen launched her 2027 presidential campaign in Hénin-Beaumont on Sunday, ankle tag and all, defying a recent criminal conviction that has done little to dent her poll numbers. With the left still fragmented and no clear centrist rival in sight, she remains the candidate to beat.
Denise Cosco testified against her own father and the ‘Ndrangheta over her mother’s murder — a act of courage that defined and darkened the rest of her life. She has died at 43, leaving Italy’s anti-mafia community in mourning.
Thursday’s Republican midterms convention revealed sharp strategic shifts on immigration, the economy, and Social Security. Here are the four moments that will define the party’s closing argument heading into November.
Germany’s coalition government is dangerously close to cementing its own decline by ignoring the AfD’s 38 percent victory in Saxony-Anhalt, a political scientist warns. The silence from Berlin, experts say, is doing the far right’s recruitment work for it.
President Lula heads into Brazil’s 2026 election cycle as a strong but tested candidate, facing a painful gap between economic data and daily hardship for millions of voters. King’s College London expert Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos breaks down what’s really driving Brazil’s polarised political moment.
