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in Europe‘Nobody was tricked into voting for Trump’: Why the disinformation panic is over
But to what extent this may be blamed on social media remains to be an open query. “Polarization,” as soon as painted as a world disaster stemming from on-line platforms, now seems extra like a product of the extremely idiosyncratic political and media tradition within the U.S. One current research discovered that polarization stayed the […] More
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in EuropeGermany’s Olaf Scholz blasts again at Elon Musk in New Year’s tackle
The endorsement sparked a firestorm in Germany, with the federal government and politicians throughout the spectrum accusing Musk of making an attempt to affect the end result of the February election. “Musk is strengthening those that are weakening Europe,” Germany’s vice chancellor and financial system minister, Robert Habeck, additionally mentioned in his New Year’s tackle. […] More
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in Europe2024 by the numbers ― from victims of struggle to a warming planet
At the opposite finish of Europe, Russia’s struggle in Ukraine continues. Ukrainians chalked up some successes in 2024, turning into a dominant pressure within the Black Sea regardless of the nation’s tiny navy, and mounting a counteroffensive into Russia’s Kursk area in August. But they’re ending this 12 months on the again foot, having misplaced […] More
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in EuropeShowdown in Georgia as pro-EU president refuses to step down
Salome Zourabichvili’s time period in workplace ends on Sunday — however Georgia’s pro-Western president says she’s not going anyplace. Zourabichvili on Saturday joined hundreds of individuals throughout the nation forming human chains to protest in opposition to the set up of a brand new president — far-right firebrand and former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili — set […] More
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in EuropeWestminster’s prime books of 2024
LONDON — There wasn’t a substantial amount of time for studying in Westminster this yr. Labour’s election supermajority, dramas over freebies and workers, warfare in all places, a tax-hiking finances, and a heap of missions, milestones, foundations, pillars and steps stored Britain’s politicians on their toes. But, fortunately, a few of Westminster’s most interesting nonetheless […] More
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in EuropeThe coronary heart of British democracy is against the law hotspot
“We’ve seen a deterioration within the sense of management of the general public realm,” mentioned Conservative MP Kit Malthouse, who served as deputy mayor of London for policing between 2008 and 2012. “If a metropolis will get a fame for being excessive crime, it places lots of people off.” Everyone POLITICO interviewed agreed that extra […] More
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in EuropePedro Sánchez’s nightmare earlier than Christmas
Fragile coalition So far, the junior coalition associate — left-wing Sumar — has stood by the PSOE. However, with its majority relying on a broad array of events together with Catalan and Basque nationalists, the federal government’s stability is shaky. That grew to become obvious when the Catalan separatist party Junts, Sánchez’s most restive ally, […] More
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in EuropeOrbán infuriates Warsaw by granting political asylum to former Polish minister
Sikorski’s ministry summoned the Hungarian ambassador on Friday morning. “We think about the choice to grant political asylum to Marcin Romanowski, who is needed beneath a European arrest warrant, to be an act hostile to the Republic of Poland and opposite to the elementary ideas binding the member states of the European Union,” the overseas […] More
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in EuropePoland bans ‘hostile takeovers’ of key media firms by Orbán’s allies
According to a number of stories, Czech and Hungarian firms are taken with taking on TVN as a result of its American proprietor, Warner Bros. Discovery, is going through big losses. TVN is one among Poland’s most influential broadcasters and has discovered itself on the middle of political occasions lately. In 2019, the right-wing, PiS-led […] More
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in EuropeIreland desires a brand new authorities in time for Trump
If no party from the left agrees to work with the “civil conflict events,” it will be due partially to the horrible outcomes which have befallen any small party to have executed so prior to now. Annihilation on the left Since Fianna Fáil’s half-century of political dominance ended within the Eighties and multi-party coalitions grew […] More
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in EuropeElection annulment dangers pouring gas on Romania’s political blaze
“Part of the voters continues to imagine in outdated conspiracy theories or developed new ones,” Magdin stated. But the person who introduced the courtroom case, Cristian Terheș, a member of the European Parliament, who ran for president and acquired about 1 p.c of the vote, sees no conspiracy at play. Whatever the results of the […] More
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in EuropeBelgium’s Romanians poised to propel the far proper into energy
On Sunday, Romanians vote in essential parliamentary elections, with polls displaying hard-right events on monitor to bag a 3rd of the ballots, using on the momentum created by Georgescu who surged within the polls out of nowhere final Sunday to safe a shock win. The stakes are excessive. An outright victory for the far-right presidential […] More
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