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Naif Al Bidh
3 days ago8 min read
The Death of the Political Spectrum and the Rise of the Political Compass
The last decade has been a transformative one globally; whether it is the rise of a new multipolar order transforming our geopolitical...
Eliot Lord
Jan 203 min read
To Reform But Not To Reform
The latest asylum seeker news is damning for those wanting to demonise migrants seeking a better life in Europe and the UK. The troubling...
Eliot Lord
Jan 43 min read
The Trump Card
Many people will know Dr Seuss for the Cat in The Hat , The Grinch and The Lorax , but Theodor Seuss Geisel was far more of a political...
Konrad Szuminski
Dec 29, 20245 min read
Climax - The Race For The Presidential Palace Is On
Since June 2023, I have covered Polish politics for Europinion, beginning with the June 4th protests . Since then, Donald Tusk has...
Victor Elizondo
Dec 28, 20243 min read
A Chaotic End of the Year for Europe Portends More of the Same
As the year draws to a close, we look upon an almost unrecognisable Europe. From the collapse of the tricolour government of Olaf Scholz...
Nishika Pishu Melwani
Dec 19, 20243 min read
A Political Regression
Following the results of the US election, I wanted to write about the recent global groundswell in conservative thought. While it may...
Julius Buhl
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Germany’s car industry is collapsing - and we should all be worried
Wolfsburg is not a beauty, that is for sure. The city in North Germany is one of the country’s many “factory towns”, its skyline...
Ellen Morgan
Dec 2, 20243 min read
Melons, Pubs and Tiny Shorts: How Europe’s Right Conquered Social Media
While an authoritative-sounding voiceover narrates, a trim, silver-haired man sporting minuscule running shorts jogs around an athletics...
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
Nov 29, 20244 min read
The Italian Government vs The Courts
As the Italian government persists in its attempts to violate international law, it continues to encounter judicial obstacles. In...
Andres De Miguel
Nov 15, 20244 min read
Local Government and Britain’s Far Right
The UK’s national elections in July stood as a largely muted continuation of the country’s amicable political process. Power was...
Victor Elizondo
Oct 28, 20243 min read
Is the European Union still European and United? Its New Parliament Begs the Question
The configuration of the new European Parliament poses a major challenge for politics on the old continent. For the first time in the...
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
Oct 13, 20244 min read
The left finished first in the French elections. So why has Macron anointed the (far) right?
On the 21st of September, two and a half months after the legislative elections in which the left-wing alliance, the Nouveau Front...
Ned Johnson
Oct 7, 20243 min read
FPÖ Election Win - Further, The Far-Right Advance
The weekend brought yet another far-right election win to Europe, with the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) securing 28.9% of the vote ,...
Victor Elizondo
Oct 6, 20244 min read
Mexico: at a Kafkaesque Crossroads of Her Own Making
With the beginning of a new presidency, parties in Mexico are positioned in different places on the political board. Party identity is...
Harry Ollington
Oct 4, 20244 min read
Can the Far-Right Succeed in Germany?
Only 9 years ago, the German response to the migration crisis facing Europe was hailed as remarkable, a true testament to the open border...
Andres De Miguel
Sep 30, 20244 min read
Why and Where the Youth Vote Far-Right
The stereotypical cultural ideal of a right-wing voter resembles that of an individual susceptible to fear of change, and who internalise...
Jack Rowlett
Sep 26, 20244 min read
Brandenburg was a pyrrhic victory, Scholz must go
You could hear the sighs of relief from the Federal Chancellery halfway across the continent. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) edged...
Joshua Edwicker
Sep 13, 20245 min read
Barnier’s Renaissance: A final Macronian attempt at stymying Le Pen?
Across France over 100,000 people have taken to the streets in protest of what they perceive as a stolen election, the will of the people...
Andres De Miguel
Aug 31, 20244 min read
Face to Face and Door to Door: Breaking the Far-Right Wave
The surge in popularity and influence of far-right parties across Europe is a well documented and universally acknowledged fact of modern...
Beatrice Learmouth
Aug 29, 20243 min read
The Russian Art of Meddling in Western Affairs
Following the misinformation spread about the Southport attacker , questions have been raised about the role state actors, particularly...
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