In thrall to Viktor Orbรกn and the hard right, Europe is facing its moment of truth

With nationalists set for EU election gains, now is not the time for Hungaryโ€™s pro-Putin Europhobic leader to take the helmViktor Orbรกn was his usual poisonous self, spouting toxic twaddle in true Boris Johnson/Nigel Farage style. Hungaryโ€™s hard-right …

By the numbers: How politicians have advertised online for the European election

Among the biggest spenders is Hungarian PM Viktor Orbรกnโ€™s Fidesz party.

Occupy Brussels! Viktor Orbรกnโ€™s plan for Europe

In the Hungarian leader, the EU faces a new type of Euroskeptic, one who doesnโ€™t want to leave the bloc but shape it.

Slovakiaโ€™s presidential runoff is a contest between the West and Russia

The country appears evenly split between a pro-Western camp alarmed by Russiaโ€™s aggression, and a reactionary one thatโ€™s suspicious of the West and attuned to the Kremlinโ€™s talking points.

The Davos โ€˜do-goodersโ€™

A sampling of people trying to make the world a better place, one keynote address and aprรจs-ski shindig at a time.

Europeโ€™s far right flexes anti-Brussels muscles as it opens EU campaign

Anti-EU hardliners gathered in Florence to kick off their 2024 election drive.

Putinโ€™s buddy Orbรกn pushes EU to the brink over Ukraine

This month’s summit will be a decisive test of how far Budapest will go to thwart EU support for Kyiv.

Tucker Carlson, Trumpโ€™s shadow diplomat

Does the former Fox News star, who has a new gig interviewing prominent figures on the right, want to be the next US top envoy?

Dutch far-right leader Thierry Baudet attacked again, party says

It’s the second time the Forum for Democracy leader has been hurt on the campaign trail in as many months, with PM Mark Rutte calling the incident ‘totally unacceptable.’

Orbรกn erects billboards vilifying EUโ€™s von der Leyen

Hungary’s ruling party unveiled billboards vilifying European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen on Monday (20 November), the first time it has made her a personal target in a campaign similar to one against her predecessor that angered Brussels.

Preparing for a post-Soros Europe

What Europe will look like in the next five years will depend on how EU civil society organizes after the Open Society Foundationโ€™s departure.

George Soros foundationโ€™s retreat from Europe could โ€˜turn off the lightsโ€™ for human rights

Activists fear the billionaireโ€™s legacy will be lost as his Open Society Foundations curbs its activities across the EUHe survived the Nazi occupation of his native Hungary, made a fortune on Wall Street and became one of the most steadfast backers of …