The EU far right wants to give Elon Musk a free speech award
If shortlisted, Musk will be invited to the European Parliament to defend his views on free speech.
Islamism
Munich police kill man who opened fire near Israeli consulate
‘Antisemitism and Islamism have no place here,’ Scholz says after incident also close to Nazi documentation centreThere is “no place” in Germany for antisemitism or Islamist extremism, the German chancellor has said after police in Munich shot dead a m…
Islamism will continue to pose a threat to liberal democracies in Europe. This is why
Just as in the fight against right-wing extremism, clear lines must be drawn with Islamists, not just concerning the question of violence but regarding their stance on democratic core values, Gülden Hennemann writes.
5 global trends that will shape the US election
Tumultuous overseas events like Brexit are often harbingers of U.S. elections. What will be this year’s?
Europe’s teenage ‘TikTok terrorists’ target Taylor Swift
The foiled jihadist terrorist plot targeting Taylor Swift‘s concerts in Vienna highlights an increasing terrorist threat coming from radicalised European teenagers, which experts blame on social media.
A fraught debate over antisemitism is helping Marine Le Pen
Far right leader has won over some French Jews with her tough stance on Islamism, with far left now seen as a threat
In France, (some) Jews are voting far right
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is presenting itself as a defender of the country’s Jewish population.
French women voters swing sharply to far right
France’s National Rally has styled itself as a defender of women’s rights — partly by attacking its traditional bogeyman, immigration.
Germany vows to deport crime-committing migrants to Afghanistan
Germany wants to start deporting migrants who commit crimes on its territory to their home countries, including Afghanistan, following a suspected Islamist knife attack in late May, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday (6 June) as parties rush to qu…