Racism

Social media account linked to Pope Leo XIV criticized Vance, Trump over immigration

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The account posted criticism of the administration on social media.

Riots rock Brussels as mayor condemns Bruges hooligans

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“They hate Brussels because it’s a multicultural city,” Philippe Close fumes in an interview with POLITICO after disorder tarnished a football final.

French interior minister under fire for slow response to deadly Mosque stabbing

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Bruno Retailleau attended campaign events before traveling to the scene of the crime.

Calls for inquiry after German police kill black man outside nightclub

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Officer suspended after shooting 21-year-old man from behind in Oldenburg in north-west GermanyCivil rights activists in Germany have demanded an independent inquiry into alleged police racism after an officer shot a 21-year-old black man from behind, …

Trump is targeting US universities as never before. Here are four ways to help them | Cas Mudde

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Supporters in Europe can offer new opportunities and minimise the isolation. Certainly they can avoid making things worseUniversities in the US are under attack. While the Trump administration pretends to punish them for their alleged compliance with o…

Le Pen’s dilemma: Seek revenge or help her party

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Marine Le Pen has been trying to normalize the National Rally in recent years, but may be tempted to wreak havoc after her guilty verdict.

Majority of UK’s young adults ‘concerned’ about democracy, new poll says

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Survey finds 63 percent of young people believe democracy is “in trouble” — while 27 percent say they’d rather live in a dictatorship.

Living Together review – how Austrians teach immigrants to find their place in society

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New arrivals sit in drab spaces and are learn how to fit in, in a film that quietly addresses the costs of integration to minority groupsThomas Fürhapter’s documentary sheds light on the challenges of adjusting to a new culture as it follows a series o…

JD Vance ‘had a point’ on migration, Danish socialist prime minister warns EU leaders

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For Mette Frederiksen, controlling “mass migration” is just as important as deterring Russia.

‘The colour of my skin didn’t matter’: exhibition shines light on black artists in postwar Paris

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Pompidou Centre show featuring 150 artists of African heritage is the last before the gallery shuts for five yearsFor many black artists and intellectuals, postwar Paris was a cosmopolitan hub. While colonisation, racism and segregation cast a shadow o…

Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador no longer welcome in US after criticizing Trump

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. is a “race-baiting politician” who is no longer welcome in the country — the latest sign of tension between the Trump administration and the African nation. Rubio declared that Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool is persona non grata in a social media post […]

Caribbean leader urges Ursula von der Leyen to push for slavery compensation

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Grenada’s prime minister jabs at European Commission president over historical slave trade.

Kontinental ’25 review – scattergun satire on a tour of Romania’s social ills

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A bailiff has an identity crisis after a tragedy in Radu Jude’s new film, a scornful polemic on 21st-century Europe set between hope and despairOnce again, Romanian film-maker Radu Jude has given us a garrulous, querulous movie of ideas – a scattershot…

The city that exposes Germany’s deep migration divide

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The election race in Schwerin pits a migration official against a far-right politician who’s taken a hard line on the issue.

Super Bowl: The NFL team Trump loves to hate

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The president has left a breadcrumb trail suggesting nothing would make him happier than to see the Eagles get slaughtered in the Super Bowl.

South Africa’s president hits back at Trump and Musk over land law

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Cyril Ramaphosa defends measures that allow the state to seize land without compensation, after the U.S. president accused South Africa of treating “certain classes of people VERY BADLY.”

Sorry you hated us: 5 grovelling apologies from UK politicians

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Taken over as the leader of a wounded political party? Try some self-flagellation.

Germany’s AfD sparks firestorm by distributing fake deportation tickets to migrants

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The incident comes as far-right leaders are embracing increasingly radical proposals to deport migrants en masse.

Danish PM wants talks with Trump over Greenland

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Trump has not yet responded to the overture, according to the Danish premier.

13 times Elon Musk meddled in politics

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The X owner and Donald Trump pick will never, ever stop posting — governments be damned.

Jean-Marie Le Pen remembered as a fascist, a visionary and several things in between

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Responses to the 96-year-old’s death have become something of a political Rorschach test in France.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of the French far right, is dead at 96

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Ultranationalist and anti-immigrant views made him a pariah in 1980s France.

German artists sign open letter against TV show host accused of sexism

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Choice of Thilo Mischke, author of Around the World In 80 Women, for ARD’s flagship arts show criticisedMore than 100 prominent German writers and artists have signed an open letter refusing to appear on one of Germany’s top culture programmes on publi…

Jimmy Carter: The last progressive evangelical

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The former president embodied a strain of Christianity that emphasized caring for those on the margins — but was eclipsed by the Religious Right.

The heart of British democracy is a crime hotspot

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Britain’s symbol of power has an uncomfortable reputation for high levels of criminality.

Ugandan runner due to arrive in London after 516 days and 7,700 miles on the road

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Deo Kato says journey from Cape Town gave him hope in humanity, despite facing racism from police and passersby on a daily basisA Ugandan athlete who arrives in London this weekend after running 7,730 miles (12,440km) from South Africa to raise awarene…

Black anti-racism coordinator excluded from European Commission reshuffle

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MEPs warn of systemic inequities in EU executive after Michaela Moua left in ‘lower position’ than white peersA group of left-leaning MEPs have warned of “systemic inequities” after it emerged that the EU executive’s lead official in combating racism, …

Why Nigel Farage’s path to power runs through a rainswept seaside town

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The Reform leader has aspirations to enter 10 Downing Street as prime minister in a few years hence — but will his globetrotting ways and love of the camera cause disillusion among his new constituents?

Le Pen’s dilemma in France: Stateswoman or saboteur?

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France’s far-right leader must decide whether to wreck things or play nice — while keeping the 2027 presidential election firmly in her sights.

Protest planned over Dutch parliament motion to keep records on migrants

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Public petition calls for motion by VVD party in ruling rightwing coalition to be withdrawnProtests are planned in the Netherlands in response to a motion accepted by the Dutch parliament to “keep records on cultural and religious norms and values of D…

How has the French far right managed to cancel a Black anti-racism scholar for ‘racism’? | Rokhaya Diallo

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An event at the European parliament featuring the French academic Maboula Soumahoro was axed after French MEPs objectedMaboula Soumahoro is a renowned French scholar and public intellectual. The holder of a PhD earned through studies both in France and…

Court finds Belgium guilty of ‘crimes against humanity’ for kidnapping children in colonial Congo

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Five mixed-race women sued the Belgian state for taking them away from their families in racially motivated abductions.

Kneejerk response, then overcorrection: what the aftermath of the Amsterdam violence should teach us | Rachel Shabi

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Assumptions were made about clashes between Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and Amsterdam locals – and the far right took advantageIn the aftermath of a sudden eruption of violence or unrest, there is often a brief, vital window when the narrative about what act…

Europe’s press goes after Musk’s X

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Media organizations turns up the heat on X amid cries of ‘toxic’ content.

The Guardian quits ‘toxic’ X over Elon Musk using it to influence politics

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The paper cites “often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.” 

Giorgia Meloni’s vendetta against Italy’s judges

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The right-wing prime minister has a “strategy” to discredit, frighten and silence critics, from the media to the judiciary, says a famous Italian journalist.

No Place for You in Our Town review – uncomfortably up close with Bulgarian football hooligans

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Nikolay Stefanov’s documentary, which follows fans of FC Minyor Pernik, reveals much about what is behind this toxic masculinityIn the Bulgarian mining town of Pernik, a weekend football match is not for the faint of heart. Dressed in the black and yel…

5 of POLITICO’s campaign reporters on what actually mattered

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So much happened this cycle. At the end of the day, where did it get us?

London Mayor Sadiq Khan blasts ‘racism and hatred’ as Trump triumphs

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Khan said many Londoners ‘will be fearful’ about the US election result.

The world waits on America

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Tens of millions of voters go to the polls as a vicious campaign between Trump and Harris draws to a close.

Climate crisis leaves European farmers vulnerable to far right, say campaigners

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Populist groups capitalising on costly environmental policies that affect farmers by offering them supportWhat are farmers in the EU required to do to protect the environment?The painful impacts of the climate crisis and globalisation have left farmers…

Trump’s closing message: Attack, divide and veer off script

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His attacks on Liz Cheney, lambasted by Democrats, left his party seemingly resigned.

Tories pick first Black woman to lead a major UK political party

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Kemi Badenoch will aim to get Britain’s battered Tories — who quietly have a strong record on diverse representation at the top table — back on their feet.

Meet the gun-toting Brits who will vote for Donald Trump

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A British tea room in the swing state of Georgia plays host to some unlikely political views.

French government split on halting football matches over homophobic chants

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“We can no longer tolerate seeing intolerable behaviors every weekend in sports,” Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said.

Muslims in Europe experiencing ‘worrying surge’ in racism, survey finds

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‘Dehumanising rhetoric’ blamed as almost half of respondents say they recently suffered discriminationMuslims across Europe are grappling with a “worrying surge” of racism that is being fuelled in part by “dehumanising anti-Muslim rhetoric”, the EU’s l…

Italian leaders push back at accusations of police racism and homophobia

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Council of Europe monitor reports ‘many accounts of racial profiling’ but Giorgia Meloni says force ‘deserves respect’The Council of Europe has come under fire from Italian leaders after the publication of a report accusing the country’s police force o…

EU tech bastion Ireland brings in new rules to crack down on X, TikTok

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The country’s long-awaited Online Safety Code sets up binding rules for large online platforms to better protect users, including children.

University in Lisbon suspends plans for course on racism taught by all-white staff

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Nova university programme criticised for only having white instructors and for some of its content, such as session on ‘does racism really exist?’A top university in Lisbon has suspended plans to launch a postgraduate programme on racism and xenophobia…

Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss

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Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings revealAn international network of “race science” activists seeking to influence public debate with discredited ideas on race and eugenics has been ope…

Harris campaign rolls out new push to shore up Black men

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The campaign is responding to troubling signs that Trump is starting to peel off some Black voters.

Spanish tennis star Paula Badosa apologises after being accused of racism

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Badosa pulled eyes back with chopsticks in photograph‘I didn’t know this was offensive. I take responsibility’The Spanish tennis star Paula Badosa has apologised after she was accused of racism over a photo that appeared to show her pulling her eyes ba…

Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen’s new team – and tell me the EU doesn’t have a diversity problem | Shada Islam

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I have seen how structural racism is embedded in the EU’s institutions. A recruitment revolution is neededAs Ursula von der Leyen sweet-talked and bullied EU leaders to send more women to Brussels over recent weeks, I kept hoping she would also make he…

Attitude to migrants will determine Ireland’s future | Letters

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Jack Byrne and Jim Cosgrove respond to a piece by Maurice J Casey about Irish identity and immigrationMaurice J Casey’s article on immigration in Ireland recounts his experience of multiracial Ireland as well as examples of people of colour – Paul Robe…

Poland’s Duda sued for remarks about film on asylum seekers

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The Centre for Monitoring of Racism and Xenophobic Behaviour (OMZRiK) is suing Polish President Andrzej Duda, a former PiS member, for his comments about a 2023 film depicting the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, where hundreds of migrants ha…

Is It time to talk about structural racism in Europe?

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Extremist political reactions to the stabbing in Germany involving a Syrian asylum seeker and the anti-migrant riots in the UK are not just isolated incidents—they are the latest, painful reminders that something is deeply wrong in our society, writes …

‘This is the normalisation of racism’: apprehension at prospect of election success for Austria’s far right

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Anti-migrant, anti-Islam FPÖ could emerge as most voted for party in Sunday’s parliamentary pollAfter winning the EU elections in June, Austria’s far-right Freedom party (FPÖ) seized the moment, calling for the appointment of a EU “remigration” commiss…

Team Trump on UK minister who attacked him: Who she?

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“Nobody knows who this random person is or cares what comes out of her mouth,” said a Donald Trump spokesperson.

Donald Trump emboldened UK racists, says Labour minister

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Home Office Minister Angela Eagle says US Republican fed anti-immigrant sentiment across the west.

Macron’s old guard spooked by new government’s rightward shift

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New ministers’ stances on immigration and social issues appear to break with some of their predecessors’ worldview.

French PM Barnier unveils new government, putting budget and EU affairs under his purview

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The Cabinet is the ‘most right-wing’ in more than a decade.

‘Nobody in Politics Is Able to Say It’: The Truth About Latino Voters

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A top political strategist explains how the Latino vote is shifting.

German former MP denounces state agency’s videoclip as ‘racist trash’

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A member of the Berlin house of representatives said the cartoon video was reminiscent of the times of Nazi propaganda against Jews.

And Their Children After Them review – racism and revenge festers in smalltown France

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Venice film festivalNineties-set drama adapted from the bestselling novel zeroes in on tensions in a post-industrial community, sparked by a feud over a motorbikeClass and racial tensions come to the boil in this potent tale of disaffected youth in sma…

Harris vows tougher approach on migration, supports weapons for Israel

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Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the US southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organisation since becoming the Democratic nominee for president.

There’s a lesson for the EU from Britain’s riots: do more to prevent hatred and division – or violence follows | Shada Islam

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With the far right making gains in elections, Europe must improve on its dismal record of tackling racism, Islamophobia and hate towards migrantsEuropean Union officials watched from the sidelines as racist violence fuelled by the far right spread acro…

Podemos claims Spanish right-wing wants UK-like ‘explosion of racism’

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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland reported to be boosting its defence spending next year, Italy waiting until the last minute to officially announce its commissioner pick, and so much more.

Podemos claims Spanish right-wing wants UK-like ‘explosion of racism’

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Spain’s right-wing Partido Popular, the far-right VOX and the far-right SALF, led by controversial agitator Alvise Pérez, want an “explosion of racism” in Spain like the one that took place in the UK in early August, the secretary general of the far-le…

Satire isn’t a defense for antisemitism and hate

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If you speak up against racism, Islamophobia, homophobia or misogyny, don’t turn a blind eye now.

What the last of the anti-war Chicago Seven wants today’s protestors to know

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Lee Weiner helped lead the protests in 1968. Now he’s smoking weed in Ron DeSantis’ hometown.

‘Vulgar racism’: outrage after mural of Italian volleyball star is vandalised

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Defacing of Rome artwork celebrating Olympic champion Paola Egonu widely condemned across political spectrumA mural celebrating the Italian Olympic volleyball champion Paola Egonu has become the target of “vulgar racism” after the athlete’s skin in the…

What Britain’s top diplomats really think of Donald Trump

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New UK foreign ministers were heavily critical of the ‘racist’ former US president before landing plum government jobs.

EU warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview

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“With great audience comes greater responsibility.”

The mainstreaming of Islamophobia in the UK

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Decades of hostile media rhetoric and discriminatory government policy have resulted in the normalization of Islamophobia. And the failure to tackle it guarantees we’ll see a repeat of these ugly riots.

Thousands rally across UK to protest racism, far-right extremism

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Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators rallied across the UK on Saturday to protest recent rioting blamed on the far-right in the wake of the Southport knife attack that killed three children. Crowds massed in London, Glasgow in Scotland, Belfast in N…

Anti-racism protesters took to the streets of the UK following far-right riots that swept nation

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Thousands of anti-racism protesters have rallied in towns and cities across England after a week of anti-immigrant rioting and disorder. Mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers were among places targeted during the disorder, with some shops burnt out…

Anti-racism rallies sweep across UK after week of riots

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Thousands of counter protesters gathered across the UK on Saturday in response to rioting fuelled by the far right that took cities and towns by storm following the Southport knife attack in which three children were killed last week. Confrontations w…

UK deploys thousands of riot police amid fears of further unrest

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Six thousand riot police are deployed nationwide this weekend after Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that UK authorities must “stay on high alert” for more far-right riots. While England has had consecutive nights of relative quiet, disturbances hav…

Britain readies huge police response to head off further riots this weekend

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Britain has readied a huge police response in case of further racist rioting this weekend and the government said it is considering tougher regulations for social media companies following unrest driven by online misinformation.

Northern Ireland gets police reinforcements from Scotland to combat anti-Muslim mobs

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Emergency recall of Stormont denounces wave of racist attacks – and rejects DUP bid to defend anti-immigrant protesters.

The night Britain fought back against riots

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Far-right demonstrators were told they were not welcome in protests across the U.K.

Thousands of demonstrators protest against far-right rioters across the UK

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The UK government and police breathe a sigh of relief after further anticipated far-right riots failed to materialise overnight, with thousands of anti-racism protesters instead massing on the streets. For more information, FRANCE 24’s Stuart Norval i…

Anti-racism protests sweep Britain after far-right riots

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Thousands of police and anti-racism protesters gathered on streets across Britain on Wednesday (7 August) to challenge expected far-right groups that failed to materialise following more than a week of violent racist attacks targeting Muslims and migra…

Nigel Farage tries to have it both ways as Britain burns

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The Reform UK leader has sought to distance himself from Tommy Robinson while also blaming the left for the unrest.

Thousands rally across UK against rise in far-right violence

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Thousands of anti-racism protesters rallied across the UK Wednesday against the recent wave of far-right violence sweeping cities in England and Northern Ireland. Fuelled by online misinformation, rioters have targeted mosques and migrant housing faci…

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