Trump tariffs put Europe’s far-right leaders in a bind
MAGA’s biggest cheerleaders struggle to justify “Make America Wealthy Again” measures.
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Looking at Trump, Europe’s far right vows to ‘reconquer’ the continent
“Our friend Trump, the Trump tornado, has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán tells far-right rally in Madrid.
World’s far-right populists pack guest list for Trump’s inauguration
While it’s not usual to invite foreign dignitaries, Trump is laying down a clear ideological marker with his invitees from across the world.
Italian court acquits Matteo Salvini in migrant ‘kidnapping’ case
The far-right former interior minister prevented more than 140 migrants, including kids, from coming ashore in Italy.
Who is Vox leader Santiago Abascal?
Who is Vox leader Santiago Abascal?
Orbán’s government denies role in mega bank loan to Spanish far-right party
Spain’s Vox received €9.2 million from a bank linked to the Hungarian prime minister.
US allies grapple with J.D. Vance
There’s panic, uncertainty, and some protestations that Vance won’t really pull the country back from Ukraine and the world.
Europe’s populists use Trump shooting to slam the left
From Spain to Serbia, right-wing forces were quick to point the finger over the attack.
VOX leader suggests Spanish left regrets Trump survived attack
VOX leader Santiago Abascal used the assassination attempt on Donald Trump to slam Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE and the left-wing Sumar platform, saying they are secretly lamenting that he survived the attack.
Spain’s far-right Vox quits key regional governments over migration row
Spanish PM hails a great day for Spain after party pulls out of coalitions with conservative People’s partySpain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has hailed a great day for the country after the far-right Vox party relinquished its grip on po…
VOX breaks regional deals with PP after row over unaccompanied minors
Spain’s far-right VOX party has broken off its coalition agreements with the centre-right Partido Popular (PP/EPP) in five regions, VOX leader Santiago Abascal said on Thursday, after the PP agreed to the government’s proposed measure to take in hundre…
VOX leader: Meloni will remain ‘friend and ally’ after switch to Patriots for Europe
Italian Prime Minister and European Conservatives and Reformists group (ECR) leader Georgia Meloni will remain a “friend and ally” of Spain’s far-right VOX, the party chief Santiago Abascal has said, after his party decided to switch from ECR to the ne…
VOX joining Orbán’s new EU group makes Spanish right ‘nervous’, says leader
The recent entry of the far-right VOX party into Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s new Patriots for Europe group has made many in the right-wing Partido Popular (EPP) and Alvise Pérez’s new ‘ultra’ force SALF nervous, warned VOX leader Santiago A…
Orbán alliance gains enough support to be EU Parliament group
Belgium’s Vlaams Belang becomes seventh national party to join right-wing Patriots for Europe.
Dutch, Spanish far-right parties to join Orbán’s Patriots for Europe
Hungarian leader needs only one more national party for his right-wing alliance to qualify as an official grouping in the European Parliament.
Performance of French far right, who ‘see Europe as the problem’, fears German foreign minister – as it happened
This live blog is closed.Explainer: what happens now?Marine Le Pen’s victory has been applauded by other far-right leaders in Europe. Santiago Abascal, who heads the far-right Vox party across the border in Spain, called it a “victory of hope, freedom …
The far-right ‘hooligan’ disrupting Spanish politics
Luis “Alvise” Pérez has gone from online agitator to MEP and thorn in the side of Spanish politics.
Europe’s Trumpists warm up for EU elections with series of rallies
Leading Eurosceptics are ready to shake up June’s EU election campaign with a set of rallies where they will vow to protect national sovereignty against Brussels’ bureaucracy and ‘wokism’.
Argentina’s Milei to support Spanish VOX leader ahead of EU elections
Argentina’s President Javier Milei will travel to Madrid next May to publicly endorse Spain’s far-right VOX leader Santiago Abascal ahead of EU elections.
Spanish far-right leader set to stay party president until 2028, mutes dissenting voices
The leader of Spain’s far-right party Vox, Santiago Abascal, is set to stay in as party president until 2028 following an internal direct proclamation, which party sources described as an attempt to “silence dissenting voices”.
Spain’s far-right Vox leader probed over ‘hang’ Pedro Sánchez diatribe
Investigators have Santiago Abascal in their crosshairs.
They won’t get rid of me, Meloni promises at right-wing political festival
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni promises to stay until the end of the legislature as long as she has the consent of the Italians, she said at Fratelli d’Italia’s annual event where many leaders, including Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, UK Prim…
Vox leader’s ‘strung up’ remark about Spain PM referred to public prosecutor
Socialists claim Santiago Abascal’s comment about Pedro Sánchez is ‘incitement to hatred and even violence’Spain’s ruling Socialist party has asked public prosecutors to investigate remarks made by the leader of the far-right Vox party in which he clai…
Vox leader urges Sánchez to apologise for questioning Israeli offensive on Hamas
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) should apologise to Israel for questioning Tel Aviv’s military response to the Hamas attack on 7 October, the leader of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, said on Tuesday during a visit to Kib…
Tucker Carlson, Trump’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?
Euroskeptics cheer shock Wilders win in Dutch election
‘More and more countries within the European Union are contesting the way it works,’ French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen says.
Why did Tucker Carlson make a star turn at Madrid’s political protests?
Tucker Carlson, hero of the alt-right press and former Fox News host, made a star appearance at the Spanish protest along with Santiago Abascal, leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party.
Spain is losing trust in politics. This backroom Catalan deal won’t restore it
Pedro Sánchez’s amnesty for separatists will return him to power, but he faces mounting public discontentAs many Europeans clashed over protests related to the war in Gaza in recent days, Spaniards took the streets to contend with an entirely different…
Right-wing Spanish politician shot in the face in Madrid
Alejo Vidal-Quadras is currently ‘stable and conscious,’ according to Spanish media reports.
By royal appointment: Who will Spain’s king pick to form a government?
Inconclusive national election means the monarch will have a hard time choosing his candidate to be prime minister.
Dancing with the far right doesn’t pay off
It takes two to tango, and the Spanish election offers a sharp lesson for conservatives across Europe on how partnering with the radical right can go badly wrong.
Spanish elections: Paris welcomes Vox’s defeat
The French left and members of the government welcomed on Monday (24 July) the result of Sunday’s Spanish elections, in which the far-right Vox party lost 19 seats compared to four years ago, reducing its chances of taking part in any new government.