Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, qui avait remporté dans les urnes la présidentielle de 2024 au Venezuela selon l’opposition, a estimé que la capture du président Nicolás Maduro était un « pas important mais pas suffisant » vers la « normalisation » du pays. « Ce moment constitue un pas important, mais pas suffisant. La...
Brussels’ Pact on Migration and Asylum is supposed to come into force in just under a month’s time, on June 12th. Yet many political forces across Europe are still unconvinced that it will help to ease national migrational pressures, with some saying it will make matters worse.
The Pact was born with the declared intention of strengthening control. In reality, it will introduce...
Péter Magyar turned up at a protest against the EU’s deal with the South American bloc Mercosur in Strasbourg on Tuesday—as good a photo op as any. But farmers, who fear an influx of cheaper imports as a result of the agreement, were not at all pleased to see him.
In Hungary, Magyar leads the opposition Tisza party. But in the European Parliament, where he sits as a...
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. president Donald Trump on Thursday, praising his “unique commitment with our freedom.” The presentation took place during a meeting at the White House, following lunch with Trump and discussions with U.S. lawmakers at the Capitol. Machado told reporters outside the Capitol:
I...
Belarus released more than 100 political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and activist Maria Kolesnikova, as the U.S. agreed to remove some sanctions from the country, multiple media outlets reported on Saturday.
Belarus released a total of 123 prisoners following talks between authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko and U.S. President Donald Trump’s...
Bulgaria’s newly elected parliament opened on Thursday, April 30th amid signs of deepening political fragmentation, as the opposition split into two separate parliamentary groups—weakening its ability to challenge the dominant ruling force.
The reformist alliance between We Continue the Change (WCC) and Democratic Bulgaria (DB), which had campaigned together in the April 19th...
International investigators have found traces of poisonous substances in tissue samples from the corpse of a Russian opposition politician, marking a new twist in the story surrounding Alexei Navalny’s death.
The discovery could increase pressure on Moscow, as Western countries continue to demand accountability.
According to British and other international reports,...
The Czech opposition has moved to trigger a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s government following a political scandal involving text messages sent by Foreign Minister Petr Macinka to President Petr Pavel.
On Wednesday, January 28th, representatives of all five opposition parties announced they had gathered the required 81 signatures to convene an...
The digital euro has just overcome one of the main political obstacles on its long legislative journey.
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) approved on Tuesday the report establishing Parliament’s position on the future digital currency to be issued by the European Central Bank (ECB). The text passed with 43 votes in favour, 14 against and...
ATHENS — Greece’s left-wing former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday launched a new party that he hopes will unite the country’s splintered opposition amid nationwide frustration over the political establishment and its corruption.
Tsipras, who lost power in 2019, gained international prominence as leader of the radical Syriza party that confronted Brussels and...
Sunday, January 4th saw French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announce that the government would take new steps to protect domestic agriculture—including suspending imports of certain products—following growing opposition to the Mercosur trade agreement.
The measure aims to support farmers who have been protesting over the unfair competition from South American imports...
France’s controversial end-of-life bill moved a step closer to becoming law on Tuesday after the National Assembly voted for the third time in two years to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide.
MPs approved the legislation by 295 votes to 232 on June 30, narrowing the margin from previous votes and paving the way for what is expected to be a final showdown later this month.
The...
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has officially put forward his former chief of staff, Emmanuel Moulin, as the next governor of the Bank of France, but the far right and far left quickly lashed out at the nomination.
Macron’s office formalized the proposal, previously reported by POLITICO, in a statement on Tuesday afternoon, the day after Moulin left his...
ATHENS — Greece needs to cool its cozy relationship with MAGA, opposition leader and former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told POLITICO in an interview.
Mapping out his agenda for a general election expected by next spring, the left-winger Tsipras criticized current conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for making excessive concessions to the U.S., contrasting him with...
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How many versions of Malta’s Nationalist Party anthem does one person need? No need to respond to that question because the answer is six.
Yes, that’s how many versions of the anthem you can get your hands on if you pony up just €500 to the party for a limited-edition vinyl. It’s not clear from the advertising what...
The obvious rule of law breaches within the recent constitutional reform proposals of PM Magyar’s (Tisza/EPP) new Hungarian government are raising the alarms not only among the right-wing opposition parties, but also left-liberal NGOs, many of whom were among the biggest supporters of Magyar’s campaign.
After Amnesty International called out the blatantly undemocratic proposal...
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is facing a fresh political storm after admitting he was present at a private apartment where what he described as “drug-like substances” were visible, reigniting questions about his personal conduct just weeks before Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary election.
The controversy erupted after a mysterious website, radnaimark.hu,...
Péter Magyar, leader of Hungary’s Europhile Tisza Party and a member of the centrist-liberal European People’s Party, talks broadly about ending alleged corruption in Budapest and restoring freedoms so that “everyone can live in peace.”
Yet his critics say the actions he would undertake as prime minister would actually result in conservatives having their...
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a coalition of dissident groups founded in 1981, which advocates for the overthrow of the Islamic regime, launched a new political offensive at the European Parliament on Wednesday. NCRI demands that the European Union definitively break with Tehran following the latest wave of executions of opposition figures and protesters in Iran. ...
ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was accused of trying to rig the next elections in her favor, after her ruling coalition struck a late-night deal on a new electoral law.
The coalition parties say the bill, which regulates how seats are allocated after an election, would give the winner a strong working majority and avoid technocratic governments. But the law’s...
On Friday, representatives of several Italian opposition parties occupied the press room of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome to prevent a conference on remigration from being held inside the building. The event had been organised by Domenico Furgiuele, a lawmaker from the right-wing Lega party.
Opposition lawmakers blocked access to the press room, preventing the event from going ahead...
ROME — Right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s defeat in a high-stakes referendum offered a rare sign that she can be beaten, but the question now is whether Italy’s fragmented opposition can seize that momentum by uniting against her.
Since coming to power in 2022, Meloni has appeared politically untouchable, with little to fear from her divided opponents.
But the...
Journalists and demonstrators were attacked during a rally by Iranian opposition groups in Berlin on Saturday, February 7th, prompting strong condemnation from media organizations and political groups.
Bild reporter Iman Sefati was assaulted after asking critical questions of Maryam Rajavi, leader of the People’s Mujahedin (MEK). According to the German Journalists’ Union (dju),...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has warned that foreign-backed actors are preparing “chaos and protests” ahead of Sunday’s election, accusing the opposition of working with secret services to undermine the vote.
In a 7:30 a.m. video message on Friday, delivered just two days before polls open, Orbán said his supporters were being threatened with...
The opposition Law and Justice party (PiS) presented Przemysław Czarnek as its candidate for prime minister at its congress in Krakow on March 7th. The move aims to return the party to power in the next parliamentary elections.
At the Krakow event, PiS party leader Jarosław Kaczyński stressed that the upcoming campaign requires “unity and coordinated action.” The party believes...
The leader of the Hungarian opposition recently criticized Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for granting asylum to figures from Poland’s former conservative government, suggesting that Hungary was hiding “wanted criminals.”
Péter Magyar specifically targeted Zbigniew Ziobro and Marcin Romanowski, claiming their protection undermined justice and violated...
Pope Leo received Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican on Monday, the Holy See confirmed. No further details were provided about the audience, with Machado listed among those received by the US-born pontiff. Likewise, the Vatican has not commented on requests for additional information regarding the private meeting.
Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize...
The mother of a deceased Russian opposition leader said on Monday, February 16th she felt vindicated by a European assessment concluding that her son died of poisoning. She called for “justice” as supporters marked the second anniversary of his suspicious death in prison.
Alexei Navalny—one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest domestic opponents—died in an...
BRUSSELS — Slovakia’s opposition is suing Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico over his decision to halt emergency power supplies to Ukraine amid a growing diplomatic spat over a key Russian oil pipeline.
The chairman of the center-right Freedom and Solidarity party, Branislav Gröhling, said his party had filed a criminal complaint against Fico, accusing him of abuse of his...
Spain’s Congress of Deputies on Tuesday, February 17th narrowly rejected a proposal to ban the burqa and niqab in public spaces, despite growing support from the country’s centre-right opposition.
The bill, introduced by VOX—a nationalist and conservative party founded in 2013—was defeated by 177 votes to 170.
The initiative was backed by Spain’s...
Leader of Spain’s center-right People’s Party Alberto Núñez Feijóo alleged Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez aimed to use migrants to expand his voter base following the government’s recent mass migrant legalization effort.
“If we add up the number of immigrants who have entered Spain between 2019 and 2025, it’s four million, and now...
Dans son Stadium plein comme un œuf, Toulouse n’a pas fait de détail. Le triple tenant du bouclier de Brennus a balayé des Rochelais transparents (60-14 et 9 essais à 2) ce dimanche soir, reprenant ainsi aux Palois la tête du classement pour un petit point après cette dernière journée de la phase aller.Faudra-t-il attendre la phase...
LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to unpick America’s trade deal with the U.K. amid increasing frustration over Britain’s opposition to military action against Iran.
In an interview on Wednesday, the president said America had given the U.K. a “good trade deal” that was “better than I had to,” adding that it could “always be...
U.S. president Donald Trump is set to meet Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House on Thursday.
Machado’s White House visit comes a day after Trump used positive terms to describe his first known call with Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez, confirming his satisfaction with the allies of Nicolás Maduro remaining...
A Ukrainian-linked disinformation network is alleged to be operating in Hungary ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections, with reports pointing to coordinated online activity and media messaging aimed at boosting the opposition Tisza Party.
According to investigations cited by Hungarian outlets Mandiner and Ellenpont, the operation rests on two pillars: the spread of pro-Kyiv...
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado estimated that Venezuela could hold new democratic elections in less than a year, she told POLITICO, but has not yet spoken with President Donald Trump about starting that process.
“We believe that a real transferring process with manual voting … throughout the process could be done in nine to 10 months. But, well, that...
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Donald Trump with her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize at their White House meeting Thursday.
Machado, who spoke to reporters following the meeting and a visit to Capitol Hill, also said her conversation with Trump was “excellent” and came away from the meeting believing the president is “committed...
The Polish Defense Minister has cancelled a supplementary training course for military personnel that focused on “gender perspectives in military operations.” The move follows criticism from the conservative opposition and alleged discontent among soldiers, which prompted Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz’s change of plans.
The topic of supplementary gender training was proposed...
Berlin experienced a major blackout after the left-wing extremist “Volcano Group” set fire to a cable bridge near the Lichterfelde power plant on Saturday, January 3rd. The attack restricted the electricity supply to roughly 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses in south-west Berlin, leaving other residents exposed to freezing winter conditions.
The incident marks the second...