Formation of Dutch government advances as far-right Wilders admits he can’t be PM

Four parties have agreed to pursue ‘extra-parliamentary’ cabinet, says mediator overseeing tense coalition talks Dutch coalition talks will move on from exploratory discussions to more concrete negotiations aimed at forming a largely technocratic government, after the far-right leader Geert Wilders accepted he … Read More

Google now will be ‘prebunking’ online misinformation

After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos … Read More

European leaders call for stronger defence ties after Trump’s Nato remarks

Polish PM Donald Tusk says ‘all for one, and one for all’ in thinly veiled riposte to Republican frontrunner European leaders have called for greater unity and military cooperation across the continent in response to comments from Donald Trump that threatened to … Read More

Get realist: How the EU can secure its position amid great power rivalry

Europeans should take seriously the thinking of figures such as John Mearsheimer. If they are unable to answer his critiques, they might thereby prove his point Just two years ago, the European Union appeared to have finally found its place … Read More

France’s right-wing star joins forces with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni in EU Parliament

In a sign of EU Parliament’s rightward tilt, Marion Maréchal’s party has entered the Italian and Polish-led conservative group. STRASBOURG — Europe’s hard right is coalescing. On Wednesday, French far-right politician Marion Maréchal, the leader of a fringe party, announced that … Read More

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