A failed two-year experiment has lessons for the rest of Europe about the appeal – and the limits – of populism • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here What happens when you put far-right populists in charge? Entrusted with ministerial responsibilities, can they deliver the radical solutions that they … Read more
The Ukrainian president stressed that this would ‘not a plan to end the war’ but one to ‘begin diplomacy’ EU’s von der Leyen also gets asked about the balloons disrupting the Lithuanian airspace. She says she wants to “express my full solidarity” with Lithuania, and calls it “a provocation, a hybrid threat,” which “we cannot … Read more
Boy, 13, swallowed up to 100 of the magnets after buying them from the online retailer Temu A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to 100 high-power magnets he bought online, forcing surgeons to remove tissue from his intestines, doctors said on Friday. After suffering four days of abdominal pain, the unnamed teen was … Read more
WHO’s director general says there has been little improvement in the amount of aid going into Gaza since the ceasefire took hold Sirens that sounded in communities near Gaza early on Friday were determined to be a false identification, the Israeli military said in a statement, reports Reuters. Earlier, the military had said that “details … Read more
From unanimity on a reparations loan to the unpredictability of Trump, EU leaders will gather this week with agreement on ending the war still fraught with hurdles • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Another week, another flip-flop from Donald Trump on Ukraine. Last month the US president declared … Read more
France’s former president was found guilty of acquiring Libyan funding for his 2007 campaign and is being sent to La Sante prison in Paris Dozens of supporters stood outside Nicolas Sarkozy’s home from early Tuesday, some holding up framed portraits of him, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. They sang the French national anthem, as neighbours looked … Read more
Sébastien Lecornu may have lived to see another day, but this crise de régime could yet prove terminal for the Fifth Republic • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here In October 2022, when Rishi Sunak moved into 10 Downing St, he became the fifth British prime minister to take … Read more
Marine Le Pen and Éric Ciotti submit joint motion of no confidence with the left’s France Unbowed also seeking to bring down government National Assembly president Yaël Braun-Pivet has welcomed the appointment of Sébastien Lecornu’s new government, calling for calm and constructive debate as parliament prepares to convene. “Our institutions are strong and now ready … Read more
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia used over 450 drones and 30 missiles in a country-wide attack Power has been restored to 270,000 consumers in Kyiv after Russian overnight attacks knocked it out, Ukraine’s energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk wrote on Facebook on Friday. Kyiv residents heard blasts throughout the night and many woke up without … Read more
As Moscow’s suspected drone incursions threaten chaos, Europe faces a dilemma: respond and risk escalation, or face accusations of weakness • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here When Munich airport had to close on 2 October after a suspected drone incursion, dozens of flights were cancelled and thousands of … Read more