It’s not just the Lega and Forza Italia: the electoral success of the German nationalist party is also dividing European conservatives. Orbán, Wilders and Zemmour are celebrating, whilst Le Pen, Bardella and Farage remain silent

Speaking to a group of media outlets by telephone, the Ukrainian president stated that he had had no recent contact with former Defence Minister Fedorov. And on the possibility of a trilateral meeting with Moscow: “The sooner, the better.”

A major investment round has been finalised: the company’s value has doubled in a year. But Zucman is confident that his wealth tax, which slows down innovation, will be adopted after the next presidential election in 2027. Aghion’s compromise proposal

From Merz to Burnham, from Macron to Meloni: European governments are being forced to revise their programmes under pressure from populist forces and demographic
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The Central Command has announced that it has attacked five Iranian vessels carrying crude oil in response to an attempted Iranian attack on a Navy vessel. “When they try to strike US military vessels, they will be struck in turn,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio

The Simson Schwalbe KR51, on which Ulrich Siegmund – the AfD politician who won the election in Saxony-Anhalt – has often been seen,

Weidel, her Sri Lankan partner and her PhD in Bayreuth; the TikToker, the ‘Prussian Muslim’, the Putin nostalgist. The AfD defies old categories: perhaps simply labelling it ‘far right’ is not enough to understand its success

Trump is keeping SpaceX and other American companies away from the Paris summit, whilst Europe is trying to strengthen its independence in the space sector. But France, Germany and Italy have yet to decide who will lead the race