Category: 3. Europe

McSweeney, who was credited with meticulously devising Labour’s election success in 2024, is convinced that AI has not yet been used to the full extent of its capability to manipulate elections, and that any polls in Ukraine following a ceasefire will be a lightning rod for malign…

The MP stressed that given both Burnham and the other main leadership contender, Wes Streeting, have signed up to Reeves’ fiscal rules it “doesn’t leave much margin for significant change anyway.”

“The bond markets kind of make her bomb-proof,” another Labour MP argued, praising…

Buckethead and Binface are features of British elections, part of a long tradition of comedy characters who try to get a seat in parliament or, at the very least, embarrass mainstream candidates. Other famous, if ludicrous, candidates from over the years include Screaming Lord Sutch, Mr…

As Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and former health secretary Wes Streeting jostle for influence in the Labour party, host Sascha O’Sullivan looks at what it takes to turn around a party’s fortunes mid-term.

Former John Major aide Daniel Finkelstein explains how…

Promoted by sections of the right as the symbol of a new generation ready to challenge Italy’s progressive cultural establishment, Venezi instead became a lightning rod in a broader debate over whether the government’s cultural agenda relied too heavily on political symbolism.

Andrea…

There’s an ominous backdrop to this year’s GLOBSEC forum in Prague as the war in Ukraine strays into the skies over NATO’s Eastern flank. The last few weeks have seen an increasing number of drone incursions in the Baltics — Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia…

Remember, these rules have nothing to do with lowering levels of methane,…

Serbia gained the status of an official candidate for EU entry in 2012, and opened talks on areas of alignment with the bloc, known as “clusters,” in 2014.

Asked whether Serbia’s pro-Moscow stance is complicating its EU membership drive, she said, “It doesn’t make things easier…