Category: 3. Europe

Ein Spaziergang durch Magdeburg und ein politisches Gespräch über ein Land im Wandel. Gordon Repinski trifft Ulrich Siegmund, AfD-Fraktionschef in Sachsen-Anhalt und Spitzenkandidat für die Landtagswahl dort im nächsten Jahr. Er spricht mit ihm über seine Ambitionen als…

Answers on a postcard to the supermarket in the European Parliament and/or the International Criminal Court.

It’s been a challenging week for Italian foodstuffs. Italy’s agriculture minister, Francesco Lollobrigida, was livid when he saw a jar of carbonara sauce on the shelves of the…

The ruling risks turning that feud into a constitutional crisis, with the judiciary seemingly taking aim at members of the executive running Europe’s fourth-largest economy. The clash has taken a toll on Sánchez, who has long claimed to be the target of “lawfare,” accusing…

As Rachel Reeves’ budget approaches, Westminster is braced for tax hikes. The political manoeuvring necessary may just be one of the greatest political challenges of her career.

So on this week’s episode of Westminster Insider, Sascha speaks to those who have been there,…

When Europe’s biggest political family crosses the aisle to vote with the far right, something fundamental shifts in Brussels.

In this episode, host Sarah Wheaton unpacks the vote that cracked the European Parliament’s cordon sanitaire — and what a newly disciplined,…

Meet the doge

Nicknamed the “Doge of Venice,” Zaia, a former Italian agriculture minister, has spent 15 of his 57 years running Veneto from an office lined with emerald silk in a 16th-century palazzo on the Grand Canal.

He won eight out of 10 votes cast in 2020, the highest approval…