These three women are the most powerful in the EU
Giorgia Meloni, Marine Le Pen and Alice Weidel share fervent nationalist views, but there are stark differences between them
Giorgia Meloni
Ukraine dominates agenda as Europe’s leaders attend EPC summit in Dublin
US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner flew in to Dublin to brief Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Russia talks
Macron tightens curbs on protests and accuses far left of ‘seditious acts’
Combined yellow-vest and student protest to go ahead in Paris on Saturday as Italy calls in soldiers to patrol Milan streets
Europe’s angry autumn: what’s driving the wave of protests?
Demonstrations from Albania to Spain are largely unconnected, but some common frustrations run through them
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni secures final approval for controversial electoral reform
Opponents accuse government of self-serving reform in advance of vote, with one lawmaker on hunger strike
Irish teenagers are to get culture vouchers. Have they worked elsewhere?
Italy pioneered such an initiative a decade ago; data suggests book sales and visits to cinemas and concerts rose
Italy plans to limit foreign students per class, Giorgia Meloni says
Italian prime minister plays up her right-wing credentials as rival party climbs in polls
Ireland set to join EU-Nigeria ‘migrant returns’ pact
Five EU states plan to send migrants to offshore centres next year
The EU has a chance to expand. It may not get another soon
With populists on the rise and elections approaching across Europe, Brussels is scrambling to advance enlargement plans
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni faces a challenge from the right
Macho ex-general calls for a ‘Mediterranean patriarchy’
‘De-demonisation’ of Europe’s far right clears ground for resurgence of fascist ideas
World View: Historians unconvinced by deliberate forgetfulness in France and Italy, while German leader sounds alarm
Spain and Morocco bolster security to prevent new border rush
Social media activity puts authorities on alert
Ireland to urge solidarity with Spain in aftermath of migrant crisis in Ceuta
Jim O’Callaghan will aim to take temperature down at emergency meeting after Spain and Italy traded barbs
Ireland convenes meeting of EU ministers to discuss Spain’s Ceuta crisis
More than 50,000 people crossed into the Spanish territory from Morocco on Thursday and Friday
Meloni calls for full investigation after Moroccan man killed during arrest in Italy
PM condemns anti-police protests that have become violent in wake of Abderrahim Fakir’s death in Bologna
Brexit regrets for Ireland’s favourite Frenchman Michel Barnier
Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says there is ‘nothing to celebrate’ 10 years after the UK voted to leave the EU
How France’s far right went from the political fringes to the cusp of power
Next year’s presidential election could put Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National into government, which could affect France and the EU as deeply as Donald Trump has influenced the US
Trump escalates Meloni feud with ‘restraining order needed’ post
US president renews attack on Italian leader who was previously his most devoted European ally
Meloni electoral plan ‘authoritarian’ Italy’s opposition says
Opposition parties say prime minister’s proposed reforms aim to tilt next year’s general elections in her favour
Trump and Netanyahu at odds as ceasefire pressure mounts
US president says that if it weren’t for him ‘Israel would not exist today’
Giorgia Meloni says Donald Trump fabricated story that she begged him for photograph
Italian foreign minister cancels US trip over ‘offensive’ comments
Taoiseach raises abuse redress by religious orders with Pope Leo
Micheál Martin offers help of Irish officials involved in peace process to Vatican Middle East efforts
‘Disgusting behaviour’: Taoiseach condemns Israeli minister who taunts detained Gaza flotilla activists
Irish activist is restrained by soldiers and pushed to the ground in video circulated by Itamar Ben-Gvir
‘A wake-up call for every country’: public service broadcasting in crisis
A century on from the birth of public-service media, even the Continent’s heavyweight outlets resemble endangered species
Italian philosophers rebel over plan to drop Marx from school curriculum
Meloni government accused of attempt to impose ‘right-wing hegemony’
‘I don’t like it’: Iran’s response to end war with US ‘totally unacceptable’, says Trump
Hostile drones detected over several Gulf countries as further strikes launched by Israel on southern Lebanon
Marco Rubio to meet Pope Leo in first contact with US cabinet since Trump attack
Washington relations with Italy are strained following US president’s criticism of prime minister and pontiff
Seven Irish activists on Gaza flotilla detained by Israel released in Greece
Seven Irish citizens are being held by Israel after boats from the flotilla were intercepted in international waters off of Greece
The Italian opera house and the PM’s friend: How Venice appointment sparked a row
Appointment of Beatrice Venezi, a personal friend of Giorgia Meloni, had been mired in controversy from the outset
Orbán was defeated by a vote ‘too big to rig’. Could Trump follow?
Worldview: Democratic standards have retreated globally, but there is nothing inevitable about this
Why are prices so low in Spain when Ireland has the most expensive electricity in Europe?
Wholesale energy prices in Spain are among the cheapest in Europe but are surging elsewhere
Orbán’s defeat a blow to nationalist parties in advance of key European votes
Momentum of hard right falters before elections in France, Italy, Slovakia and Serbia
Pope Leo vows to continue Iran war critiques after Trump attacks
Pontiff said he will ‘continue to speak out loudly against war’
European leaders rebuked by voters
Election results from Denmark to Italy showed high levels of discontent with incumbents, and the effects of the Iran war could fuel desire for change
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