Kneecap and Boris Johnson have a lot in common
Kneecap have every right to make political interventions but they have to recognise they are not mere performance. The fun of “putting it out there” stops when what is out there is violence
Kneecap have every right to make political interventions but they have to recognise they are not mere performance. The fun of “putting it out there” stops when what is out there is violence
Though far-right parties have been on the rise for decades, Donald Trump’s election has empowered them. They are experiencing ‘a great emboldening’
Despite Ireland’s best efforts, the digital tech companies will be pulled into the conflict - this will threaten jobs and could have implications for the way we all use the internet
US president praises Italian prime minister and accepts invitation that could present opportunity for him to meet other European Union leaders
Italian prime minister under pressure playing both sides of fractured transatlantic relationship
EU must take replace rhetoric with deeds and increase military power to ensure Putin takes heed, European commissioner for defence warns
Valentino Valentini says Italy and Ireland should forge greater trading ties to counter the impact of tariffs
Talk of Donald Trump bringing the continent together is absurdly premature
Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni and Emmanuel Macron are trying to keep the mercurial US president onside over Europe’s security
Worldview: Europe can respond by developing links with China, Africa and the middle powers now asserting their role
Pontiff (88) spends seventh night in hospital undergoing treatment for double pneumonia
UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies
Worldview: History suggests that such pacts with the devil end badly
The UK’s messy, ill-thought out exit from the EU has effectively killed off leave campaigns in other member states
By trying to cut off support for the far right, the European centre is normalising their extreme policies
Liberal democratic leaders out or embattled in office; the right on the rise ... Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning that ‘the centre cannot hold’
Italian prime minister seeks to allay concerns that Trump might break with Washington’s traditional European allies as he pursues a Maga agenda
Meloni is seen as a potentially strong partner for Trump given her conservative credentials
Worldview: Meloni is not bringing Italian post-fascism back to the centre ground and moderating it, but is polishing up a dangerous anti-democratic throwback
The pronatalist movement has roots in creepy tradwife visions, but does that matter if it leads to financial supports for families?
UniCredit announced an unsolicited €10bn takeover offer on Monday
A judge ruled that seven men brought to Albania by an Italian warship on Friday cannot be detained in Albania
Warning comes as European leaders congratulate Donald Trump on US election victory
Extreme right’s gains are forcing EU states to consider a hardened policy
The right-wing prime minister’s administration is under fire for using legal action to ‘intimidate’ journalists
For all the rhetoric about opposing globalist elites, the far right clearly follows a form of globalism
Economics, although important, tend to be trumped by culture
Attitudes to democracy and the rule of law will define the distinctions in politics
Le Pen could repeat her EU election performance in two weeks’ time, leaving French politics in gridlock. There could be consequences for Ireland
Volodymyr Zelenskiy hails Kyiv’s new security deals with United States and Japan
Millions of voters across Europe no longer think the EU represents their interests. There are two things it must do
The last best hope against populism is to expose it to government
Centre-right European People’s Party upbeat about prospects for von der Leyen retaining role
Old taboos about voting for parties with fascist associations are breaking down
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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