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
Giorgia Meloni
What is the reactionary international movement, Europe’s new political force?
Though far-right parties have been on the rise for decades, Donald Trump’s election has empowered them. They are experiencing ‘a great emboldening’
There is no way that big tech can avoid being pulled into the transatlantic trade war
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
Trump says ‘we’re going to have very little problem’ making trade deal with Europe as he meets Meloni
US president praises Italian prime minister and accepts invitation that could present opportunity for him to meet other European Union leaders
Donald Trump puts Giorgia Meloni in an awkward spot
Italian prime minister under pressure playing both sides of fractured transatlantic relationship
Efforts to rearm Europe stumble as Trump ‘kicks over the chessboard’ of the Ukraine war
EU must take replace rhetoric with deeds and increase military power to ensure Putin takes heed, European commissioner for defence warns
Europe must avoid not just tariff row but ‘verbal escalation’ with US, Italian minister tells Dublin conference
Valentino Valentini says Italy and Ireland should forge greater trading ties to counter the impact of tariffs
Janan Ganesh: Europe is only half-awake from its long sleep
Talk of Donald Trump bringing the continent together is absurdly premature
How do you become a Trump whisperer? Ask Starmer, Macron and Meloni
Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni and Emmanuel Macron are trying to keep the mercurial US president onside over Europe’s security
Trump is shattering the European diplomatic and political landscape
Worldview: Europe can respond by developing links with China, Africa and the middle powers now asserting their role
Pope Francis shows ‘slight improvement’ as cardinals express hope for recovery
Pontiff (88) spends seventh night in hospital undergoing treatment for double pneumonia
Starmer and Tusk to join Macron-led crisis summit in Paris for talks on Trump’s Ukraine plan
UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies
By flirting with the far right, Europe’s centre-right parties play a dangerous game
Worldview: History suggests that such pacts with the devil end badly
How Brexit killed Frexit
The UK’s messy, ill-thought out exit from the EU has effectively killed off leave campaigns in other member states
European political centre may regret borrowing from far-right’s migration playbook
By trying to cut off support for the far right, the European centre is normalising their extreme policies
Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning ‘the centre cannot hold’
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’
Italy’s Meloni sees Trump defending western interests, engaging with Ukraine
Italian prime minister seeks to allay concerns that Trump might break with Washington’s traditional European allies as he pursues a Maga agenda
Giorgia Meloni meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago resort as Italian PM seeks to strengthen ties
Meloni is seen as a potentially strong partner for Trump given her conservative credentials
Giorgia Meloni masquerades as the ‘acceptable’ face of the far right, but nobody should be fooled
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
Look out ladies. Elon Musk has plans for your womb
The pronatalist movement has roots in creepy tradwife visions, but does that matter if it leads to financial supports for families?
Italy denies report on decree to counter UniCredit’s takeover bid for BPM
UniCredit announced an unsolicited €10bn takeover offer on Monday
The Irish Times view on Italy’s refugee policy: a setback for Meloni
A judge ruled that seven men brought to Albania by an Italian warship on Friday cannot be detained in Albania
‘He’s very angry with Europe’: Trump win puts EU on ‘bumpy road’, says former trade commissioner
Warning comes as European leaders congratulate Donald Trump on US election victory
Fabric of Europe’s political centre is stretched by immigration issue
Extreme right’s gains are forcing EU states to consider a hardened policy
Giorgia Meloni’s ‘thin-skinned’ government causes concern for press freedom in Italy
The right-wing prime minister’s administration is under fire for using legal action to ‘intimidate’ journalists
People don’t set small businesses on fire because they love their country
For all the rhetoric about opposing globalist elites, the far right clearly follows a form of globalism
Fundamental differences over economics may damage EU-wide right-wing alliance
Economics, although important, tend to be trumped by culture
Gideon Rachman: From France to America, the far right is on the march
Attitudes to democracy and the rule of law will define the distinctions in politics
France is politically goosed if Macron’s big gamble on a snap election fails
Le Pen could repeat her EU election performance in two weeks’ time, leaving French politics in gridlock. There could be consequences for Ireland
G7 agrees to use frozen Russian assets to fund $50 billion loan for Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskiy hails Kyiv’s new security deals with United States and Japan
There’s a much bigger problem in the EU than the rise of the far right
Millions of voters across Europe no longer think the EU represents their interests. There are two things it must do
Janan Ganesh: Macron’s election call is an act of cool logic
The last best hope against populism is to expose it to government
Von der Leyen’s chance of second term as European Commission president boosted by EPP performance
Centre-right European People’s Party upbeat about prospects for von der Leyen retaining role
The Irish Times view on the new European Parliament: a shift to the right
Old taboos about voting for parties with fascist associations are breaking down
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