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Dutch brawl over airport noise sets tone for rest of Europe

Dutch brawl over airport noise sets tone for rest of Europe

The government is moving to limit flights at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, but that’s angering activists and the aviation industry.

June 9, 2025 4:22 am CET
Dutch snap election set for Oct. 29

Dutch snap election set for Oct. 29

June 6, 2025 1:46 pm CET
What’s in a vote?
Declassified

What’s in a vote?

June 6, 2025 4:01 am CET
Dutch government collapses after Geert Wilders’ far-right party quits
Dutch PM to Geert Wilders: We don’t need your permission to criticize Israel
‘FREE MARINE LE PEN!’ Trump lodges defense of convicted French far-right icon
Trump: Le Pen’s exclusion from French election is ‘a very big deal’
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Looking at Trump, Europe’s far right vows to ‘reconquer’ the continent

“Our friend Trump, the Trump tornado, has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán tells far-right rally in Madrid.

February 8, 2025 7:34 pm CET

13 times Elon Musk meddled in politics

The X owner and Donald Trump pick will never, ever stop posting — governments be damned.

January 8, 2025 4:00 am CET

Europe’s far right seizes on Magdeburg attack to hammer migration, Islam

Tech billionaire Elon Musk also weighed in on the Christmas market tragedy to blast German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as an “incompetent fool.”

December 21, 2024 12:54 am CET

Dutch coalition survives (for now) after chaos fueled by fuming Geert Wilders

The Netherlands’ most right-wing government ever was rocked by the fallout from violent clashes between locals and Israeli football fans.

November 15, 2024 10:44 pm CET

Fragile Dutch government teeters as minister resigns and Geert Wilders rages

Leaders of the Netherlands’ four governing parties are set to hold urgent talks Friday as turmoil builds in The Hague over response to football violence.

November 15, 2024 5:04 pm CET

Amsterdam football violence exposes first cracks in Dutch government

The Netherlands’ new four-party coalition faces first unity test after locals attacked Israeli football fans.

November 15, 2024 4:01 am CET

The real winners of the US election: Europe’s populist right-wing wreckers 

Trump’s allies in Europe hope the president-elect will quickly end the war in Ukraine — and boost their standing on the EU stage.

November 7, 2024 4:01 am CET

World leaders race to congratulate Trump on election win

Leaders praise the Republican’s comeback.

November 6, 2024 9:11 am CET

Putin’s Central European vanguard threatens to expand into Czechia

A growing Kremlin-friendly bloc in Central Europe would pose a major problem for the EU.

October 28, 2024 4:01 am CET

If you think Trump’s migration policies are extreme, look at the EU’s

As anti-immigrant sentiment surges in Europe, under-threat leaders are embracing formerly taboo approaches to their borders.

October 17, 2024 11:08 pm CET

Orbán, Le Pen and Wilders are buzzing over Austria’s far right winning election

Russia-friendly Austrian Freedom Party wins big in national vote triggering delight in conservative circles.

September 30, 2024 11:20 am CET
From Across the Pond

What a Trump victory would really mean for Europe

A win for the former president would surely further galvanize the bloc’s populist parties and encourage their normalization — much as it did in the US.

September 30, 2024 4:00 am CET
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Germany Interpreted

Radical left and radical right have become indistinguishable

For as long as the center fails to make its case in a way that galvanizes, there will be many more like Sahra Wagenknecht.

September 10, 2024 4:00 am CET

Orbán isn’t as isolated as you think

The Hungarian leader has been able to build a coalition of like-minded allies who share his strategic goal — creating “a Europe of nation states.”

August 6, 2024 4:00 am CET

Priced out of housing, many younger disillusioned voters embrace populism

The scarcity of affordable homes to buy or rent has raised enthusiasm for politicians campaigning against immigration — though other causes for the crunch abound.

August 4, 2024 10:41 am CET

Israel urges NATO to expel Turkey over threats to ‘invade’

Israel’s foreign ministry demanded Turkey’s “expulsion from the regional alliance.”

July 30, 2024 11:06 am CET

Attack on Donald Trump strikes fear into European hearts

Fears of political violence are simmering just beneath the surface in Europe, too.

July 16, 2024 4:01 am CET

New Dutch government’s top NATO priority: Act normal

Support for Ukraine and maintaining a presence in Taiwan Strait will continue, new Dutch defense minister tells POLITICO.

July 15, 2024 4:04 pm CET

Orbán alliance gains enough support to be EU Parliament group

Belgium’s Vlaams Belang becomes seventh national party to join right-wing Patriots for Europe.

July 7, 2024 8:31 am CET

Dutch, Spanish far-right parties to join Orbán’s Patriots for Europe

Hungarian leader needs only one more national party for his right-wing alliance to qualify as an official grouping in the European Parliament.

July 6, 2024 11:39 am CET

The Netherlands has a new government. Here are 3 things to know.

After the far right won the most votes, it’s now also a powerful force in the Dutch government.

July 2, 2024 7:08 pm CET

European leaders react to far-right victory in France

Calling the snap elections “has now probably contributed to strengthening the far right,” said the co-chair of the German Greens.

July 1, 2024 3:11 pm CET

Fresh setback for Renew as 5 MEPs choose Greens

Volt’s 5 MEPs say Greens are ‘more credible’ than Renew on fighting right-wing populists.

June 20, 2024 3:20 pm CET

5 challenges for NATO’s next chief Mark Rutte

From Trump to Wilders, from a lack of money to a lack of air defense systems, the next NATO secretary-general will have a busy time.

June 20, 2024 1:53 pm CET
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