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Dutch Election Forges Crucial Crossroads: Can Far‑Right Momentum Under Geert Wilders Survive the Backlash?
With the Netherlands heading to the polls on 29 October 2025, voters are torn between supporting Geert Wilders’s hard‑right agenda and turning to centrist rivals amid growing unrest over housing and security. As the clock ticks down toward the 29 October 2025…
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EU Poised to Water Down Major Climate Rules Ahead of Leaders’ Summit
Brussels under pressure from Eastern‑ and Southern‑European capitals considers scaling back flagship legislation on deforestation, carbon pricing and transport ahead of Thursday’s summit. Brussels — The European Commission (EC) is planning to scale back key elements of the bloc’s ambitious…
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Germany’s Patience, Merz’s Test
Three years into his tenure, the chancellor’s reform drive collides with slow growth, a far‑right surge, and coalition friction The mood in Berlin is brittle. Three years after taking office, Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a Germany that has grown more…
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Poland Issues Stark Warning to Putin Over Airspace Transit
Warsaw signals readiness to intercept Russian leader’s aircraft en route to Budapest summit amid ICC arrest warrant In a sharply worded public statement, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned that if Russian President Vladimir Putin attempts to fly through Polish…
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Meloni’s Italy at Three: Stability Over Spectacle
Three years after taking office, Giorgia Meloni cements her place as Italy’s most durable leader in a decade, prioritising fiscal discipline and political continuity over economic expansion. When Giorgia Meloni first took the oath of office in October 2022, few expected the leader…
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European Migration Policies Face Fresh ICC Probe as 122 Officials Named in Legal Filing
Human rights lawyers urge the International Criminal Court to investigate senior European figures over alleged complicity in migrant deaths and abuses linked to the EU–Libya migration‑enforcement regime. A landmark legal submission filed this week with the International Criminal Court in…
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European Commission Unveils Ambitious 2026–2030 LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy
Brussels sets out bold new roadmap to strengthen legal protections, inclusion and social change across the EU in the wake of rising backlash against LGBTIQ+ rights In a landmark move for human rights policy in Europe, the European Commission has…
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FDP Backs Swiss–EU Package, Giving Brussels Deal Crucial Momentum
Centre-right Liberals’ endorsement lifts government’s overhaul of ties with the EU across electricity, state aid and free movement as referendum battle looms BERN — Switzerland’s push to reset relations with the European Union received a decisive political boost this weekend…
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Diwali Demand Set to Glow as India’s GST Cuts Collide with Rising U.S. Tariffs
A sweeping tax overhaul aims to juice festive-season consumption, even as Washington’s tariff escalation raises new headwinds for exporters New Delhi — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has pushed through the most consequential reshaping of India’s Goods and Services Tax…
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Coalition Rift Sinks German Compromise on Military Service
Merz’s partners balk at a lottery‑based draft, throwing defence reform into fresh uncertainty Germany’s push to rebuild military manpower hit a fresh snag this week after Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition partners rejected a proposed compromise for a new form of…
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