Representative Image (AI-generated) At the beginning of May, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution(BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “confirmed right-wing-extremist” party.The AfD is now challenging this decision in court. The BfV has announced that it will not use the extremism label until the…
So Macron will just appoint a new prime minister, right? Yes, but it’s not that simple. The French National Assembly is divided into three political blocs: Macron’s centrists, the far-right National Rally, and the left-wing coalition. The three groups are poles apart on politics and refuse to work together, meaning that any new government could…
On substance, the EU had little to offer Kyiv. With Hungary objecting, the bloc failed to unblock frozen Russian assets as loans for Ukraine. Zelenskyy also met with Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, another increasingly pro-Russia country like Hungary. His Brussels tour began in the European Council. Despite a worsening situation on the…