Backed into a political corner, with a hostile parliament and tanking approval ratings, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol opted for the nuclear option. In a late-night televised address, the beleaguered president and former prosecutor announced he was imposing martial law. “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist…
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…
Text size UK religious leaders joined forces Sunday to say they are “deeply concerned” by draft legislation to legalise assisted dying that MPs will vote on this week. Two new polls ahead of Friday’s parliamentary vote showed a majority of Britons support changing the assisted dying laws. The House of Commons will get a free…
Conor McGregor’s fiancée Dee Devlin is showing that she is standing by the UFC star for better and for worse after a series of sexual assault allegations were made against him. She accompanied McGregor to court in Dublin on Friday, where her partner was told he must pay the woman who accused him of raping her in…
5m agoSun 17 Nov 2024 at 8:54pm A frantic final sitting fortnight for Labor It’s going to be a busy fortnight for the government as it tries to clear the legislative logjam before parliament rises for the year. So what does a successful fortnight look like for Treasurer Jim Chalmers? “For me, there is a…
After POLITICO reached out to Babiš and his ANO party for comment, his right-hand man, ANO Vice Chair Karel Havlíček, replied that “it’s nonsense” to say the party has moved toward the far right. Dita Charanzová told POLITICO that “it was clear from the developments in the Czech Republic that the ANO movement would push nationalistic…
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…
“I suppose he may say something else when in Dublin. But never mind!” Biden has long celebrated his links to the Republic of Ireland, with family ancestry in Mayo and Louth dating back more than 150 years. During a visit to Ireland in April 2023, Biden said: “Coming here feels like coming home.” The U.S. president…
His stance on immigration could prove critical in securing at least tacit support from the far right in parliament. Barnier is in the right-wing Republicans party and has in the past proposed “putting a stop to non-European immigration for three to five years,” a stance close to Le Pen’s own. “It’s undeniable that Michel Barnier seems…