How Italian MEPs voted on the European Union’s rearmament plan
Here's how Italian MEPs voted on the EU Parliament's resolution on rearmament: all the votes, party by party, on Ursula von der Leyen's initiative to mobilize up to €800 billion in defense investments.
After the Czech Elections: winners, losers and the future
The elections in Czech Republic were among a few important elections taking place in Europe this fall. Look at who is going to lead the Central European country and what will the new government potentially bring into the international field.
Looking at the Netherlands after the Dutch Elections
The results of the Dutch snap election are in, shocking for many, as the biggest right-wing, anti-immigration party of Geert Wilders lost to D66, a centrist party led by Rob Jetten. What are the predictions ahead of the Dutch lengthy government formation process and why did the Dutch even vote now in the first place?
Moscow signals retaliation should the US restart nuclear tests
The Kremlin has responded to Donald Trump’s decision to restart American nuclear tests — and is threatening to do the same. Is the world on the brink of a new nuclear arms race?
De-labeling the “Gen Z” protests
The label ‘Gen Z protests’ may be an attractive brand, but it reduces diverse, politically charged mobilizations into a pseudo-demographic narrative. By framing youth uprisings as generational outbursts, media and elites depoliticize them, sidelining the structural inequalities and institutional failures that actually fuel the anger.
Have the intellectuals left the building?
Across Europe, the cult of simplicity is winning over the discipline of thought. Experts are mocked as elitists, while ignorance is rebranded as authenticity. In this new political grammar, thinking itself has become an act of defiance.
The social elevator is stuck
Europe’s social elevator has stalled. The continent that once promised equal opportunity now recycles privilege, locking new generations on the same floors where their parents stood. What was once mobility has become inheritance—an inequality passed down like family silver.
Latvia: Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention Paused After Presidential Veto and Mass Protests
Latvia has become the first EU country to decide to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention – a document regarded as a cornerstone of Europe’s fight against violence against women. The parliamentary decision has divided society and sparked mass protests in Riga.
