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Viktor Orban Peter Magyar
Europe

Could this be the election that brings Hungary's Orban down?

The 16-year incumbent faces a center right challenger who supports Ukraine and is more interested in restoring ties with the EU

European Parliament EU
Europe

EU's far left and right coding obliterated by Iran and Israel votes

Similar to US realignments, alliances are now forming up over sovereignty, non-interventionism, and criticism of Netanyahu's wars

Trump Polk
Washington Politics

On Greenland, Trump wants to be like Polk

The president's motivation isn't security or money, it's manifest destiny

Royal Navy
Europe

If Europe starts attacking Russian cargo ships, all bets are off

The consequences will be negative, from shattering the order it claims to defend all the way up to a possible nuclear confrontation

Friedrich Merz
Europe

Germany's grandstanding on Iran: The best Europe can muster?

Chancellor Merz predicts the demise of the regime, but it's just more performative rhetoric, not strategy, and helps no one

European Union
Europe

Sorry, the EU has no right to cry 'McCarthyism'

European elites have a consistency problem. They go wild over Trump sanctions on their digital rules yet do nothing about his punishment of Israel critics.