Resisting an authoritarian takeover – lessons from Germany
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Ever since its inception, Germany’s the neo-fascist AfD has climbed in public polling and election results. ...
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Reform UK and Farage: Children of the British Political Establishment
Reform UK made major gains in the 1 May local elections across England, emerging as the leading party with 31%...
Concerns for Romania’s future after the presidential elections: financial uncertainty and political instability
Vladimir Mitev, Mediapool, 11 May 2025 At the end of the week following the first round of the presidential elections, signs...
A political era is ending in Romania. The next one could be even worse
France had Gaullism. Argentina had Peronism, an ideology based on the legacy of its former president Juan Domingo Perón. Trumpism...
Bulgaria: Saudi activist at risk of deportation
Frontline Defenders, 10 March 2025 Bulgarian authorities should suspend any plans to deport Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi to Saudi Arabia, and should allow...
Bulgarian authorities defy court ruling and continue illegal detention of Abdulrahman al-Khalidi
Migrant Solidarity Bulgaria, 5 April 2025 Between 2011-2013 journalist Abdulrahman al-Khalidi is an active human rights defender and member of...
First, they came for Marine
Or how the court ruling in France against Marine Le Pen sounds familiar to Romanians (more…)
First, they came for the Venezuelans
Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute, 25 March 2025 President Donald Trump promised to unleash mass deportations on immigrants during his presidential...
Sebastian Schaeffer: The coalition government of Austria will need to seek compromises – and I think they can do it [VIDEO]
Five months have passed since the Austrian elections - and only now there is a government in Vienna. The conservative...
Alina Garkova, EurAc: EU diplomatic stalemate in Central Africa falls victim to its own inconsistent policies
Alina Garkova is the Director of the Europe-Central Africa Network (EurAc). She previously represented the European Network of Political Foundations...
