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In France's two-round municipal elections, the far right performed well, though not spectacularly.

The Lega, the party of Italian Minister Matteo Salvini, is facing meltdown after a split. In early February, popular MEP Roberto Vannacci announced his resignation and founded the National Future party.

Shortly before this newsletter was published, the presidential elections in Portugal were decided by a runoff vote. The candidate from the center-left camp, Social Democrat António José Seguro from the Partido Socialista, was elected as the new president with …

After right-wing conservative Karol Nawrocki won the presidential election in early June 2025, there were some changes in Poland's political landscape, but there was no unstoppable rise of the far right. Although Nawrocki was able to unite the entire right …

Costa Rica will remain in the hands of a right-wing government in the future: on February 1, it was decided in the first round of elections that Laura Fernández will be the next president of the Central American country. The 39-year-old, who ran as a …

After the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by US special forces, US President Trump openly threatened Colombian President Gustavo Petro, telling him to “watch his ass.” A good three months before the presidential elections in Colombia, Petro …

An influential voice in foreign policy is that of AfD MEP Tomasz Froelich in Brussels. Froelich, who likes to be referred to as a “German-Polish politician,” became the first AfD member to take the stage at CPAC in Poland in May 2025 as a participant in a …

A branch of the US-based Heartland Institute, which is particularly known for its denial of man-made climate change, has been established in the UK, according to desmog.com. The opening ceremony was attended by former Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss and …

In early December 2025, the EU decided that the Catholic fundamentalist group FAFCE (Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe) would not be eligible for EU funding. The FAFCE's focus did not comply with EU standards and did not take sufficient …

Im Schatten ihres großen Bruders, der argentinischen Partei La Libertad Avanza (Die Freiheit schreitet voran, LLA) von Präsident Javier Milei, hatte sich im August auch in Uruguay eine gleichnamige Partei gegründet, die uruguayische LLA, unter dem …

Diskussionen um Sicherheit, Umgang mit Gewalt und Kriminalität dominieren die Debatten in vielen Ländern Lateinamerikas. Oft werden diese durch die mediale Darstellung populistisch aufgeladen und zu einem Nährboden für das Erstarken autoritärer Stimmen. So …

Seit den Wahlen im vergangenen Jahr arbeitet die extreme Rechte im Europa-Parlament konstant daran, den bisher dominierenden Block der christdemokratischen Europäischen Volkspartei (EVP / EPP - European People's Party) mit den liberal-linken Parteien …

Trump begnadigte den in den USA wegen Drogenhandels zu 45 Jahren Haft verurteilten Juan Orlando Hernández, den ehemaligen Präsidenten von Honduras (2014-2022). Die US-Justiz hatte diesen für schuldig befunden, Hunderte von Tonnen an Drogen gehandelt und …

Aus dem vergangenen Monat möchten wir zwei Beispiele für die internationale Vernetzung von rechts-klerikalen, katholischen Eliten und der extremen Rechten herausheben. In Madrid und in Bratislava fanden Konferenzen statt, die eine sehr starke christliche …

In der Karibik, vor der Küste Venezuelas, beschießen und bombardieren US-Militärs Boote wegen angeblichen Drogenhandels, über 80 Menschen sind dabei bereits um ihr Leben gebracht worden. Wie Jens Kiffmeier in der Frankfurter …

Hausgemachten Ärger hat der AfD-Abgeordnete Jan Wenzel Schmidt (Sachsen-Anhalt), der in der Vergangenheit auch immer wieder international auftauchte (zum Beispiel hier Anfang Oktober in den USA). Wie Der Spiegel berichtete, soll Schmidt über sein Berliner …